Wearable Technology Can Determine if You're Getting Enough Exercise
You know what the doctor tells you: eat right, and get enough exercise. We have busy lives, so sometimes we think engaging in our daily run-around is enough, with maybe a jog on the weekends. We think: any exercise is better than none, right? - 05/20/2013

Wearable Tech World Week in Review
Here we are again, leading off with Google Glass. We are all familiar with the fact that as you walk down the street you can take photos and videos with the flick of your eye or a voice command through your Google glasses. We also know that recently … - 05/18/2013

Recon Jet Glasses Make Appearance at Google I/O
It may be unusual for a company that isn't Google to make announcements at today's big Google I/O show, but that's just what happened as Recon Instruments reportedly took the stage to show off its own version of Google Glass: the Recon Jet glasses. - 05/15/2013

European Scientists Develop Thermal Invisibility Cloak
While a true invisibility cloak is something science is still working on - several research groups around the world have developed prototypes - researchers from Germany and France may have developed a different type of invisibility cloak: one that di… - 05/14/2013

Google Glass: New Demo App MedRef Offers Facial Recognition for Hospitals
Those who had a chance to try out Google Glass, having applied to be a Glass Explorer last year, have experienced already what this wearable computer with a head-mounted display and eye-mounted camera is capable of, even while still in its early stag… - 05/14/2013

Wearable Tech World Week in Review
We have been looking at a lot of creative ways to use wearable technology. When cell phones first made the scene they were large, clunky and you were lucky if you got a 20 minute call in before the battery died. I should know; I had a huge Motorola f… - 05/11/2013

Google Glass is Here, But Where are the Apps?
Yes, Google Glass is real and the Explorer edition of the wearable computer is shipping to developers for a price tag of $1500, but the apps are still under development. Media reports suggest that Google is concurrently developing software and apps f… - 05/10/2013

Become the 'Man' with New Iron Man Inspired Mask
For those of you out there who can't get enough of Iron Man, you will be excited to know that several students at the Royal College of Art in London have come together in order to develop not just one, but two masks that are guaranteed to improve two… - 05/09/2013

Crucial XE5 Update to Google Glass Explorer Fixes Bugs, Adds New Features
Those who find themselves interested in wearable technology are sure to have heard about Google Glass. This is Google's futuristic Internet-connected eyewear; it contains electronics such as a computer processor, a camera and microphone. - 05/09/2013

RunKeeper App for Pebble Smartwatch Delivers Useful Notifications to a Wearer's Wrist
It was one year ago, in May, when Boston-based RunKeeper, recognized for its free smartphone fitness-tracking application for runners and cyclists, formed a partnership with Pebble Technology, a California-run company that developed and had raised fu… - 05/08/2013

Thalmic Lab's New Wearable Tech
A recent announcement came from a Canadian-based company, Thalmic Labs, which is working on the gesture controlled MYO armband that uses the electrical activity in the user's muscles to wirelessly control his/her computer, phone, and other popular di… - 05/07/2013

Will BlackBerry Become a Wearable Technology Powerhouse?
Patent Bolt, a website that focuses primarily on high tech patents (and is associated with the Patently Apple website), has just uncovered a patent application by BlackBerry that makes use of an infrared emitter that produces an invisible light strea… - 05/07/2013

The Precious Stone of Wearable Tech
Everywhere you go these days it seems like someone is talking about wearable technology. With Google Glass looming in the future, ready to pounce onto our faces and turn every wink into a picture and every eye motion into an input, Microsoft and Appl… - 05/06/2013

Wearable Tech World Week in Review
When it comes to wearable technology, there is a factor involved that does not exist in any other technology field. A new smartphone or tablet can look cool, as can a robot designed to explore the Arctic Circle or Mars. They will all have functionali… - 05/04/2013

InvenSense Puts Motion Tracking in a Low Profile Device
Motion tracking is getting even better, with the new device from InvenSense, Inc. This device, the MPU-6521 MEMS SoC is the smallest, lowest profile 6-axis solution, requiring the least power, and is built for the next generation of smartphones, tabl… - 05/02/2013

Aboard Jawbones Board of Directors: Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer and Warner Music COO Robert Wiesenthal
Jawbone, a company who specializes in wearable tech, just received some hefty vows of interest. It has been announced that Marissa Mayer, chief executive officer of Yahoo!, has joined Jawbone's board of directors, along with Robert Wiesenthal, chief … - 05/02/2013

Spy-Like Wearable Technology Revealed Through a Patent From BlackBerry
A recent article in Laptop Magazine (blog) reveals a recently discovered patent filing from BlackBerry. It would appear that BlackBerry is working on a wearable device that any spy would like to have. The device works with your smartphone - 05/02/2013

Access Lens: Breakthrough Wearable Tech for the Blind
Technology for the visually impaired has come a long way since the early Braille days, with computer interfaces now being equipped with gesture-based technologies and screen readers. However, there're still obvious limitations a blind person faces in… - 05/02/2013

Mission Athletecare Helps Keep Athletes Cool
With summer in rapid approach - despite some less than spring-like weather in the Northern Hemisphere spotted recently - it's not surprising that a lot of people's thoughts are turning to how to stay cool in the midst of a lot of heat and sunlight. M… - 05/02/2013

Vuzix Scores Big with New M100 Smart Glasses
Given the almost ubiquitous presence of Google Glass and all its surrounding hype, the world at large can maybe be forgiven if it doesn't always know there are other possibilities beyond Google Glass. For example, there is Epson's $699 3D Moverio pla… - 05/02/2013

Google Glass Proves Why Women are the Smarter Sex
The tech world has been abuzz these past few weeks with the unveiling of Google Glass, a wearable technology that promises the user everything short of solving world hunger. Or so it would seem. - 05/02/2013

