Of the three wrist devices that Samsung announced earlier this year, the one that really jumped out at us was the Gear Fit.
It's part fitness tracker, part smartwatch, and sports a wicked design
with a curved display. The Gear Fit has touched down in Gizmagville,
and, before we give you our full review, we have some initial thoughts.
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Researchers at Newcastle University in the UK have conducted a study into how Google Glass
can be used to assist sufferers of Parkinson’s disease. The team is
working directly with patients to develop straightforward and useful
technology that will help sufferers cope with the disease, while aiding
them in becoming more independent. Read More
In October 2012, a device called Memoto
raised its Kickstarter goal of US$50,000 in under 5 hours and went on
to raise over $550,000. Memoto went into production and began shipping
in November 2013. Now called Narrative Clip, the device is a wearable
lifelogging camera and a smash Kickstarter success. But is it any good?
Gizmag got the opportunity to find out. Read More
Wearable technology was one of the big themes as
this year's CES in Las Vegas. One of the companies pushing the
technology was Intel, with the launch of its Make It Wearable contest.
Now, the company has announced the competition's first finalists. Read More
In pictures: Baselworld 2014, The Watch and Jewelry Show
By Paul Ridden
April 3, 2014
For over 40 years after first opening its doors
in 1917, the Schweizer Mustermesse Basel was dedicated to showing off
Swiss-made products only. The importance of watches and jewelry to the
show steadily increased from a special section to headline billing, and
in the early 1970s the first European companies were invited to exhibit.
Now it's very much a global affair, and Gizmag was amongst the
thousands upon thousands of press, trade and public to zero in on the
picturesque Swiss town for Baselworld 2014, eager to get up close and
personal with the very latest in wrist bling and sparkling fashion
accessories. Read More
Twenty five years ago this year, Victorinox
branched out from the manufacture of Swiss Army knives into watchmaking,
and to celebrate the occasion the iconic company is launching a limited
Titanium edition of its Dive Master 500 divers watch. The new watch
brings a mechanical chronograph movement to the collection, and features
a generous helping of luminous markers in two different colors. Read More
If your bank balance barely blips at purchases like Juan Manuel Fangio's 1954 Mercedes W196 F1 Silver Arrow or an original Leica 0-series camera,
then you're definitely the kind of customer who'd be interested in The
Hallucination. This ladies wristwatch is bursting with colorful
diamonds, and has been valued at a cool US$55 million. Read More
French watch maker Bernard Richards Manufacture
already has three "world's lightest watch" trophies in its cabinet, and
has now added a fourth. The V6-44-MK joined its featherweight siblings
at Baselworld 2014, and Gizmag managed to get a closer look at the
sporty quartet. Read More
Some upmarket wristwatches are all bells and
whistles, while for others their attraction isn’t in what they do, but
how they’re made. One case in point is the Christophe Claret Maestoso
showcased at Baselworld 2014, which uses a detent escapement – a
movement of remarkable accuracy that’s almost impossible to install in a
watch. Read More
As so-called smartwatches become more smart and
less watch, they run the risk of losing some of the latter's charm and
style. Building on the success of its Cookoo "connected complication"
that combined analog movement with a connected digital display, Hong
Kong's ConnecteDevice has released two versions of a new Cogito model – a
Classic dress watch and a fun-loving design named Pop. Gizmag stopped
by the company's booth at Baselworld in Switzerland for a closer look.
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“He loves me… He loves me not,” or the Daisy
Oracle is a game of pulling petals off a flower, usually a daisy, while
intoning the formula that dates back to at least the 15th century as a
way of finding out if someone’s love is true. In a fusing of the 21st
and the 18th centuries, Christophe Claret takes a page out of the golden
age of automata and turns the game into a miniature automaton version
that fits into a lady’s wristwatch. Called the Margot, we had a look at
it at Baselworld 2014 and its mechanism that “predicts” true love based
on the old game of plucking daisies. Read More
The Earth and Moon are, we’re reliably informed,
three-dimensional, so why should the Moon-phase dial on your upmarket
wristwatch be flat? At Baselworld 2014, Swiss watchmaker Vicenterra took
up the challenge to rectify this with its Luna volume 1, which shows
the Earth and Moon as rotating three-dimensional spheres as part of its
set of complications. Read More
Victorinox Swiss Army has launched a new watch
collection at this year's Baselworld in Switzerland. Pitched as a rugged
companion for life, the Inox comes with the knowledge that it has
survived over a hundred toughness tests, including being run over by a
tank, dropped onto concrete, exposed to temperature extremes and thrown
into the middle of a sandstorm for a couple of hours. Read More
It’s easy to get dismissive of upmarket
astronomical watches in this age of cheap digital apps, but it’s still
impressive to see what can achieved with mechanical movements – and how
that can still sometimes put the apps to shame. For example, we got a
look at Swiss watch maker Antoine Martin’s Tourbillon Astronomique watch
at Baselworld this week, which can not only tell what time the Sun will
rise and set at, but even has a few tricks that you won’t find at the
app store. Read More
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Last year, German laser weapons hobbyist Patrick Priebe built a working replica of Ironman's laser gauntlet.
