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Over the years, we’ve seen many examples of smart garments packed with technology to monitor different aspects of a wearer’s physical wellbeing, but lately we’re seeing how very fine, conductive fibers could make for a more seamless experience. Rice Un… Continue reading Carbon nanotube thread turns regular shirts into heart rate monitors
Although we do keep hearing about flexible wearable electronics, most such devices are still powered by rigid batteries that regularly need to be recharged. An experimental new battery, however, is soft, stretchable, and powered by human sweat.Continue… Continue reading Wearable battery is flexible, stretchable and sweat-powered
Although we do keep hearing about flexible wearable electronics, most such devices are still powered by rigid batteries that regularly need to be recharged. An experimental new battery, however, is soft, stretchable, and powered by human sweat.Continue… Continue reading Wearable battery is flexible, stretchable and sweat-powered
There is an exciting field of research emerging around how the wearables of the future could be powered by human sweat, and at the vanguard of these advances is a team of engineers at the University of California (UC), San Diego. The group’s latest cre… Continue reading Band-Aid-like strip worn on fingertips generates energy during sleep
Thin, wearable films packed with discreet sensors promise to change the game when it comes to health monitoring, with the potential to track everything from vitamin C levels, to blood sugar, to signs of cardiovascular trouble. A new design for these so… Continue reading Artificial sweat pores allow electronic skin to breathe during exercise
It looks like something straight out of dystopian sci-fi, but then here we are. Biotlab has presented a neck-mounted wearable that provides you with a range of magnetic face shields, and a personal supply of HEPA-filtered, UV-sterilized air.Continue Re… Continue reading Bizarre sci-fi mask blasts purified air into your face all day
It’s been a while since we saw a hardware update to the Vive line, but HTC has made up for it by launching two 5K-resolution virtual reality headsets at the same time: the PC-connected Vive Pro 2, and the standalone Vive Focus 3.Continue ReadingCategor… Continue reading HTC targets professionals with two new high-end Vive VR headsets
Autonomous vehicles and robots use elaborate suites of sensors and cameras to make sense of their surroundings – but visually-impaired people still get by with canes and guide dogs. Now, engineers have developed a voice-activated wearable system that c… Continue reading Backpack AI system helps the visually-impaired navigate safely
There are energy sources all over the place, if you know where to look. Researchers at the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) have now designed new modular nanogenerators that can harvest energy from a variety of different types of motion, such as … Continue reading Water-filled nanogenerators harvest energy from just about any movement
The Fitbit Sense is the flagship device in the Fitbit range, the top device from one of the top names in wearables – and we’ve had one strapped to our wrist for the past couple of weeks to try and figure out whether or not it’s worth the US$299.95 that… Continue reading Fitbit Sense review: Fitbit’s most advanced smartwatch yet