Carnegie Mellon Researchers Develop Text Input for Tiny Touchscreens
Many wearable computing experts agree that, despite the hype of Google Glasses, wearable personal computing technology is more likely to take the form of smart watches in the near future. These devices will let you read e-mails and text message, prov… - 05/02/2013

Jawbone Buys BodyMedia for Over $100 Million - Wearable Tech Takes a Major Leap Forward
San Francisco-based Jawbone is primarily known for its JAMBOX wireless speaker and speakerphone, music and Bluetooth headsets, its NoiseAssassin military-grade noise-eliminating technology, and UP, its wearable tech (WT) health wristband and app pack… - 04/30/2013

Where Mobile Payment and Wearable Technologies Meet
While discussions of wearable technology inevitably lead to Google Glasses, the prototype "smart" glasses Google plans to debut this year, it's easy to forget that the horizons of wearable technology are much broader than that. The medical industr… - 04/30/2013

Did Apple Board Member Bill Campbell Hint at an Apple Smart Watch Recently?
Over the last few weeks we've been gearing up to take a dive into what Apple might deliver in the future in terms of wearable technology. Sure, the mythical iWatch may perhaps become less mythical, but our interest is in the larger theme of wearable … - 04/29/2013

Through the Looking Glass: Secrets of Google Glass Revealed
Rumors of what Google Glass will be and how it will work have been building for years now. But as the product is slowly made available, whispers are escalating into actual voices and more concrete information is leaking out. - 04/29/2013

Google Glass Apps Start to Appear: What's Next, Sports?
The Internet was abuzz with the news that The New York Times (NYT) already is out with an app for Google Glass. Downloadable now, the app will allow those lucky few who are the first to get a pair of the augmented reality glasses the ability to not o… - 04/29/2013

Wearable Tech World Week in Review
I know that Google Glass has been the front runner when it comes to talking about wearable technology this week, but Apple is not being left in the dust. Bill Campbell, who is a board member of Apple, has been talking about some possibilities to his … - 04/27/2013

New York Times Reveals Google Glass App
Print may be dying, but the New York Times doesn't plan to be anywhere near the casket at the funeral. The daily newspaper and globally revered publication is moving along at technology's rapid pace. The company has just gotten aboard the potentially… - 04/26/2013

Wearable Tech Space Heats Up, Just in Time for Summer
For those of you who may not know what wearable technology actually is, I'm here to enlighten you. The term refers to any type of technological innovation that can be worn on your body and is primarily used within areas including: fitness and wellnes… - 04/26/2013

Google's Schmidt Says Google Glasses Users Will Need to Follow Common-Sense Etiquette
That company executives should be careful to tout their products and services all the time is conventional wisdom, but a little honesty does go a long way in building goodwill and respect. Eric Schmidt, the executive chairman of Google, has reportedl… - 04/26/2013

Wave Wristband Gets Kickstarter Appearance, Offers New Interaction with Smartphones
The Wave wristband allows users to slip on a simple silicone wristband, and then see at a glance what's happening on the smartphone by just checking the LEDs that are built into the wristband itself. For instance, should a call or a text message be c… - 04/26/2013

An App for Pajamas that Reads to Your Kids
Each night, children everywhere lie down in bed and listen to their pajamas read them bedtime stories. Wait, that's not right, is it? Apparently it is, with new Smart PJ's - pajamas designed to work with an app to launch an interactive bedtime story … - 04/26/2013

3D Printed Sunglasses Get The Ron Arad Treatment
3D printing has proven to have a wide variety of applications, and is rapidly becoming a major destabilizing agent in a lot of different fields. Wearable technology proves to be no exception here, as designer Ron Arad is bringing his own brand of des… - 04/26/2013

IMS Research: Nearly 10 Million Smart Glasses Headsets Will Ship Between 2012 and 2016
The above headline certainly pegs smart eyewear device sales at a hefty number. IHS, through a new report from its subsidiary IMS Research, has recently forecast that the sale of augmented reality glasses may rise to as many as 6.6 million units in 2… - 04/24/2013

Logitech Rolls Out Impressive Wireless Unified Communications Headset
Logitech has just introduced its Wireless Headset H820e, optimized for unified communications and personal computer-based soft phones, coupling with enterprise-grade audio input quality and wonderful features that make it an ideal headset to experien… - 04/24/2013

Several New Gesture Controls May Be Up For Google Glass
It's shaping up to be one of the biggest new releases in tech this year, if only so far, and Google Glass has progressively more to offer with each new bit of news that slips out around this device. A new report takes a closer look at the Google Glas… - 04/22/2013

Wearable Tech World Week in Review
Yes, what you are seeing is correct. We are beginning our week in review once again with Google Glass. For now, at least, it seems to be something that you can rely on. This week however, we do have more information that takes some of the hype that h… - 04/20/2013

Augmented Reality Glasses 'On Sight' for Many Developers
Augmented reality glasses. They once seemed out of reach and futuristic, and possibly something out of the Star Trek's celebrated USS Enterprise. But the wearable technology will soon be on the cusp of being part of daily fashion and virtual reality … - 04/19/2013

Tech Meets Fashion with I/O Denim: The Jeans for Smartphones
When it comes to day-to-day necessities, women usually turn to some form of a purse to hold their wallets, some extra makeup, keys and smartphone. On the other hand, men typically have one place to put their daily must-haves: their jeans. To overcome… - 04/17/2013

Elroy Bluetooth Earbuds to Get Digital Marketing Push
One of the worst things about headphones, or earbuds, for many users is the cords. Thoroughly vital to the idea of private listening - be it to music, video audio tracks or audio presentations - the cords involved in such systems have a way of gettin… - 04/16/2013

