Seems as if everything these days tracks biometrics, either as a basic function or an added feature. Most of those trackers are not gender-specific, but when you’re talking sports bras, you’re talking a decline in gender diversity. But in a good way. We think. Canadian company OmSignal has developed the Om bra, a sports bra that tracks biometrics, calories burned, and your … [Read more...]
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Pet Sounds: Canine Tech at CES
The idea of electronics on a dog or cat collar is not particularly revolutionary; pet doors that require collar electronics have been around for a while. But the world of technology never stays stagnant, so three companies have come out with fitness trackers for pets and one with a game console for dogs. (The cats feel this last is unnecessarily species-ist.) The trackers … [Read more...]
Fuller Brushing Experience from Grush, Kolibree: CES
Kids hardly ever want to brush their teeth. Let’s face it: It’s supposed to take a full two minutes and that cuts into valuable play time. Now two companies are addressing this situation with a great concept—combine tooth brushing and games—from slightly different angles. Both Grush and Kolibree toothbrushes monitor the position of your toothbrush head to determine how well … [Read more...]
Knitflix: Netflix and Solder
How many time have you come home after a long day and settled into your couch to binge Netflix? And how many times have you fallen asleep and woken up episodes later? Netflix is prepared to make your bingeing life a lot easier, with Netflix socks that pause your TV if you fall asleep or just admire the inside of your eyelids for too long. Here’s the great thing about this: … [Read more...]
VERT: Pro Wearable Game Tech that Includes Fans
There’s been a lot of news this year about wearables and professional sports but the data mostly enlightens coaches and players, leaving fans out of the loop. VERT took that next step, becoming the first wearable tech useds, providing jump height data in the NCAA Division I Women's Volleyball Championship games in real-time on ESPN2. VERT is worn around a player’s waist and … [Read more...]
Kapture Records The Sounds Around You
Do you go through your day thinking, “Wait! What just happened”? Want to preserve baby’s unexpected first word? Something amazing your friend just said? Something you overheard a stranger saying? Take a look at Kapture, a wristband that continuously records your audible world in 60-second loops. A tap on the band and the last loop is saved. Send it to your smartphone and, … [Read more...]
SmartCap Monitors Sleeping on the Job
Sleeping on the job might bring up images of napping at your desk, but in many industries it is a major health and safety hazard -- literally a case of life and death for the worker and for others. With the clear exception of Jacques Tati’s Monsieur Hulot, sleeping on the job is not a funny or trivial problem. No one wants an airplane pilot or the driver of an 18-wheeler … [Read more...]
Bandages Get a Hydrogel Upgrade
MIT's got an interest in wearable technology with the creation of a “smart Band-Aid,” a flexible, adhesive hydrogel that can carry health sensors and monitor a patient’s condition. With a reservoir in the gel, the dressing can also deliver medication and warn when the medication level getting low. Researchers think one of the first uses for the hydrogel -- which is 90 … [Read more...]
Verily, Is Google Out for Blood?
You can’t get blood from a stone, but Google is apparently planning to get it from a watch. On your arm. Without needles. Are we the only ones who think this could be the foundation for a really bad sci-fi movie about vampire robots? Google recently applied for a patent for this device, but details, like how it gets the blood without a needle, are scarce at this point. The … [Read more...]
Old MacDonald Tracks His Cows
We commonly think of wearables for people and wearables for machines. However, it turns out that cows now have their own wearables and "cow chip" has a whole new—and less malodorous—meaning. And apparently the cows are milking it for all it’s worth, on their own. Precision farming, or precision agriculture, is essentially farm management based on numbers. Since the numbers … [Read more...]