Now, he's paid another visit to the world of superheroes, creating his
own take on the "energy beam"-emitting eyewear worn by the X-Men's
Cyclops. Read More
The Baselworld 2014 watch show officially starts
tomorrow in Basel, Switzerland, but Gizmag has already spotted a pretty
special-looking watch on the trade show floor. Made by Sweden's GoS
Watches, the Bifrost Isblå features a dial and crown made from what the
company describes as "high-contrast" pattern-welded stainless Damascus
steel. Read More
Google has announced a strategic partnership with
premium eyewear manufacturer Luxottica Group for a range of Glass
frames. The Luxottica Group owns a number of well-known brands including
Ray-Ban, Oakley and Vogue Eyewear. The deal is aimed encouraging uptake
of Google Glass. Read More
Electronic Muscle Stimulation (EMS) is nothing new. In fact, we've covered it before with products like Osim's USB-powered uPixie.
SmartMio is the latest product to use it, but it's doing so with some
twists. Most notable of these is the inclusion of Bluetooth to connect
with smartphones for better control, and use while on the go. Read More
Wearable baby monitors certainly appear an emerging trend, with recent efforts including a bodysuit packed with sensors and a smart sock
to track your baby's vital signs. Taking yet another approach is
US-based inventor Arturas Vaitaitis, whose Monbaby smart button can be
attached to any item of clothing to monitor and provide analysis of your
baby's sleeping patterns. Read More
We knew wearable technology was going to get
weird eventually, but we didn't expect it to get this weird, this fast.
The HeadWatch is smartwatch design with a twist – a touchscreen body
that pops off and doubles as a headset. Wearers get the usual smartwatch
notifications, but they can also stick the watch in their ears to take
calls. Read More
Most of the early smartwatches we've seen run
scaled-down software designed for tiny screens. But then you also have
devices like Neptune Pine and Omate TrueSmart
that are basically smartphones for your wrist. Today another device is
ready to join that latter group. Meet the Rufus Cuff, a "wrist
communicator" that can pair with both iPhone and Android handsets. Read More
Motorola announced its first smart watch, the
Moto 360, in conjunction with Google's announcement of Android Wear, the
company's new port of a modified form of Android and Google Now, which
it hopes will serve as a platform for all sorts of wearable devices in
the near future. Read More
LG has announced the G Watch, one of the first smartwatches to be powered by Google's new Android Wear
operating system. The news was released as part of a coordinated launch
by Google and its partners on Tuesday. The G Watch continues LG's foray
into the wearables market following the Lifeband Touch. Read More
We knew that Google was cooking up a version of
Android designed specifically for wearables, and today the company
followed through. Android Wear is a Google Now-centric platform for
smartwatches – and, eventually, other wearables as well. Read More
We're only a few months into 2014, but we've
already seen quite a few new smartwatch releases. Two of the
highest-profile are the Samsung Gear 2 and Pebble Steel. How do you decide between these two very different watches? Read on, as Gizmag compares their features and specs. Read More
While many of us worry about the ways in which
Google Glass could be used to infringe on peoples' privacy, scientists
at Saarland University in Germany have instead developed a process in
which the high-tech eyewear could ensure privacy. More specifically, it would keep shady characters from obtaining your PIN while you used an automated teller. Read More
After launching its first smartwatch
back in September, Samsung's line of wearables is about to get a lot
bigger. Starting next month, two new smartwatches and one new fitness
tracker are about to join the Samsung Gear family. Let's try to cut
through the confusion and compare the features and specs of Samsung's
original Galaxy Gear to the new Gear 2, Gear 2 Neo, and Gear Fit (whew!). Read More
Lucid dreaming is believed by many to aid in
practicing skills, improving creativity, or just exploring adventurous
new worlds, but requires practice and awareness to master. Aurora is an