Google Glass Mirror API Released for Developers, Hardware Specs Also Released
It seems sometimes that things are perhaps too much Google Glass, perhaps too much all the time. We admit this may be the case, but then, a lot of folks - especially developers - are interested these days, so we do sometimes get into a Google Glass l… - 04/16/2013

Google Glass Available to Developers, Contest Winners
After months of speculation, Google (News - Alert) is finally releasing Google Glass into the real world, but only on a limited basis. - 04/15/2013

Touch-Controlled Wearable Watch Device on Tap from Microsoft
A new report has emerged describing Microsoft's ambition to bring out another wearable computing device, this time in the form of a touch-controlled watch-style device. Right now, Microsoft is said to be working out the design, but will we see su… - 04/15/2013

Google Ventures Partners with Two Technology VC Firms for Google Glass Ecosystem
The search giant's venture capital arm, Google Ventures, last week announced a partnership with two of the biggest technology venture capital firms in the world, Andreessen Horowitz and Kleiner Perkins. The partnership is being referred to as the "Gl… - 04/15/2013

Wearable Tech World Week in Review
With all of the hype that has been surrounding Google Glass since its first mention, you may wonder if it's real or not. Only a very select group of developers have gotten their hands on one. So is it real or just something Sergey Brin likes to wear … - 04/13/2013

The Inner Workings of Google Glass in Print and Pictures
The Google Glass project has certainly been an interesting adventure to date. For some folks, what the system does isn't particularly special - we've seen a variety of different technologies deliver on various pieces of it. For others, the hardwar… - 04/11/2013

UK Sees a Place for Itself in Wearable Fitness Monitoring Technology Industry
While we've been hearing about wearable technology for years now, it's generally been in an abstract "someday" kind of manner. A shirt that can change the music on your iPod? Wow. A wristband that can show you your text messages? Eventually. A small,… - 04/10/2013

3D Printing, Bionics Save Lives and Give Surgeons a Whole New Edge
There has been quite a bit made of 3D printing in recent days, with plenty of opportunities and controversy to go around. But for surgeons in Japan, 3D printing may have just recently saved a life. - 04/10/2013

Misfit Wearables Leading Charge Into Wearable Tech's Second Generation
It's hard to imagine that wearable technology is already starting up on the second generation of products, but that's just the case thanks to a new line of products in the wearable-technology field. The charge is being led by, among others, Misfit We… - 04/09/2013

Microsoft Looking to Launch Own Version of Google Glass in 2014
New reports are emerging that suggest when Google Glass makes its appearance in stores sometime next year--or possibly late this year--it may not show up alone. Microsoft is reportedly working on its own wearable computing system that will match up w… - 04/08/2013

Google Turns to Kansas City Once More for Google Glass Testing
There's just something about Kansas City, apparently...at least as far as Google's concerned. Google is now offering test units of Google Glass to Engage Mobile, a firm that focuses on mobile strategy, marketing and development, and one of the first … - 04/08/2013

Wearable Tech World Week in Review
Well here we are, once again starting off by talking about Google Glass. No, it's still not available to the general public, but it does appear to be getting closer. A couple of weeks ago we looked at a survey asking the question, "would you buy Goog… - 04/06/2013

Do You Have All Your 'Wears'?
A flashback in time…back to the future if you will, when the latest craze among techies and geeks circa the early 1980s were those famed Casio digital wrist watches, where at the push of a few buttons, one could do some quick calculations with the re… - 04/05/2013

Stealth Wear: Drone-Defying Fashion Apparel
Here's a hip, political, and real take on the "invisibility cloak." Adam Harvey, a NYC-based artist with a mechanical engineering background, has developed a line of anti-drone clothing called Stealth Wear. - 04/04/2013

Remain in the Know as the Wearable Tech Space Grows!
Technology has entered nearly every aspect of our lives as of late. Being able to wear technological innovations though for an extended period of time while simultaneously benefiting from an improved user experience now enables the wearable tech spac… - 04/03/2013

High School Teacher Brings Google Glass to Class
Kids are known for not paying attention in class, but in this scenario, it could be the teacher who gets distracted. Don Wettrick, a teacher at the central Indiana school, Franklin High, is among one of the some 8,000 lucky people selected to try out… - 04/03/2013

Baidu Eye - Google Glass is Now D.E.A.D.
Google Glass, we hardly knew you. Sergey Brin must be wondering if there's a Baidu smart car out there now as well. Why? And what is Baidu Eye? Can it really be Brin's worst nightmare? - 04/03/2013

Heart Rate Watch's iPhone 5 Ultimate Bike Computer Now Available
Heart Rate Watch, a provider of solutions such as bike computers and heart rate monitors, released the availability of its new iPhone 5 ultimate bike computer that turns an iPhone 5 into a super bike computer, offering all data required for a cycling… - 04/02/2013

Google Glass Home Invasion
Google Glass is probably the hottest tech topic in anticipation of its public release at the end of 2013. Glass demos and articles demonstrate and discuss all of the cool features Google Glass entails, i.e. getting directions, taking photos and video… - 04/02/2013

Consider a Translator App for Google Glass...
One of the most interesting and innovative techno gadgets is Google Glass, basically a smartphone built into a stylish pair of eye glasses and capable of reading and responding to e-mail through Gmail, display the weather, give turn-by-turn direction… - 04/02/2013

Wearable Tech World Week in Review
There has been a lot of talk about the newest innovation, the smart watch. If you look up the patents, Apple has been designing one for quite a few years, but we are hearing a lot about them now. Along with Apple, Samsung and Google are also "develop… - 03/30/2013

What is Wearable Technology?
A couple of weeks ago, TMC president and group editor-in-chief, Rich Tehrani was interviewed on KFNX news-talk radio. The topic of discussion was wearable technology. - 03/28/2013

