Wearables
Leaf Wearables' personal safety button takes home Women’s Safety XPrize
The Indian startup picked from 90 competitors to win $1 million prizeAn Indian startup's personal safety wearable has taken home...
Foci is tackling the age of distraction through the power of machine learning
Meet the Cambridge startup that's aiming to remix your cognitionLet's try a little test: sit back, breathe in and try...
The slow death of fitness trackers has stunted wearable growth
As smartwatches continue to riseWe've heard the constant drumbeat of analysts on the wearable market for a while now: Fitness...
Withings lives on as co-founder buys back digital health business from Nokia
Just look at the smile on his faceWithings co-founder Eric Carreel has officially taken back the connected health business he...
Charged Up: There's a time and place for augmented audio in live music settings
Music streaming has shown personalisation is king - but can gigs really follow suit?Right, then, welcome to Charged Up -...
Bcon is a wearable controller that wants to change how you game
Forget a helping hand, this German startup is leveraging control from the footIf you were one of the many console...
Jawbone's UP service hits turbulence as transition enters final phase
It'll be back up and running soonAs Jawbone officially died and Jawbone Health rose from its ashes, the company put...
7digital is working with Peex and its wearable-powered music platform
Streaming music service gets in on the augmented audio actionRemember 7digital? The UK-based music company that used to have partnership...
Charged Up: It's time crowdfunding companies change their strategy
When darlings aren't darlings anymoreIt's easy to see why crowdfunding is so compelling. You, a mostly regular - yet astonishingly...
We read your wearable tech's privacy policy so you don't have to
What you agreed to - GDPR editionLet's face facts: When you get a new wearable device, whether it be a...
Invoxia and Wamiz team up on a wearable pet tracker for cats and dogs
Keep tabs on your wandering pet with geolocation trackingTelecom giant Invoxia has partnered with animal-centric community website Wamiz in order...
How wearable devices are becoming key players in the fight against addiction
We explore the tech designed to monitor and possibly even cure addictionsMost wearable technology is created to make your life...
Xenxo's S-Ring wants to replace your smartwatch and fitness tracker
Meet the smart safety ring that packs in SOS alerts and much morePerhaps more than any other area of wearable...
Working out with Fiit's wearable-powered boutique fitness classes
Live heart rate monitoring and rep counting make this fitness platform a winnerNowadays, it's easy to get sucked into Instagram...
And finally: Apple's working on a powerful AR/VR headset
Rumors and lighter stories from the week gone byWhat a week. We saw the return of Snap Spectacles, rising from...
Week in wearable: Snap Spectacles 2 enter the fray, Puma and Fossil set to team up
Hey, get a load of what happened this weekAfter last week saw the demise of Intel's wearable arm while rumours...
This tendon-tapping wearable can measure tension
New tendon-tapping method could help people with injuriesA team of researchers from the University of Wisconsin-Madison have developed a wearable...
New Snap Spectacles can take photos on land and in (shallow) water
Slimmer design and higher resolution video recording also added into the mixSnap has officially launched is next generation Spectacles and...
Your fitness app's privacy policy may be about to change – and that's a good thing
Fitbit, Strava, Under Armour and others are tweaking their termsData privacy, especially when it comes to the tech, fitness apps...
Enhancia's Neova smart ring brings the human touch to digital instruments
Now you can feel your digital musicIf you've ever seen a great musician play an analogue instrument live, you've probably...