EEG-based headband aiming to enhance dreams and lower the barrier to
lucid dreaming. With apps for multiple platforms, a host of features,
and an open API for third party applications, iWinks' aim is to help the
uninitiated take control of their dreams. Read More
Remember back before computers were sexy, and you
only bought a new PC once every three or four years? Have you ever
stopped and wondered whether buying the latest iPad, Galaxy, or Surface every single year is just a little bit ridiculous? Google is certainly questioning that line of thinking with its modular Project Ara smartphone, and now someone has a similar aim with wearables. Meet Blocks: the first modular smartwatch. Read More
According to the World Health Organization, 35
percent of women worldwide have fallen victim to either violence from
their intimate partner, or sexual violence from a non-partner. While
self-defense classes and pepper sprays form part of a solution, their
value becomes questionable if the perpetrator is already known to the
victim or attacks by surprise. The First Sign Hair Clip, a hair clip
fitted with security sensors, is designed to not only send out a cry for
help, but gather up evidence to ensure justice is served. Read More
We've already seen rings that unlock doors and mobile devices, show the time, act as a mouse or display notifications from a connected mobile device, but, like the Fin,
the Ring from California-based Logbar aims to take finger wagging to
the next level. Featuring Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) connectivity, the
Ring is designed to allow control of mobile devices and home appliances,
make electronic payments and even type text in mid air with a wave of a
finger. Read More
The increasingly crowded fitness tracker market
has another new entrant. This one, however, appears to offer not only
impressive functionality, but a unique approach, too. As well as
tracking fitness, Moov uses artificial intelligence to study the user
and provide real-time coaching during their workouts. Read More
Glowfaster fitness jacket provides performance feedback in a flash
By Nick Lavars
February 26, 2014
The Glowfaster Jacket is a new take on fitness
tracking wearables developed by ex-marine Simon Weatherall that provides
runners with feedback on speed, heart rate and location by way of
lights down its front and along the sleeves. Read More
We've seen plenty of watches that have tried to do something different from the norm. The watch with one hand, the watch with one hand and no numbers, and every single watch from Tokyo Flash,
to cite just three examples. And now we have another, this one being a
watch that has the hands pointing inwards rather than outwards. Read More
Let's be honest, walking around in a busy city
with loud music blasting through a pair of headphones is not a safe
thing to do. Still, that doesn't stop people from doing it every day. A
startup called One Llama has just announced a new application that's
designed to make that activity a little less dangerous. It constantly
listens to background noise, and when it hears something that the user
needs to know about, such as a car horn, it automatically mutes the
music and alerts them. At least, that's the promise. Read More
While the big players in the smartwatch
market continue to tweak their designs, searching for a device with the
right mix of functionality and style, others are banking on the latter
being the force to drive mass-market appeal. Finnish company Creoir Ltd
certainly fits this description. Its concept Ibis Dual Face Smart Watch
on show at this week's Mobile World Congress bears a closer resemblance
to a piece of jewelry than other smartwatch designs on offer. Read More
ReSound LiNX hearing aid streams directly from iPhone
By Dave LeClair
February 24, 2014
The ReSound LiNX hearing aid connects with a
user's iPhone to allow music and phone calls to be heard directly
through the device, thus allowing more comfortable smartphone use for
the hearing impaired. Read More
Moticon sensor insoles track your feet for injury and performance
By C.C. Weiss
February 24, 2014
Athletic and medical tracking is slowly sliding
off our wrists and chests and into our clothing. This year's Wearable
Technologies Conference Europe showed a strong shift toward clothing
items powered by textile sensors, including Mbody smart shorts.