VEA Buddy - A Smart Watch That is Almost Already Real
Amidst all the talk these days of Google, Apple and Samsung - let's call them the "big three" - fighting it out for the seemingly new category of "smart watches" and with all of the fighting taking place solely in the minds and sensationalistic headl… - 03/27/2013

Is Gaming's Future Realized in the Oculus Rift?
The idea of virtual reality in gaming is nothing new. But the execution of same has been somewhat limited, primarily expressed in those blocky, expensive horrors of the late 1990s--anyone else remember Dactyl Nightmare?--rather than the smooth, immer… - 03/27/2013

Google Glass Winners Picked; 8,000 New Glass Users Minted
The winners have finally been chosen, and Google Glass units--fully 8,000 of them--will likely be coming to the faces of users very soon. The contest Google recently staged has concluded, but the question now becomes, how many users will take their p… - 03/27/2013

It's All About Timing: Google to Premiere 'Smartwatch?'
Considering the swarm of Apple iwatch rumors, speculation that Google is developing its own smartwatch is right on time. In a blog posted last week by the Financial Times, it was suggested that the tech giant is working on a wearable computer device … - 03/26/2013

Researchers at University of Texas Austin One Step Closer to Real-Life Invisibility Cloak
Any member of the Harry Potter fandom can understand the wish for certain aspects of the magical novels to exist in real life, but the possibility of that ever happening is nearly nonexistent. Well, physicists at the University of Texas Austin ar… - 03/26/2013

Aelgo Launches Second Kickstarter Campaign for Flaxus Wrist-Stylus
Kickstarter is certainly no guarantee for a start-up business or idea, but in some cases it has proven wildly successful in financially supporting a fledgling company or project. This is exactly the case for Aelgo's Flaxus, a mobile device stylus tha… - 03/25/2013

Google Glass and Driving? Not in West Virginia
With Google Glass recently making the rounds in the tech community, there are more than a few people eager to get their hands on this new life-altering technology. Some of those people can even be found in West Virginia, where reports have recently e… - 03/25/2013

Google Rumored to Also Be Developing a Smartwatch
The race in mobile devices started with the smartphone, which Apple brought to the mainstream with its iPhone. It has since been followed by Google, Microsoft, Samsung and other companies that have also entered the market with their own lines of smar… - 03/25/2013

Wearable Tech World Week in Review
Just about every wearable device that comes out is going to need a source of power. Unless, of course you want to talk about the strips that can be built into the sole of your shoe that would create electricity as you walk. But, alas, we are not talk… - 03/23/2013

None Surprised by Leaked Reports of Google Smart Watch Project
As if no one saw this coming, Google has announced it will likely release a smart watch. Google continually seems to be behind the ball as of late, with several of its apps and services following similar ideas and products released by its competitors… - 03/22/2013

Jawbone UP Reveals its Compatible Android Mobile App
Jawbone, a privately held company headquartered in San Francisco, is an innovative developer of consumer electronics. Its creations include wearable technology and audio devices. Some of the company's most notable products are the Jambox speakers and… - 03/21/2013

Would You Buy Google Project Glass?
We have been talking a lot about Google Glass lately. A lot of people are excited about seeing what they can actually do and how they will perform. Once the device has been released, the question is will you buy the glasses? - 03/20/2013

Samsung Galaxy S4 Comes with a Health App, Built-in Pedometer
Spring officially begins on March 20, which means you have a few days to shed those winter pounds and perfect your beach body. Fortunately, there's an app for that. It's called S Health, and it comes standard on the new Samsung Galaxy S4 phone. - 03/19/2013

Samsung Continues Rivalry with Apple: Working on its Own Wristwatch
Samsung has already shown that it has the ability to compete with Apple on the biggest stage. Samsung's Galaxy line of smartphones has put some serious pressure on iPhone sales. Last week Samsung, now the world's largest smartphone maker, unveiled it… - 03/19/2013

UCLA Researchers Deliver Truly Bendable Super Lightweight Batteries
Many of us are by now familiar with the idea of bendable smartphone displays. Samsung and Nokia are both on the leading edge of developing such displays, and in their own right, they are certainly at the cutting edge. One thing you always notice abou… - 03/18/2013

Wearable Tech World Week in Review
Wearable technology is literally moving all over the body lately. You have shoes that can gauge how you walk, or even product and electrical current as you walk. Last week we looked at a bionic eye. This week we have a little something for different … - 03/16/2013

Go DJ, Go DJ Go: Wearable Tech Assisting Disc Jockey's to Share Their Favorite Tunes
Nightclubs and some bars simply wouldn't have the same care free atmosphere without your favorite tunes blaring in the background. Recently, those that are responsible for your beloved music, DJ's, started to gain access to a wearable innovation that… - 03/15/2013

Microchip Technology's BodyCom Provides the Ultimate Security
The idea of leaving a gun lying around is abhorrent to most people, but with Microchip Technology's new BodyCom system, which it announced recently, it may end up not being anywhere near the problem. The idea itself may not be new, but this short-ran… - 03/14/2013

Runware Reveals Runalyzer Blue for iOS Devices
Runware, a French company founded in 2009, has joined the running for conquering a share of the flourishing market of fitness applications and gadgets. The company specializes in wireless transmission technology and focuses particularly on e-health, … - 03/13/2013

Will Project Glass Provide a Solution for Prescription Lenses?
The hype surrounding Google's Glass is at an all-time high, and the two opposing camps arguing the merits of the device are equally passionate about the effects this type of technology will have in our culture. - 03/13/2013

All Your Passwords in One Ring
Most users are familiar with the concept of passwords. There's a password for this site, a password for the e-mail account, another for that site, and so on. They often need updating, and should be sufficiently robust to protect a user. Some users ma… - 03/12/2013

