Wearable technology

LG smartwatches, Android Wear 2.0 date leaked

LG is teaming up with Google to reveal two new smartwatches next month, it has been reported. According to VentureBeat‘s Evan Blass, LG and…

Samsung Gear Fit 2 review: more smartwatch than fitness tracker

In the world of wearables, only the practical survive. Sure, gimmicks work for a few weeks, but in the long term, devices that can…

Intel issues immediate fitness watch recall due to ‘burns’

Intel has issued an immediate safety recall of its Basis Peak fitness tracker due to heating issues. The chipmaker said the fitness watch gets so…

Samsung Gear Fit 2, Samsung Gear IconX debut in South Africa

On the back of its leaky Samsung Galaxy Note 7 news, the company still has time to issue press releases of its new wearable…

Xiaomi Mi Band 2 launched: 5 things you should know

Missed the news last week? Yep, Xiaomi quietly launched the second-generation Mi Band fitness tracker a few days ago. What’s new in this edition…

Samsung Gear Fit 2 ‘confirmed’ with Tizen, to launch June

Details of the upcoming Samsung Gear Fit 2 have been leaked, and it largely confirms talk that the band will be quicker and more…

Qualcomm Snapdragon Wear chips to power wearables for kids, elderly

Catch all of the latest news, analysis and reactions from Computex 2016 right here. Chipmaker Qualcomm has already launched its first dedicated wearable chip earlier…

Sony SmartBand SWR10 review: easy to lose, easy to forget

The fitness craze — it’s a thing that’s not going anywhere anytime soon. Just like the selfie movement and the LOLcats phenomenon before it,…

Sony’s SmartEyeglass Google Glass competitor is now available for pre-order

Judging by the number of down votes received on its YouTube ad, Sony‘s attempt at filling that awkward void left by the lack of…

Visions of the future: virtual reality will feature big players in 2015

Virtual reality is looking to re-imagine the future. Imagine putting on a goggles and being instantly transported to another time, or another country altogether….

Intel Curie is the button-sized wearables platform of the future

Intel is no stranger to the realm of silicon, and the company needs no introduction on that part, but it has struggled to play…

Meet the PlayStation Vita VR headset designed by Beatshapers

Did you happen to buy a PlayStation Vita handheld gaming system when it launched back in the dying days of 2011 to realise that…

Sony’s developing a Google Glass-like wearable to make dumb glasses smart

Sony has today announced that it’s developing a detachable single-lens display module, or in layman’s terms, a competitor to Google Glass. Google’s Glass smart…

Intel, Google will join forces to craft next version of Google Glass

According to reports from the Wall Street Journal, Google might dump Texas Instruments in favour of Intel horsepower in the next iteration of Google…

FES is the 24-in-one smartwatch the fashion world’s been waiting for

E-ink isn’t exactly a new technology. Amazon has been using it for ages in its Kindle e-reader range and Pebble has been crafting smartwatches…

Ditto’s the $30 pill-shaped vibrating wearable that’ll never let you miss a call again

Wearables are great things. They open up discussions for things like the quantified self, the Internet of Things, predictive analytics and so on. While…

Exoskeleton hand lets you interact with the virtual world

The first thing I thought of when I saw video demonstrations of Dexmo, an exoskeleton hand that uses force feedback to remotely control a…

Microsoft Band is a cross-platform fitness coach with sensors galore

After what seems like months of speculation and rumours, Microsoft has finally outed its smart wearable to the world and well, its lazily named….

Amiko launches wearable device for medicine bottles, asthma inhalers

We’re pretty sick of wearables all doing the same things, like pretending to be watches or turn spectacle wearers into obnoxious, privacy-violating trolls. But…

Fitbit unveils new smartbands, $250 smartwatch with seven-day battery life

The wearable tech company for athletes Fitbit, today announced a refreshed range of devices namely the Fitbit Charge, Fitbit Charge HR and Fitbit Surge…

Intel, Opening Ceremony unveil $1000 smartband for supermodels

Guess who just crashed the wearable party? Intel, partnering with fashion company Open Ceremony, has finally unveiled the MICA fashion-first smartband that was announced…

Pinlight Display technology acts like Star Wars holo-projectors

Virtual (VR) and augmented reality (AR) is all the rage, with major corporations researching their possible advantages and implementations. But no current apparatus can…

From Apple to Timex: the A to Z smartwatch guide

Sick of smartwatches yet? Unfortunately, they’re here for the foreseeable future to enslave the wrists of the countless masses. While the technology is debatably…

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