August 2015 Archive
31st August
- Sony seeks crowdfunding for the Wena smartwatch
- RunKeeper adds beat matching DJ feature to its subscription service
- IFA 2015: What to expect in wearable tech
30th August
28th August
- Apple announces event on 9 September
- Pebble Time Steel review
- HTC claims it will get a ‘limited’ number of Vive VR headsets on sale this year
27th August
- The numbers are in: Fitbit is top seller in wearables with Apple Watch at No. 2
- Report claims there will be 3 billion wearable sensors in the wild by 2025
- Quantified babies: Is wearable tech for your newborn really safe?
- Samsung Gear S2: Everything you need to know about the circular smartwatch
26th August
- New Sony app offers more SmartWatch 3 watch faces to download
- This is the Samsung Gear S2 photo you’ve been waiting for
- Moov boss: ‘I made Moov because I knew my iPhone better than my body’
- Apple Watch sales may not stink after all as Best Buy expands sales to more stores
25th August
- Senth IN1 AR cycling specs smash crowdfunding target
- LifeBeam and Lazer Sport smart helmets set for Eurobike 2015 launch
- The rise and fall of the smart shoe – and why they could be on the way back
- Intel’s $1 million wearable tech prize gets a reality TV show
- The outsiders of wearable tech
24th August
- This £15 self-powered safety light for runners lasts 400 years
- Moto 360 2 snapped in the wild: Will the leaks ever end?
- Wearable tech heart rate tracking is ‘incredibly accurate’
- Swatch smartwatch range detailed by company’s CEO
21st August
- Second Life VR platform going live
- Playing with your pulse: Why you need to be careful about heart rate data
- Meet the brain behind the brainwave reading, music making motorcycle helmet
- Android Wear update brings watch-to-watch comms and interactive watch faces
20th August
- Wove Band: The world’s first flexible display wearable
- Nymi Band to bring biometric payment platform to US and Europe
- Geronimo redesigns how you email on your Apple Watch
- Samsung Gear S2 on show in teaser video
- Leaked LG smartwatch looks more beast than beauty
- Apple Watch could take 68% of smartwatch sales by the end of 2015
19th August
- Apple Watch hacked: Customise your watch face before everyone else can
- Razer’s RealSense camera tracks hands and puts real objects into VR worlds
- Epson Runsense SF-110 adds activity tracking to the GPS running watch mix
- Fossil and Intel team up for Android Wear smartwatch
18th August
- Blocks shows off images of its modular smartwatch and we want it now
- New Misfit Speedo Shine unveiled for improved swim tracking
- Wearable tech needs more personal actionable human insights
- VTech Kidizoom DX wants to get kids active
17th August
- Freewheel is a fitness tracker for wheelchairs
- The Pick Up Girls smartwatch must be some kind of subversive joke
- Google on board for next-gen glucose monitoring for diabetics
- Larger Apple Watch straps land as Hyper plays the imitation game
16th August
14th August
- Vote for our SXSW 2016 talk ‘Beyond screens: future interactions in wearables’
- Oculus CEO: Why AR isn’t good enough yet
- Apple Watch three months on: 17 things we learned since our review
- Garmin Forerunner 225 v Fitbit Surge v TomTom Cardio Multisport
- 8-year-old kid knocks up 3D printed smartwatch
13th August
12th August
- Manus hand tracking gloves to work with Oculus, Gear VR, Vive and OSVR
- Fossil CEO sees smarter watches – not smartwatches – as the future
- NASA is crowdsourcing designs for an astronaut smartwatch app for the ISS
- A cry for help answered: Why Bugzy Malone is using his Apple Watch all wrong
11th August
- Interaction is key to a decent real world VR experience
- Emanuel Ungaro smart ring, powered by Omate, takes care of VIP alerts
- iSkin lets you control your smartphone via electronic skin sensors
10th August
- Graava is the action camera that edits your footage for you
- VR is getting its own film festival that will tour the US from August
9th August
7th August
- Watch movies with your mates in the virtual reality Oculus Cinema
- VR sickness could be a thing of the past thanks to light-field camera tech
- Microsoft brings productivity apps to Apple Watch and Android Wear
- Polar: Wrist-based optical heart rate tracking wearable coming soon
6th August
- Fitbit sold 4.5 million trackers last quarter and smashed financial estimates
- The First Response Monitor wants to save lives on the battlefield
- Crowdfunded Ditto is shipping 10 August
- #Trending: Next-gen VR controllers
5th August
- Misfit outsells Fitbit in China
- Stretchable battery technology could triple smartwatch longevity
- Adidas buys Runtastic for €220 million
- Garmin Forerunner 25 is an entry level running watch with smartwatch skills
- HTC Vive’s Secret Shop experience hints at Valve treasure to come
4th August
- Nico Gerard watch comes with Apple Watch on the back
- HoloLens is getting Xbox Live
- What the British Museum’s first VR exhibit means for future school trips
- Wareable life hack: Six ways to nail parenting with wearable tech