Several New Google Glass Apps Revealed
Reports emerged from Google's Project Glass developer panel, which took place yesterday at South by Southwest (SXSW) Interactive, that showed off several new apps coming out geared for the Google Glass system. While the apps offer a set of different … - 03/12/2013

Oculus Rift: The Death of Reality
Oculus Rift is a new head mounted 3D headset which was presented at South by Southwest and provided one of the most realistic affordable experiences in gaming. Call it a better machine eye interface, far closer to tapping into the optical nerve than … - 03/12/2013

Flexible Electronic Sensors on Your Skin
The Rogers Research Group seeks to understand and exploit interesting characteristics of 'soft' materials. These soft materials include polymers, liquid crystals and biological tissues as well as hybrid combinations of them with unusual classes of mi… - 03/11/2013

Camera Automatically Captures Precious Moments of Your Life
Although smartphones give us a built-in camera to capture photos whenever and wherever you need one, you have to hold it and click it. But now, a Swedish startup gives you a camera you can clip to your shirt or coat, and capture all those moments wit… - 03/11/2013

Google Takes Talking Shoes to SXSW Interactive
Google has been making plenty of waves recently in wearable computing thanks to its highly popular Google Glass line of devices. While these haven't even made it to the public yet, there's still quite a bit of interest surrounding them, and the large… - 03/11/2013

Seattle's 5 Point Bar Won't Serve Google Glasses
While bars commonly have all sorts of glasses on hand--highball, pilsner, martini, and so on--there's one kind of glass the 5 Point Bar in Seattle will not abide, and that's the Google variety. Late last week, the 5 Point Bar posted to its Facebook p… - 03/11/2013

Find Your Friends with Google Glass
How would you like to find your friend in a crowded area simply by the clothes that they are wearing? For example, if you are at an airport or stadium or pretty much any crowded plaza or atrium Google wants to help you find your friends. - 03/11/2013

Changing Nine Industries Using Google Glass
One of the goals that Google has is to bring everyday activities closer to your senses. The firm wants to enhance interactions with your surroundings by using Google Glass. Some of the things you can do are view images and data, take pictures and… - 03/11/2013

3D Printing Creates Customized Skull Implants
When Arizona congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords was shot in the head at a Tucson rally in January 2011, doctors had to remove nearly half of her skull in an operation called a cranioplasty, which allows the brain tissue to swell so that it isn't contai… - 03/11/2013

Wearable Tech World Week in Review
Lots or wearable tech is about fun stuff, such as the sorts of wearable tech toys that encompass the fitness and wellness market segments. Devices such as Nike's FitBit are all over the place already. But there is an entirely different breed of weara… - 03/09/2013

Bionics: Wearable Tech Encounters of the Third Kind
Thanks to the efforts of major companies such as Nike and numerous startups, a groundswell of health- , fitness- and wellness-oriented consumer wearable technology and real wearable products has recently emerged. In addition to health and fitness… - 03/08/2013

Thimble Bioelectronics' TENS Patch - Wearable Technology to Relieve Pain
Thimble Bioelectronics, a California-based company that focuses on developing digital pain management products, announced on this week that it is working on a wearable pain relief patch. Similar in look, size and shape to an ordinary band-aid; the pr… - 03/08/2013

LifeBEAM Introduces New Smart Cycling Helmet
LifeBEAM, a startup company based in Israel that has been focusing its activity on the health monitoring industry in the defense and aerospace domain, has now decided to apply its knowledge to the wearable technology and fitness world. - 03/08/2013

Yves Beha Reveals Game Golf, an Innovative Wearable Product to Track Golf Game Info
Yves Behar, a San Francisco- based designer that founded the Fuseproject studio in 1999, is famous for creating a variety of stylish products that range from fashion footwear to the Jawbone wireless handset. His latest creation tackles the fashionabl… - 03/08/2013

CeBIT Debuts 'Cuddle Jacket' for Kids with Autism and Sensory Integration Challenges
Problems with sensory integration are a hallmark of autism spectrum disorders. Carol Stock Kranowitz describes sensory integration disorder in her book, The Out-of-Sync Child. - 03/07/2013

Ditch Your Fitness Trainer and Buy 'Move'
The wonderful world of working out consists of a plethora of innovative and effective practices, from yoga to zumba to spinning. One of the most popular forms of working out, however, is Pilates -something that is highly touted for its strength devel… - 03/07/2013

Kinect Controls Aim to Replace the Mouse
When Microsoft revealed the Kinect for XBox, there was skepticism among the gaming community. Motion sensitive games had not proven successful in the past, at least not without a remote like the Nintendo Wii. - 03/07/2013

Clothing + Electronics = Wearable Technology Mix of Classes in Nashua, NH
In Nashua, New Hampshire, there's something called Makeit Labs - New Hampshire's first hackspace. A hackspace is a community-operated physical space where people can meet, socialize or collaborate. - 03/07/2013

Memoto Lifelogging Camera Gets Love at SXSW Accelerator
With South By Southwest (SXSW) gearing up, the film festival for media and business exhibition is already starting to take notice of some products and services ahead of the show's start. One of the biggest things on the upcoming SXSW is the Memoto Li… - 03/06/2013

Fitbit's New Flex Wristband Tracks Health Stats on the Go
Fitbit wants you to know your health status at all times. If you've been utilizing the One Wireless Sleep and Activity Tracker - or its lightweight cousin, the Zip - then you've had immediate access to stats about your sleep quality, the number o… - 03/06/2013

'Fore!' Wearable Tech Space Gets a Boost with New Golf Innovation
Game Golf is touted as being a wearable technology that can outline on a map where your hopefully long range shots ended up, how far the ball actually travelled, and even the club you chose to swing with. - 03/05/2013

