Wearable prototype can see through skin to scan blood

The prototype wearable being developed by Echo Labs can measure oxygen and PH levels
in the blood by measuring the light frequency in blood molecules (Photo via Echo Labs)

New York - Fitness trackers have hit something of a ceiling in what they can glean from your vitals.

Some like the Fitbit Charge HR and the Microsoft Band can monitor a user’s heart rate throughout the day, continuously – an impressive insight, but it’s about as far as the tech goes right now.

Wearables can’t see what’s going on inside your bloodstream.

Echo Labs, a small startup from the Stanford-affiliated Start X incubator, may be among the first to take health monitoring to the next level.

Click here to read the full article by Parmy Olson, Forbes Staff writer.