The CodeRed blog at ReCode is reporting that Apple's wearable device, whatever it turns out to be, will be unveiled on September 9, along the updated iPhones running HealthKit. We speculated as much when we first heard the September date. Keep in mind, though, that although it's a really good guess, the only out who's reporting firmly that there'll be new iPhones on … [Read more...]
Jawbone Tracks Quake Response
Jawbone has produced a chart that demonstrates that the closer you are to a magnitude 6.1 earthquake, the more likely you are to wake up and move: Obvious, yes, but also interesting. First of all, it's a cool illustration of the uses of aggregated data; Jawbone checked the sleep data collected by its UP wearers and saw these interesting patterns. … [Read more...]
Noonee Chairless Chair Exoskeleton Lets You Sit Anywhere
The Swiss startup Noonee is building a device that straps onto your legs and shoes, and lets you sit down anywhere you want. The company pitches it as a "posture support device," which has a nice ring to it. The thing is a five-pound carbon fiber and aluminum device that you put behind your legs; it's jointed at the knees and has pads at the buttocks. You can assume whatever … [Read more...]
Ralph Lauren Brands OMSignal Shirts at the US Open
Is it possible that a major fashion brand is actually embracing the function of wired clothing? The NYTimes says Ralph Lauren is branding OMSignal's instrumented compression shirts at the US Open, the tennis tournament that opens today in New York City. The shirts aren't going on the players, who are probably quite well instrumented during their training already. Rather, the … [Read more...]
LG to Launch Android Wear Smartwatch at IFA
There's a big consumer electronics conference in Berlin next week; IFA claims 1400 exhibitors in 145,000 square meters and 240,000 visitors, which puts it squarely in the league of CES, which sucks the air out of the industry for a week in early January. We expect a fair amount of news out of IFA, and it's probably no coincidence that Motorola is formally announcing the Moto … [Read more...]
Omate Announces Omate X, a Notifications Smartwatch
Omate was one of the first companies (and possibly the very first) to make an untethered smartwatch -- one that had its own SIM card and didn't need a phone to connect to the outside world. The Omate Truesmart represented hard engineering, and most of the rest of the world went the easier route and put the communications intelligence in the phone and not the watch. The company … [Read more...]
Skully Helmet Starts Pre-Orders
We've previously mentioned the Skully motorcycle helmet, which features a heads-up display, rear-view camera, and GPS navigation. We saw a prototype a few months ago courtesy of our friends at Wearable World Labs, which incubated the project. We were pretty impressed -- although the quantity of hype surrounding it obscured the fact that it wasn't close to shipping. It's … [Read more...]
Bondara Touts SexFit Sexual Fitness Prototype
We would never write about something like this as linkbait. Nope, never. Not us. Nuh-uh. On the other hand (so to speak)... The British sex toy company Bondara is showing a prototype of a connected penis ring. Other than the usual non-connected function, the SexFit will track your activity and calorie burn (less than you might expect, actually) and upload it to your cell … [Read more...]
SunFriend Warns You About Too Much Sun
Getting sunburned stinks. Getting sunburned a lot can eventually kill you. SunFriend is a fun-looking $50 wrist strap that won Intel's Make It Wearable challenge last month. You put it on, set its sensitivity depending on your skin type, and a set of LEDs lights up to tell you how much sun exposure you've gotten and can safely withstand. When all 11 lights flash, it's time … [Read more...]
Timex Announces ONE GPS Smartwatch
Timex, the brand a lot of people think of when it comes to mass-market watches, is dipping into the smartwatch business, but with a well-defined and limited feature set. The ONE GPS+ watch is a GPS-enabled fitness tracker that can send and receive messages, upload your performance data to a number of tracking sites, and send emergency notifications. What's unusual is that the … [Read more...]