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Tissot's first smartwatch is heading to Baselworld
Swatch Group CEO Nick Hayek has revealed that Tissot will be unveiling a new smartwatch at Baselworld, which begins 17 March. Although no firm details have been announced, the Swiss watch manufacturer has revealed it plans to launch three smartwatches by the end of the year, and Baselworld will see the first under the Tissot…
This smart 'man bra' is tracking college basketballers and Premier League clubs
An activity tracking vest, dubbed "the man bra", has tracked the performance of 150 sports teams, the latest being college basketball team Penn Quakers. The skin-tight vest, made by Australian tech company GPSports, is fitted with a slot designed for its GPS enabled High Performance Unit, which includes an accelerometer and a heart rate monitoring…
Wearable security flaws revealed in study
A study into the security of wearables has shown that your fitness tracker may not be as secure as you think. In the testing, conducted by the University of Toronto, eight of the most popular wearables were examined to see how securely they uploaded and stored data. Research organisation Open Effect tested the Apple Watch,…
New report reveals that wearable sales surged in 2015
Marketing research company NPD has reported that US wearable sales almost doubled in 2015 compared to the previous year. An estimated 13.4 million devices were sold according to research, dwarfing 2014's 7.2 million, and the average price soared from $96 to $109, thanks to the release of premium devices, such as the Apple Watch. Essential…
Fitbits are now mandatory for students at a university in Oklahoma
New students at a private Christian university in Tulsa, Oklahoma are being told to wear Fitbits to enhance their overall education. Oral Roberts University, named after its televangelist founder, has long prescribed mandatory exercise as part of its curriculum and is now using fitness trackers to keep tabs on how its students are doing. Read…
Wearable tech garage sale: How much are your gadgets worth?
Many pundits have suggested that wearable tech is going the way of the waffle maker, and fitness trackers around the world are heading to our drawers, doomed to be forgotten forever. Obviously we beg to differ here at Wareable, but if your fitness tracker has fallen out of favour, it needn't gather dust. Essential reading:…
Google has shipped 5 million Cardboard viewers so far
Google's new VP for virtual reality, Clay Bavor has taken to its official blog to celebrate the achievements of Google Cardboard. Just 19 months in and the low-cost VR viewer is boasting figures that would make any wearable proud, with over 5 million units shipped in total. That figure includes the free viewers sent out…
British Gas unveils Hive Active Plug and window sensors for the smart home
British Gas spin-off Hive has launched two new smart products that will allow you to control your home wherever you are. The Hive Active Plug and Hive Window or Door Sensor will work in Hive's smart home platform Honeycomb, and pair with Hive's Active Heating thermostat, which is already in 250,000 UK homes. The Active…
Google to join growing VR army
Google could soon be going head-to-head with Oculus, HTC and the VR gang, according to a series of new job listings advertised on the Google careers website. With Apple having recently hired VR expert Doug Bowman, professor and researcher at Virginia Tech, it would appear that Google is also tooling up. The search giant is…
Graphene’s next trick: Building artificial skin interfaces and health sensors
Wonder material graphene could soon be used to create super-sensitive artificial skin and wearable health sensors. Graphene, which is stronger than steel but also extremely light and flexible, is being 3D printed as a chemically modified paste by Imperial College London to explore its potential for synthetic skins. We spoke to Professor David Gann, Imperial's…
ReimaGO is Suunto powered activity tracking smart clothing aimed at kids
Suunto has partnered with Finnish clothing brand Reima on an activity tracking jacket for kids that uses a detachable movement sensor to record exercise. Available from autumn 2016, the ReimaGO jacket tracks the duration and intensity of physical activity. Using fitness watcher maker Suunto's Movesense technology, ReimaGO turns tracked data into game that sets challenges…
Pebble tips: Get more from your Pebble Time or Pebble Steel smartwatch
The Pebble has a phenomenal community of developers building interesting and fun Pebble apps, and with the addition of the Pebble Time Round, the smartwatch startup has upped its game in the fashionable stakes too. Needless to say, there are endless features, apps and Pebble watch faces to play with and expanding the capabilities of…
Thorpe Park teams up with Derren Brown for VR Ghost Train ride
The virtual reality and theme park love-in continues with Thorpe Park the latest to embrace VR headsets for its rides. Just days after Alton Towers revealed details of its new VR rollercoaster Galactica, Thorpe Park has released the trailer for its new attraction, Derren Brown's Ghost Train. Using HTC Vive VR headsets, the seven tonne,…
When smart underwear gets weird
Underwear has been called many things, since its biblical leaf inception. From unmentionables to foundation garments, lingerie to smart sports bras, we've seen underwear evolve and graduate to the digital age. Read on as we examine the bare necessities of smart underwear, taking a look at the craziest connected briefs we've seen so far. Durex…
Dating app has its finger on the pulse
A new year, a new you, another new dating app to try, but what makes Once so unique? Heart rate monitoring technology, apparently. Boasting over 70,000 users since its soft launch in November 2015, Once can now tap into heart rate monitoring data from Fitbit trackers and Android Wear smartwatches to give users their daily…