Feet are getting in on the act too, with the "world's first fully
integrated sensor insole" from Moticon, which turns your shoes into a
wireless performance-tracking system. Read More
Fitness trackers are all the rage at the moment
and there are plenty of options from which to choose. The vast majority
of trackers strap to your wrist, but would there be any benefit to
strapping a one to your ankle instead? That's the question Flyfit asked –
and the answer, it says, is yes. Read More
Apparently those two new Galaxy Gears that
Samsung announced the other day weren't the entire story. Today the
company announced its first fitness tracker, a wrist-based device called
the Gear Fit. Read More
There is an increasing amount of wearable
technology being used in the workplace due to the benefits it can
provide and the ease with which it can be integrated into existing
working practices. With this in mind, Fujitsu has announced a
glove-style device for workplace use that provides touch and
gesture-based functionality for site operations. Read More
Samsung unveils Galaxy Gear 2, Galaxy Gear 2 Neo smartwatches
February 22, 2014
Getting out ahead of Monday's expected Galaxy S5
announcement, Samsung came out of the gates at Mobile World Congress
with the reveal of the company's latest smartwatches, the Galaxy Gear 2 and Galaxy Gear 2 Neo. Read More
Three years ago, we heard about a prototype shoe
that could be used to guide the wearer via haptic feedback. Designed by
Anirudh Sharma, who was then a researcher at Hewlett-Packard Labs in
Bangalore, India, the Lechal shoe was intended for use mainly by the
blind. This week, however, Sharma and business partner Krispian Lawrence
announced that the production version of the Lechal will soon be
available for preorder, and it's aimed at helping all people navigate the city streets. Read More
It took a heavyweight like Google
to bring the notion of head-mounted devices to the mainstream, but
other developers are also testing the waters and pushing the boundaries
of what's possible to achieve in the smart glasses
space. Exhibit A is K-Glass, a wearable, hands-free display developed
by researchers at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
(KAIST). Read More
Cuff fashion wearables send notifications to your loved ones
By Stu Robarts
February 18, 2014
Although the functionality of wearable technology
may be beginning to measure up to expectations, its aesthetic form has
largely been derided, and designers face the task of bridging the tech
and fashion worlds. Cuff is one of a number of fledgling companies that
is looking to reconcile technological prowess with head-turning looks.
Its newly-launched range of fashion accessories incorporate a discrete
wireless device that, when pressed, sends a notification to your chosen
contacts to let them know you're trying to make contact. Read More
Apple patents earbuds with fitness-tracking tech
By Dave LeClair
February 18, 2014
We recently featured a set of fitness tracking earbuds called The Dash.
Now, a new patent has surfaced from Apple that locks down similar
technology, citing "an audio output device configured to be positioned
within a user's ear; a monitoring system located in substantially close
proximity to the audio output device." Read More
The Dash smart earbuds play back music, and monitor your workout
By Dave LeClair
February 13, 2014
Today, companies the world over are looking to
crack the wearable technology market, especially in terms of fitness
tracking. Bragi is another among the lot, but instead of trying to get
users to adopt some sort of bracelet or other device to do the tracking,
its product, called The Dash, takes the form of something that people
already wear – earphones. Read More
Zeal adds new features to its HD Camera goggles
By C.C. Weiss
February 13, 2014
Zeal has established itself as the tech-savvy ski goggle manufacturer. It was the first goggle-maker to adopt Recon Instruments' heads-up display and one of the first to integrate an HD action cam into its goggles. This year, it's revealed the updated HD2 Camera Goggle with upgraded hardware and new features. Read More
Durr, the faceless watch that vibrates every 5 minutes
By Dave Parrack
February 7, 2014
Time may be constant, but our perception of it is
constantly changing. If you're happy and having fun, it tends to pass
more quickly than if you're miserable and suffering. Time has also been
shown to pass more quickly for older people than younger generations.
Wearing a wristwatch doesn't necessarily help us become more aware of
the passing of time, but wearing Durr may well do ... By stretching our
preconceived ideas of what constitutes a timepiece. Read More
When we reviewed Google Glass,
one of our big questions was whether Google can do anything to make the
specs less awkward to wear in public. We recently got our hands on
something that might help out. Read on, as Gizmag takes a look at the
new titanium prescription frames for Google Glass. Read More
Rightly or wrongly, the French are known for
clothing designs that are often less than practical. Now, however,
French company Cityzen Sciences has won the CES 2014 Inclusive
Innovation in Everyday Health award for its development of a Smart
Sensing fabric woven with integral micro-sensors – these add the
practical benefit of monitoring the health and fatigue levels of the
wearer. Read More
Following the launch earlier this week of a collection of frames for Glass,
Google has launched the first handful of games for the device. In
total, five simple mini games have been released that make use of its
smartglass features. Read More
In one of the more absurd examples
of wearable technology we've seen lately, a Japanese firm has created a
high-tech bra called the True Love Tester that literally snaps open
only when it senses that the woman is in love. Read More
After a few days of bouncing between booths and
events during CES, I was more than happy to retreat from the chaotic
show floor to a quiet hotel suite to demo Avegant's innovative new
headset. When the company first invited me to try out the Glyph, I expected to see another virtual reality headset like the Oculus Rift,
but that did not turn out to be the case at all. Instead of entering a
virtual world that appears to surround you, wearing the Glyph is more
like sitting in the middle of your own private movie theater, except
with a better picture. Read More
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