Since the passing of the Digital Healthcare Act in Germany in late 2019, telemedicine has seen a boost in reputation and popularity. Taking advantage of the tide change, the Caspar Health app offers patients digital connections to care, allowing them to access medical help remotely.

Thanks to technological advancements, many have taken to using wearable technologies to track and optimise their health and wellbeing. Whoop, famed as the go-to wrist wearable for fitness fanatics, has taken smart tech a step further in making it not just sleeker and cooler, but less visible too.

From election uncertainty to pandemic anxiety, 2020 gave people many a reason to stay up at night. Tatch’s wearable sleeping patches aim to help people gain control of their sleep through smart tracking, tapping into growing desires for health-hacking tools that suggest actionable lifestyle changes.

With more time spent at home, the use of voice assistants has risen but many remain wary. What’s important for building trust in these devices? Canvas8 spoke to Jonas Föhr, a marketing and consumer researcher, to understand how people create and maintain trust with voice assistants.