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Toilet Training the World

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Everything is getting smarter: running gear, watches, jewelry, fashion, you name it. Now from Japan, there's a smart device that reminds you to do what bears do in the woods. Dfree is a device from the Japanese company Triple W that fits (or sticks) on your underwear and warns you when you are going to need to get to a bathroom. "This device predicts faecal excretion. The … [Read more...]

Lumo Runs the Numbers

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All runners, amateur or pro, want to get better every time they run and avoid injury. That’s one of the reasons coaches keep stats and why fitness tracking devices are so popular. Lumo now makes it even easier—and quite possibly more accurate—by putting all the electronics in your running shorts. Lumo Run running shorts are the result of Lumo teaming up with sports … [Read more...]

FIFA to Set Standards for Wearables

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FIFA, the international governing body of the football Americans call soccer, is looking to set a standard in wearable technologies for its 209 member associations. They are joined by IFAB, the International Football Association Board. Earlier this year, IFAB decided to allow players to use wearable electronic performance and tracking systems (EPTS) under two conditions: … [Read more...]

Women and Wearables: Not Always a Good Match

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Wired designated 2015 as “the year wearables will stop being so ugly,” which might be a sign that the industry is taking the distaff side of the marketplace more seriously. For a lot of women, the issue isn’t ugly but too big, too clunky on smaller wrists and frame, which is, well, ugly and awkward. And some health and fitness devices don’t take women’s unique health issues … [Read more...]

A Bikini That Takes Out the Trash

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A swim suit—a bikini—that filters toxins out of sea water as you swim can sound either ecologically wonderful or personally, well, yucky. It has to be said, though, that the prototype is quite attractive. The cleaning part of the suit, Sponge, is made of heated sucrose combined with a 3-D printed elastomer frame. Engineers at The University of California Riverside created … [Read more...]

Wearables to Reduce Infant Mortality

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WAAA! (wearable, anytime, anywhere, APGAR), a finalist in UNICEF’s Wearables for Good challenge, is designed to help newborns all over the world, especially the 40 million who are born without medical people attending them. APGAR (Appearance, Pulse, Grimace, Activity, Respiration) is the first test a newborn gets. WAAA! is a silicon band with a sensor module that measures a … [Read more...]

Sponsored Post: Wearable Tech UX

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Center Ring Media is a media sponsor of the Wearable Tech UX conference, October 1-2, 2015. This post was provided by show organizer SmithersApex. Going Beyond the Hardware at Wearable Technology UX 2015 Moving beyond high tech glasses and activity bands, wearable technology is more intimate and expansive than ever. Today’s wearable consumer craves more interactions and … [Read more...]

Department of Self-Promotion: Interview in Wearable Style News

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Dan Rosenbaum, the editor and publisher of Wearable Tech Insider, was interviewed recently by Wearable Style News, a content marketing site published by Richline, the Berkshire Hathaway company that's a major distributor and manufacturer to jewelry stores. (The site's also got an interview with the most excellent and forward-thinking Amanda Parkes.)   … [Read more...]

The Third Shoe Drops: Jawbone Sues Fitbit in the ITC

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Jawbone said it would, and how it did: sued Fitbit in the International Trade Court in an attempt to keep Fitbit's products from being imported. Since Fitbits (like most, if not all, electronics products) are made abroad, a victory would essentially keep Fitbit off the U.S. market. Jawbone has previously sued Fitbit, the market leader in smart bands, for poaching its … [Read more...]