Watch Out for Watches as the Newest Trend in Wearable Technology with iPad-like Functions
Anticipation is building about what may become the next fad in technology - a device which resembles a wristwatch but can do so much more than tell time. Apple is one of the companies now developing a wristwatch device, and theirs' - now being cal… - 03/05/2013

The iWatch: Cool Idea But Will You Want One?
The rumored iWatch from Apple sounds to me like it could be a cool idea. Having the critical parts of your smartphone available on your wrist could be handy if you are exercising, driving, or even eating (assuming you don't dump your drink on your la… - 03/05/2013

Wearable Tech World Week in Review
This is the third time we are doing a week in review and I'm happy to say that we are going strong. It feels a little strange though not starting off with some reference to Google Glass. Well that was the reference for this week. We will actually be … - 03/02/2013

Thalmic Labs Moves Gesture Control Away from Cameras
Thalmic Labs, a start-up company backed by Y Combinator, has developed a new product dubbed MYO, a gesture control device to be worn around the forearm. MYO will use Bluetooth technology to wirelessly connect to other nearby devices, allowing the own… - 03/01/2013

Apple Supplier Corning Sees 3-Year Wait on Manufacturers Use of its New Flexible Glass
Corning, the company that makes Gorilla Glass--the durable glass used in Apple's mobile products and those from a number of other manufacturers--has said that it will probably take three years before manufacturers start using its new flexible glass. - 02/28/2013

Accessorize Yourself Smartly
I mean come on, who doesn't like a snazzy bracelet? Whether you are male or female, being able to add to your new outfit with a little piece of jewelry can go a long way. Even better is when that wrist accessory lets you see who is calling and textin… - 02/28/2013

World's Smallest ARM Chip Announced in Freescale Kinetis KL02
It's getting to be something of a truism that processors get more powerful and less bulky as time goes by, but Freescale Semiconductor has recently announced a new chip - the Kinetis KL02 - that offers a surprisingly large degree of power, despite th… - 02/28/2013

Do Nike's New Cleats Come From a Printer?
It's always fun to watch new technologies start to intermingle, as the results are often unexpected and just as often valuable. Like the original collision of chocolate and peanut butter that ultimately made the peanut butter cup possible, that's jus… - 02/27/2013

Rogue Google Glass Unit Hits eBay, Bidding Goes Wild
Every so often there's a tale of a developer unit, or some class of technology-related item that's difficult to come by, finding its way onto eBay. Not long ago, the focus was on tickets to the Apple developer's conference, but today it's a little so… - 02/27/2013

Stretchable Batteries: The Next Big Thing in Wearable Technology
Researchers Yonggang Huang from Northwestern University and John Rogers from the University of Illinois - a former $500,000 Lemelson-MIT Prize recipient - are two people who really understand and exploit interesting characteristics of "soft' material… - 02/27/2013

Invensense Motion Sensing a Perfect Fit with Wearable Technology
With all the excitement surrounding Google Glass and the rumored Apple watch, wearable technology is on the cusp of becoming mainstream. Because of this, the need for technologies capable of knowing what the body is doing has become more important th… - 02/27/2013

Augmented Reality Augments the Reality of Wearable Computers
The idea of augmented reality gives a lot of tech users pause these days. Being able to look at something and get information about that is the kind of thing that science fiction used to be made of until, as is so often the case, it became science fa… - 02/26/2013

Want to Wear Your Mouse?
The latest creation from EyeSight Technologies has answered consumers' dire demands for the stakes to be raised. Not only can users operate from a virtual world with a new technology development, they are now enabled to control their mobile devices w… - 02/26/2013

Magellan Announces SmartGPS Apps for Android and Apple Mobile Devices
The global positioning system, or GPS, is one of the better inventions of modern man. While the concept is simple, it requires a massive amount of technology in order to make it work. Currently, the GPS system has 31 active satellites in orbit with a… - 02/25/2013

Wearable Tech World Week in Review
Once again this week, we start with trying to get you to put on your Google Glass. Of course, you still can't do that. But here is the next best thing. We have a video that was created by Google. The video is designed to give you a POV of how the gla… - 02/23/2013

Cornell Scientists Build a New Ear Using 3D Printing
Imagine a fairly near future, when instead of using prosthetics for patients with missing or damaged ears, doctors can simply "print" one relatively quickly. Cornell University researchers have done just that, using a 3-D printer and an injection of … - 02/22/2013

Apple Patent Provides More Detail on iWatch
Does it truly take Apple to develop an iPhone killer? A recently unearthed patent detailing more about the iWatch line of wearable devices suggests that it may well have just that on its hands, at least one day. The patent discusses not only the disp… - 02/21/2013

New Bluetooth Watch Debuts, Helping Smartphone Users Keep Track of Time
Are you always on-the-go but no matter how hard you try always find yourself consistently late to crucial appointments? For some, wearing a watch could help overcome tardiness and going one step further is the just-unveiled VEABuddy, a Bluetooth watc… - 02/21/2013

Wearable Computing Devices Will Exceed 485 Million in Annual Shipments by 2018
If it wasn't already clear to you, the wearable technology marketplace is nearing that magical tipping point where a market moves from hype and/or novelty to mainstream reality. Wearable technology may in fact have already crossed the tipping point a… - 02/21/2013

EMBRACE+ Combines Fashion and Technology to Keep You Unique and Notified
Recently, Paul Hornikx and Rudi Beijnen decided to launch EMBRACE+ on Kickstarter, a funding platform for creative projects, to gain recognition and speed up the final stage of development of the product. During the design of the EMBRACE+, Hornikx an… - 02/21/2013

Google's New Video Takes You through the Looking Glass
When Google announced Project Glass last year, people started to get excited about wearable technology. They speculated on what features the connected glasses would boast and how they would change our lives. But for most, it was hard to imagine what … - 02/20/2013

