Do we have to say it? Fine. The form factor of Vufine’s devices is familiar. What will blow your mind is how little it matters to the investors on Kickstarter. They backed the first version 400 times over the campaign goals. That version suffered some design flaws. It was heavy.... Read more
Call them the no-muss, no fuss solution to 360-degree video. ORBI’s Indiegogo campaign has about a month left, but they are more than halfway to their goal. What their stylish shades solve is the problem experienced by all video recorders. You have to stop to mount them someplace, a... Read more
With a month left in their Indiegogo campaign, the Air earbuds by Crazybaby has already smashed their campaign goals. They’re simple promise: we’ll deliver revolutionary sound in a better cord-free earbud design. They aren’t even shy about who the other guys are. It’s Apple. It’s Bragi. It’s Samsung. Crazybaby... Read more
StarVox is the first walkie-talkie smartwatch, not yet available for purchase, but is available for preorder on Kickstarter. It solves a problem with which you may not have familiarity. There are still many places you cannot use cell service. With StarVox you get all the convenience of walkie-talkie communication,... Read more
If you were to believe everything you read online, we are one silicone strap away from the complete undoing of the wearables market. You may conclude you’ve somehow missed the trend. You may even be thinking twice about your Christmas wish list. Relax. you haven’t missed anything. Tell Santa... Read more
You read that right: sled legs, as in legs made of sleds. With mere days left on their Kickstarter and plenty of sweet pledges left on their campaign, I can think of the only reason you need to pledge now: Awesomeness. Imagine a world covered in snow, where anywhere you... Read more
Launched recently on Kickstarter, the Sens wearable from Planexta wants to help you with your emotions. It uses the highest level of heart rate monitoring, coupled with some serious algorithms to track your emotions. Pairing this data with your activity, over time, Sens can help you stay ahead of... Read more
Can we just call technology what it is? We’re lazy creatures, not sloth lazy, but we invent things so we can work less. That is not the premise of Powerlace’s self-lacing shoes. They lobby we’ve not updated the shoe in decades. For the most part, this... Read more
There is so much coming down the wearables pipeline, it’s tough to guess what is worth the time. This one flew just below our radar for 2016. The Next Band not only survived its Indiegogo campaign, the creators of Nex have shipped and continue to ship their modular band to ambitious... Read more
Albeit, wearables in the workplace are a controversial subject, the inevitability is overwhelming. The Daqri smart helmet, a helmet for industrial workers, not only protects your melon but gives you a safety advantage when worn. It may be the wearable that puts the workplace movement into overdrive. Current workplace... Read more
The Vue wearable glasses, V-frames if you’re cool, are now live on Kickstarter. They’ll not only work with your prescription, they’ll stream music, track your activities and take calls for you. They do all this without compromising style. If have to wear corrective lenses anyway, the added features may... Read more
The smart jacket niche of wearable is heating up again. You may recall the Levi’s and Google joint, Project Jacquard or the Evolution Wear smart hoodie we recently covered. These were two solid entries in the smart clothes market, but Hallam aims to do more with their H Jacket.... Read more
Allow your hand to go limp. Now reach for your coffee or some such object, without flexing or extending your fingers. It’s impossible, right? I just said that… In an otherwise functional body, even one that lives in a wheelchair, the loss of grip is a frustrating shortcoming. It... Read more
First, let me apologize for that somewhat misleading headline. The Horus wearable is fascinating, capable of improving the blind’s experience of the world, but it won’t give them back their eyes. It will, however, convert their world into an exposition of sorts. This requires some explaining. The Italian start-up... Read more
We were recently approached by Arenar to take a look at their product, a sleep wearable aimed at tracking and controlling your sleep. At the time of this writing, iBand+ had hours to go on their Kickstarter campaign. Since they’ve more than crushed their goals, they don’t need any... Read more
Imagine a world where once every month, you were host to an unwelcome guest for up to a week. What if this guest not only crawled into your bed with you, he would punch you in the gut at random, wearing brass knuckles? Not only that, he would draw... Read more
When we first started covering wearable for pets we predicted this would happen. Fast forward a few months; things are getting a little out of control but in a good way. Well, mostly a good way. Today’s market for pet wearables is saturated and growing. Humans in the USA will... Read more
With just your sweat, a new skin-level wearable technology can measure your blood-alcohol level in minutes with discretion. The wearable is a temporary tattoo. The creators of this technology, engineers from the University of California at La Jolla, funded by the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB)... Read more
Available for pre-sale, the Senstone wearable proposes to capture your every thought then organize those thoughts for you to sort through later. It does this, all without removing your phone from your pocket. That way, you can focus on other things like driving. The makers of this technology may... Read more
Just when you thought it was safe to give up on hearables, two well-trod manufacturers of sound tech, JLab, and Sony, announced cord-free earbuds. They both do that one thing wearables have to do nowadays. They have to do one trick, something nobody else can do. JLab’s Epic Air... Read more