HIRIS lets you control the devices around you with the flick of your wrist or wave of your hand. When it comes to wearables, it seems as though a vast majority of them revolve around fitness tracking. You know, keeping tabs on things like heart rate, steps taken, distance walked, calories burned, among many others. While those features may be enough for […]
Dole Japan has outfitted a banana with sensors and LEDs to create the world’s first edible wearable product. Or produce. When you think of banana peels and racing, it’s hard not to conjure up memories of Mario Kart. However, what if those bananas weren’t inhibitors of your racing performance, but instead were actual enablers? That’s the idea […]
UnaliWear’s latest watch offers discreet support for falls, medication reminders, and a guard against wandering. Most of you who’ve lived through the late ‘80s and ‘90s can distinctly recollect those Life Alert commercials with Mrs. Fletcher yelling, “Help! I’ve fallen, and I can’t get up!” Lo and behold, the catchphrase would go on to become a pop culture phenomenon throughout the United States. Since then, there […]
Like a hawk-eyed professor, this project gives a much more literal meaning to “looking over your shoulder.” According to Copenhagen Institute of Interaction Design student Akarsh Sanghi, the lack of a hands-on approach in distance learning may be what’s constraining the teaching method from reaching a state of mainstream popularity. While some have already begun to embrace the online course approach, […]
Could a robot be coming to your fly or gym bag zipper in the near future? Sartorial robotics can best be defined as a method of merging fashion theory and robotics through the design and development of robotic systems. These systems look to facilitate interaction and mimic the materiality, aesthetics and construction techniques of textiles and […]
Like a Glade Plug-in for your armpits? While most of the wearable devices on the market today have been geared towards tracking activity levels, monitoring sleep habits or even analyzing fitness routines, we may be on the cusp of a new era in body-adorned gadgetry. That’s because Google has received a patent for a movement-tracker that activates a web-connected air freshener to […]
Motorola’s Moto 360 led the pack in sales for Android Wear devices last year, a new report reveals. According to the latest report from research firm Canalys, over 720,000 Android Wear-based devices were shipped in 2014, making up 16% of the total 4.6 smart wearable bands sold. Over the 12-month span, the [MXT112S powered] Motorola Moto 360 led the pack among other […]
This list is sew awesome! Created by Leah Buechley of MIT, and introduced commercially with SparkFun back in 2007, the LilyPad was the first board to feature sew-through contacts for stitching soft circuits. Since then, a number of “ready-to-wear” electronics platforms have emerged, each of which have helped usher in a new generation of textiles that look to redefine wearable technology. In fact, a […]
Cisco projects an 18-fold jump in mobile traffic from wearable devices by 2019. While wearables are still undergoing a shift from niche to mainstream, Cisco predicts the rapidly-growing popularity of the devices will surge over the next few years. According to the company’s Visual Networking Index report, there will be more than half a billion wearable devices in use every day come […]
Nothin’ but Net… of Things! Good news for those basketball players looking to hone their hoop skills, a new coach has officially arrived. Sure, professional, collegiate and other competitive leagues have their ways to tracking and analyzing shot stats and performance data; however, those playing pickup down in Rucker Park or in a rec league game at a nearby community […]