Wearable Sensor Being Deployed to Prevent Diabetes-Related Foot Amputations
Wearable technology isn't just about touchscreen clothing or Apple's latest innovation. It often has far more practical uses. Take, for example, a simple sensor designed to alert diabetes patients when they neglect to wear the proper prescribed footw… - 02/19/2013

Is Touchscreen Clothing in the Near Future?
While many athletes, professional and amateur, have turned to wearable technology in the form of wrist bands that measure heart rate, movement, calories burned and other bio-markers, Under Armor may be taking it even further into actual clothing. - 02/19/2013

Wearable Tech World Week in Review
Put on your glasses - if they were available we'd say Google Glass of course, and read about what's going on this week in the world of wearable technology. This is our inaugural Week in Review for Wearable Technology and we are very excited. We're pr… - 02/16/2013

What You Need to Know About This Summer's New Wearable Tech Conference & Expo 2013
TMC and Crossfire Media revealed the inaugural Wearable Tech Conference & Expo 2013 only yesterday, taking place this summer from July 24-25, and we've already got the scoop on what to expect at this revolutionary new event, and what ultimately posit… - 02/15/2013

Fitbit One: New Generation of Wearable Technologies
With wearable technologies escalating in popularity and expected to explode in the coming years, more and more companies are introducing new wearable technologies, especially fitness wearables. Fitbit offers several different products including the F… - 02/15/2013

Wear a Memoto and Record Your Life
Let's face it. Lots of people these days are obsessed with documenting every moment of their lives. They send out a constant stream of tweets telling their followers what they are up to, and then take pictures of every single meal to put on Instagram… - 02/14/2013

Sensorstream Pi: The Latest Entry in the Smart Watch War
We've seen the smartphone wars. We've seen the tablet wars. Now it seems that the latest piece of technology that companies are scrambling to make and corner the market on is the smart watch. - 02/14/2013

A Heart Monitor that You Can Wear to Work
With healthcare costs steadily increasing many companies have been forced to find new ways to get health information from their patients without requiring lengthy hospital stays or repeat visits. For many, this means integrating new technologies that… - 02/13/2013

Under Armour: New Activity-Monitoring Device Armour39 to be Available Soon
The renowned American sportswear company, Under Armour, Inc.'s mission is to "make all athletes better." In line with this statement, the company has come forward to debut its new activity-monitoring device (available in the spring) that might he… - 02/13/2013

NFL Star Partners with Reebok to Tackle Concussions Head On
Reebok has partnered with Tennessee Titans quarterback Matt Hasselbeck and his former teammate Isaiah Kacyvenski to introduce a revolutionary new skullcap designed to diagnose head injuries. CheckLight, a thin skullcap not so different than what some… - 02/13/2013

Nike Pulls the Plug on Nike+ FuelBand Android App
Unfortunately Android users who have been patiently waiting for Nike to finally release a functioning app for its Nike+ FuelBand will need to patient for a long time as Nike seems to have pulled the plug on the app. - 02/12/2013

Carrie Underwood Wants to Watch Movies on Her Grammy's Dress
It's official: wearable technology has taken over music's biggest night. We were truly "Blown Away" by Carrie Underwood's high tech dress while performing at the Grammy's last night. While certain celebrities like Jennifer Lopez resorted to giving of… - 02/11/2013

Apple Experimenting with New Wearable Technologies
As the wearable technology market continues to grow and with expectations of its dominance in the years to come, one of the world's largest well known gadget makers is throwing its hat into the ring. - 02/11/2013

Are You Excited? I Can See - Literally
The Netherlands has officially stepped up in the wearable technology space. It's one thing to make garments interactive with technology and social media, but it's another thing entirely to create clothing that can physically read and transmit your em… - 02/06/2013

Wearable Tech: Mobile Test Shows if You're Ready for Your Workout
With the rapid growth of wearable technology, especially in the health and fitness market, Omegawave is introducing a different form of fitness wearable technology. With other types of technology being able to identify exact movements with gesture re… - 02/06/2013

Jawbone Acquires Two Companies to Further Healthcare App Development
Wearable technology, while not brand new, is certainly becoming a mainstream force, as the plethora of new devices on the market will attest. In fact, a new study from IMS Research on the world market for wearable technology found that 14 million wea… - 02/06/2013

Germany's SMI Creates First Set of 3D Glasses with Eye Tracking via ActiveEye Technology
3D technology has several things going against it, and one of them is the glasses used to watch the set. The effect you get depends on the technology you use, as well as where you sit and how still you are when you watch the set. To overcome this and… - 02/05/2013

Zenneck Waves Keep Wearable Tech Wireless Communications 'Close to the Vest'
Typically, when people talk of wearable technology today, they tend to refer to a single device that a user might wear - a watch, or a monitor/sensor of some sort, usually something that is bulky enough to sport a transmitting radio of some kind - "t… - 02/05/2013

Will.i.am Recognizes Wearable Technology with His foto.sosho
With the new wearable technology revolution, it seems that people from every industry are trying to follow this trend. The next fashion designers to create a financial splash in the world economy come from the pool of inventors, scientists, and even … - 02/05/2013

Google Glass to Use New Bone Conduction Headphones
The newest feature to go along with Google Glass will have its benefits, but will also have some drawbacks as well. One of the main benefits of this type of headphone is it won't block the wearer's ears, allowing for ambient noise to be heard clearly… - 02/04/2013

Overdraft Fees a Thing of the Past Thanks to IIICTECH
Banks made $30.8 billion in 2011, and with this amount of money the solution has to be provided by someone other than the banking industry. That's where IIICTECH comes in, the company responsible for creating WINK, an app being incorporated with a we… - 01/30/2013

