New Actiwatch - Launched September 2007

The new Actiwatch is now available from Cambridge Neurotechnology.  It uses the same highly-acclaimed technology that has been the industry standard for over 10 years with the following additional features:

• 8-year Battery Life
• 5-year Warranty
• Waterproof to 6-BAR
• Improved Shock Resistance
• Records for 180 days at a 1-minute epoch

Visit the Actiwatch page or contact us for further details: admin@camntech.co.uk

Product News 

In March 2007, CNT introduced a new product: the ActiLight, which consists of a stand-alone high resolution light sensor physically and electrically separate from the Actiwatch. The advantage of such an arrangement is that the light sensor can be positioned for the optimum capture of light data which is not the case when the light sensor is built into the Actiwatch case. Using Sleep Analysis software the light data can still be combined with the Activity data from an Actiwatch and displayed synchronously in one file.

Collaborative Studies

The Actiheart is being used by the UK Medical Research Council's (MRC) epidemiology unit in the following collaborative studies:

• Southampton Women's Survey, MRC Epidemiology Resource Centre
• ROOTS Study, University of Cambridge, Department of Psychiatry
• BEACHeS (Birmingham healthy Eating, Active lifestyle for Children Study), University of Birmingham, Department of Public Health & Epidemiology
• Physical activity and body composition in the 1993 Pelotas Birth Cohort, Federal University of Pelotas, Brazil
• CHASE (Child Heart And health Study in England), St George's, University of London
• InterAct Validation Project (Validation of the European Physical Activity Questionnaire in 10 European Countries)
• Studies in Greenland, Inter99 and Kenya in collaboration with Steno Diabetes Center, Denmark
• 1946 Birth Cohort, MRC National Survey of Health & Development - Pilot phase
• Twins Study, St Thomas' Hospital - Pilot study completed

Other Projects

Nottingham NHS Eczema Study

Nottingham NHS are in the initial stages of conducting a Softened Water Eczema Trial (SWET study) to assess whether ion-exchange water softeners can help ease eczema.  The study will be using Actiwatches to monitor 300 children's night-time scratching movements, alongside research nurses also recording eczema severity.

For further information, please visit: http://www.swet-trial.co.uk/

Botnia Study, Finland

The Actiheart is currently being used in the PPP-Botnia Study (prevalence, prediction and prevention of diabetes), a part of the Botnia Study in Western Finland.  In this ongoing intervention study, 300 subjects (150 intervention and 150 controls), are monitored using the Actiheart over a period of 5 years.

The aim of this study is to identify hereditary, environmental, metabolic and other factors which cause diabetes and to develop ways to prevent the disease and its complications.

For further information,please visit:

http://www.botnia-study.org/e/index.html

Emotikon Study, Germany

The Actiheart is currently being used in a longitudinal study to assess the motor ability and physical fitness of school children in Brandenburg, Germany.  The Actiheart is used in conjunction with questionnaires to provide an objective measure of physical activity and energy expenditure.

For further information please visit:

http://www.uni-potsdam.de/u/sport/

Environmental Policy

The EU requires, under the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Directive 2002/96/EC, that manufacturers and/or distributors of Electronic and/or Electrical Equipment manage and pay for the collection and further handling of WEEE products, as well as provide WEEE-related information to their customers.