Consumers were never quite sure what to make of Google’s Internet-connected glasses.
Category Archives: Wearable
For Wearable Tech, One Size Does Not Fit All
One big criticism of wearable technology: the teams behind these devices are not diverse enough. Some industry watchers say that can result in products designed only with men in mind.
Jawbone wristband targets sleep data
Wearable tech firm Jawbone unveils a sleep-tracking device that uses metal studs to measure the wearer’s heart rate continuously at night.
Bits Blog: Microsoft Band Is a Welcome Surprise in the Wearable Market
The company’s new wearable device may be the most flexible of its kind on the market right now.
Microsoft Band and Microsoft Health: The $199 All-Platform Fitness Band
Microsoft
After being leaked just a few hours ago, it’s now official: Microsoft’s first entry into the wearable space is Microsoft Band, a fitness band.
The gadget isn’t a smartwatch and isn’t intended to replace your watch. It’s a Bluetooth fitness band packed full of sensors: optical heart rate sensing, 3-axis accelerometers with a gyroscope to track movement, GPS to track your runs even if you leave your phone at home, skin temperature, galvanic skin response presumably to measure sweating, ambient light and UV light, and a microphone so it can be used with Cortana on Windows Phone.
The 1.4-inch touch screen with its 320×106 resolution can deliver alerts, and there’s a vibration motor too. Twin 100mAh batteries give it 48 hours of what Microsoft calls “normal use” though GPS can shorten this. The charge time is 1.5 hours, using a magnetically attached USB charger. There are three different sizes, so it should fit on most wrists.
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Microsoft Jumps Into the Growing Market for Wearable Fitness Technology
Microsoft is joining the companies who see wearables as a way into the wellness business without all the red tape that comes from being a true medical company.
Android Smartwatch ‘Runs for a Week’
New Android-powered smartwatches should last for a week or longer between charges thanks to their use of both e-ink and LCD screens.
‘Remote Control’ Contraceptive Chip Available ‘by 2018’- 7 July 2014
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7 July 2014- BBC
‘Remote control’ contraceptive chip available ‘by 2018’
Intel’s Anthropologist Genevieve Bell Questions the Smart Watch – September 17, 2013
September 17, 2013 – Technology Review
Intel’s Anthropologist Genevieve Bell Questions the Smart Watch
Google Glass security failings may threaten owner’s privacy – May 1, 2013
5/1/2013 – The Guardian
Google Glass security failings may threaten owner’s privacy
Michael J Fox Foundation Tests Sensors to Track Parkinson’s – 13 August 2014
13 August 2014 – “BBC Technology”
Michael J Fox Foundation Tests Sensors to Track Parkinson’s. The Michael J Fox Foundation has teamed up with Intel to equip patients with smart watches. The watches allow more than 300 data points on the patients’ body statistics to be recorded every second. For example, the device is equipped with an accelerometer to measure tremors, a prominent symptom of the disease. An accompanying app is scheduled to be released in conjunction with the watches that will help doctors study the effects of different medications on the patients.