Wearable Electronics Comes Closer to the Consumer World
While researchers around the world are diligently working to bring wearable electronics to market, a U.K. university has moved a step closer to reality. Here, scientists have produced a prototype garment that integrates electronic devices into the fa… - 01/29/2013

Another Challenger Emerges: Epson & Meta Look to Take on Google Glass
Ever since Google first showcased Google Glass, it was a safe bet there'd be competitors following in the augmented reality space. Some have already made their appearance, but now, one more has entered the fray in the form of a prototype from Meta, w… - 01/29/2013

Wearable Technology for Your Shoes
Have you ever wondered when it is time to purchase a new pair of dress shoes, sneakers or athletic shoes? If you question your ability to make that decision, fear not for Apple may be there to help you decide. Appleinsder discovered that Apple has ap… - 01/24/2013

Google May Have the Key to Killing Smartphones
The idea of a watch-based cell phone may not be particularly new--just ask Dick Tracy--but a watch-based smartphone, now, that's something wholly different. Google is currently in process, according to unnamed sources, of developing such a watch, and… - 01/24/2013

New Wearable Track-ables from SparkPeople and BodyMedia FIT
The market for wearable technologies is exploding in the area of health and fitness ranging, caused by the rising aging population and increased diabetic population. With the mHealth and wearable underway, companies have been releasing tons of health… - 01/23/2013

Garmin Unveils Approach S2, a GPS Watch Aimed at the Golfer Abroad
Garmin International, a unit of Garmin Ltd, today unveiled a new addition to its golf-specific Approach product line: the Approach S2 GPS golf watch. Available in March 2013, the Approach S2 comes preloaded with over 30,000 golf courses from around t… - 01/23/2013

Paris Fashion Week Debuts Tech-Couture, 3D Printed Garments
Believe it or not, there is a technological aspect to the fashion industry, and this year Paris Fashion Week will be all the proof you need. - 01/23/2013

Wearable Technology Renews Interest in Health
Since their inception and integration in mobile phone technology, apps have become portable, utilitarian Swiss army knives-users can get instant calculations, maps and locations, consumer reports and reviews, audio recording, games, fitness programs,… - 01/23/2013

The Past and Future of Wearable Technologies
As we see high end designer's clothing collections hit the runway each year, despite the recent economic depression that penetrated our country, fashion is a profitable business to get into. However, instead of designer clothing and accessories, the … - 01/22/2013

Motorola Solutions Dives into Hands Free Computing
Motorola's goal is to increase productivity through the use of hands free computing devices. In October 2012 at the Association of the United States Army (AUSA) exposition, in Washington, D.C. Motorola unveiled the HC1 Headset Computer. It is designe… - 01/22/2013

Many Federal Patents Granted to Colorado Inventors
A large selection of Colorado inventors have been officially recognized for their efforts by the federal government, and have been awarded with federal patents for various technologies they have separately and co-developed over the past few years. - 01/22/2013

Wearable Map Technology Takes a Step Forward at MIT
In September 2012, MIT unveiled its prototype Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM) equipment. The device is a real time mapping system that uses Microsoft Kinect, a laser range finder and a laptop. Kinect is a motion sensing input device by M… - 01/22/2013

Wearable Technology - The Next Mobility Market is Booming!
The wearable technology market is still in the early stage of evolution, but it has demonstrated significant growth and adoption in various end user market segments, in particular fitness, wellness, healthcare generally and medical monitoring more sp… - 01/22/2013

Pivothead Sunglasses Enable HD Hands-Free Recording
Pivothead is a company that designs and makes the world's only 1080p high definition hands free (HDHF) video recording sunglasses, which make it easier than ever to record video while on the go. Designed to make recording video as comfortable and lig… - 01/22/2013

How Lasers will Allow Interaction with Google Glass
Easily one of the biggest developments in wearable technology, and probably one of the biggest overall, is Google Glass, that ultra-portable set of glasses that allows for a wide variety of functions through a combination of augmented reality and sma… - 01/22/2013

The Battle of the Futuristic Personal Gadget: Smart Glasses or Smart Watches?
If you're a bit of a futurist, you're probably eager to get your hands on your Google Glasses, the company's augmented reality (AR) glasses prototype. The company ginned up enthusiasm for the concept recently by releasing a video of what a wearer of … - 01/22/2013

Jimmyjane Wearable Tech for Adults
The idea of a gadget that can be worn on clothing - or worn as clothing - isn't exactly a new one, but the sheer number of gadgets which can be described as a "wearable" is certainly on the rise in novel numbers. The recent CES event showed off a var… - 01/22/2013

Korean Researchers Develop World's First Bendable Battery
The one technology that seems to be lagging behind all others in terms of mobile technology is battery technology. For something like a smartphone, this means that newer, more powerful hardware can't run as long on older battery technology, but in th… - 01/22/2013

Digital Dresses, Google Glasses and 'Magic Mirrors' - Wearable Technology Has Officially Arrived
Fashion is unquestionably one of the most influential concepts to exist in history. Take the world's most highly anticipated dates, such as the 2011 Royal Wedding, where Kate Middleton's Sarah Burton for Alexander McQueen royal wedding dress stunned.… - 01/22/2013

Wearable Technology, Related Smart Products Predicted to Increase in Popularity
Wearable technology is no longer a fantasy of the future. New products already are gaining in popularity among diverse sectors. - 01/22/2013

Google Co-Founder Sergey Brin Spotted Wearing Google Glass on NYC Subway
We tend to not think much on wearable technologies and in some ways this is a good thing - the primary benefit of wearing technology is, after all, so it blends more seamlessly with your day-to-day tasks. That said, it's hard to miss Google (News - A… - 01/22/2013