Wearables
#Trending 1st birthday special: Wearables under the microscope
We reveal the winners and losers of wearables a year after our launch Trending is our regular feature in which...
iSkin lets you control your smartphone via electronic skin sensors
Put this electronic skin on your arm, behind your ear or on your fingerResearchers at the Max Planck Institute of...
Crowdfunded Ditto is shipping 10 August
This tiny wearable will give you smartphone notifications, nothing more, nothing lessDitto, a wearable that buzzes when you get smartphone...
Stretchable battery technology could triple smartwatch longevity
With the ability to stretch and bend, this could be the best battery tech for wearablesA research team from Arizona...
Wearable tech market will triple to $74 billion by 2025
$25 billion to be invested in smart materials by 2025The wearable tech market will rise from $24.2 billion this year...
Hajj Guider startup will help pilgrims get to Mecca with a band and an app
A band to help guide you and your family during Hajj and UmrahHajj Guider is wearable startup that aims to...
NASA-developed Wi-Fi chip aims to increase the battery life of wearables
We all want better battery life, could this technology be the way to get it?Researchers at NASA have developed a...
Wearsafe Kickstarter wants its tiny tag to save lives
With a subtle push of a button, your family and friends can be notified of troubleNew Kickstarter campaign Wearsafe has...
Barclaycard bPay band: A story of wearable awkwardness
We took the bPay band out for a spin and this is what we learnedI arrive at the counter and...
Smart Tracker 2 GPS tag smashes crowdfunding target...again
Are you always losing everything? Look this wayThe Smart Tracker 2, a GPS toting tag that lets you track all...
Microsoft Research plans to triple your wearable's battery life
Fancy a week long battery life without compromising on screen?Microsoft Research has plans that could triple the battery life of...
9 ways to organise your life with wearables
If you're struggling to keep on top of life's admin, try a wearable If you're looking to organise your life,...
HoloLens headsets blown up in SpaceX mishap
UPDATE: NASA's unmanned rocket doesn't reach the ISSUpdate: The story below was reported last week. Unfortunately, the SpaceX CRS-7 Falcon...
Barclaycard launches new bPay band - still no Apple Pay for Barclays customers
Plus an NFC sticker, keyfob and refreshed appApple Pay launches in the UK in July and every major bank has...
Jaguar testing emotion sensing wearable at Wimbledon 2015
Biometric trackers and atmospheric sensors aim to find Wimbledon hotspotsJaguar Land Rover is using wearable tech to track the excitement...
How machine learning will take wearable data to the next level
Because someone's got to do something with itWearables and Internet of Things devices are already creating too much data to...
Google X activity tracker will be a medical grade device
The latest wearable to emerge from life sciences lab could be used in clinical trials
MetaWear Coin lands on Kickstarter - cheap, tiny, low power and sensorific
This could be the crowdfunding project to turn your wearable tech ideas into realityMetaWear is back on Kickstarter. The affordable...
Fitbit security slammed in tracker test
No surprises that your data can be accessed by very determined hackers.Wearable tech has been under the security microscope since...
Wearable awareness on the rise as industry boom forecast
New data suggests adoption rates are increasing for trackers and smartwatchesConsumer awareness in wearable tech is on the rise, according...