Tag: Wearables
Convert any watch into smart watch with smart buckle. Launches on Kickstarter for $39.99
Give your old analogue watch a smart makeover with Gooseberry's Smart Buckle – a wearable tech device which intelligently upgrades your old watch by adding health and fitness features Designed to fit easily, quickly and discreetly into the strap of almost any watch - from the classy family heirloom you’ve inherited through to the cool…
Google, Apple and Snapchat take gongs at Wearable Awards
Zappar (above) won an award for best AR/VR company at the Wearable Awards Google, Apple and Snapchat were just some of the winners announced at the fourth annual Wearable Awards this morning by organisers of the Wearable Technology Show, which is currently taking place at ExCeL in London. Tech giants Google,…
Take control of presentations with Neyya smart ring
The Neyya smart ring - a piece of jewellery that can control your devices via Bluetooth Move over fitness trackers and smart watches. There's a new wearable in town - the smart ring. Using Bluetooth technology, the Neyya smart ring can be used to control a number of different applications from the…
#IFA2015: Top 5 trends including women’s smartwatches and health wearables
Europe's biggest annual consumer electronics and home appliances show in Berlin, IFA was packed full of exciting products as usual. Sadie Hale from ShinyShiny highlights the top five trends from this year's show 1. Women's smartwatches are definitely a thing While there have been some stylish-looking smartwatches released recently – the Apple Watch and the Alcatel OneTouch watch, especially –…
Is 3D printing the future of medicine? Intel seems to think so.
Intel's stand at the Wearable Technology Show is all about health and fitness - and it appears that the company is working on some potentially exciting things in health care. First up I had a look at a prototype that Intel is developing in Turkey called the "Smart Splint". Despite medical technology coming on leaps…
Jawbone announces new fitness trackers to keep up with Fitbit
Wearable fitness tech maker Jawbone has announced two new devices to keep pace with competitors. So what's new? First up there's the Jawbone Up Move - which is going to be a bargain at £39.99. Here's how Jawbone describes it: "Press the face of UP MOVE to see its sleek, hidden LED display light up…
The XKCD face is the best watchface for the Moto 360
You know XKCD, right? The brilliant webcomic from Randall Munroe. If you don't know the name, you'll no-doubt recognise some of the most famous comics. Anyway - a while back Randall posted this combination clock widget/cartoon, which shows what time it is around the world by using a map. Some time later Motorola brought out…
Is Microsoft getting into wearables?
There have been rumours for a while that Microsoft is working on a smartwatch - but this could merely be the start of a broader push into wearable tech. According to Wareable in addition to a smartwatch, the company is also working on a clip-on camera in the mould of Autographer, which would conceivably record…
Jawbone shows how people were affected by San Francisco earthquake
Over the weekend San Francisco was hit by a major earthquake. The South Napa quake was apparently the strongest to hit Northern California in 25 years - and what's amazing is that thanks to wearable technology, we're able to see exactly how people felt it. In a blog post on the Jawbone site, the company…
Facebook for Android adds Wearable support
Android Wear just became even more useful. The new smartwatch platform has just won the support of Facebook - which will be pushing notifications to watches from version 9 of the app (so expect that to land in your app updates soon). According to Facebook's Ian Lake (posting on, umm, Google Plus, presumably out of…
