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Sony is Developing the Reon Pocket Wearable “Air Conditioner”
Sony has currently launched a new crowd-funding campaign for a project they are calling the Reon Pocket. This is a small device that fits on clothes and essentially acts as an “air conditioner“. They are launching this product under their First Flight program and has so far reached the target…
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Intel Unveils “Vaunt” Smart Glasses
Intel’s Attempt at Smart Glasses Google‘s attempt at smart glasses did not exactly go as well as they thought it would. The built-in camera, glowing LCD screen, floating screen lens, microphone and design creeped many people out. So much so that many users who would wear them in public have…
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Germany Bans Smartwatches for Children
Regulators in Germany are banning the sale of smartwatches for children. Telling parents to get rid of existing devices as it poses significant threat to privacy. Smartwatches essentially are easily trackable via GPS and reveal children’s locations. While this can be useful for some parents, it is especially useful for…
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Levi’s Commuter ‘Smart’ Denim Jacket Goes on Sale for $350
Levi’s is joining in the wearable market with their latest Commuter smart jacket. This denim Commuter jacket is unlike any denim jacket before it. Since it is the result of the company’s partnership with Google‘s project Jacquard. The jacket uses conductive fibers that are woven directly into the clothing. This…
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Rumour: Intel Quietly Pulling Out of Wearables
Intel’s push towards wearable technology may not be as strong as it seems. According to TechCrunch, sources close to Intel have informed them that the company is laying off a major portion of its New Devices Group, a wing off of the main company built to develop wearable technology. Intel…
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Google Glass Division on Hiring Spree
Google has been heavily hiring hardware engineers lately. The search giant has posted about 20 job listings between January and May for the Google Glass division. They have posted more than 16 job listing of different positions in Glass division from last month. The job listing ranges from an audio…
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Apple’s Phil Schiller: Nobody “Normal” Will Wear Google Glass
Apple has never said very much about Google’s wearable efforts with Glass. Apart from Tim Cook’s quip a few years back at the All Things D conference, the company has been quiet about whether it would ever be interested in such a product. That is until now. Apparently, the founder…
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Google Kills Glass Explorer Programme
Google has pulled the plug on the Glass Explorer programme, but insists the product isn’t dead. Google is ending support for the device “in its current form”. Glass will no longer be managed under the extravagant “blue sky” Google X group, but instead will have its own division within Google. That division…
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Toshiba to Unveil Wide Range of Next-Generation Innovations at CES
Toshiba will celebrate their 50th anniversary in the US market next year, and they’re starting that out with showcasing their newest products and vision for the future at the Consumers Electronics Show (CES), January 6th to 9th 2015. There will be a wide variety of storage solution on display, but…
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Google Glass to Use Intel Processor
The Wall Street Journal reports that the next version of Google Glass will use Intel Processors. The Journal says that Google has formed a deal with the chip maker, meaning Google’s yet-to-be widely released wearable will be powered by Intel. It’s not yet clear exactly how Glass will use Intel’s…
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The Sony E-Paper Watch Revealed
Remember that Sony Watch we reported on a few days ago? The one that’s made with ‘e-paper’? Well it has since been revealed. It turns out that it was in the public eye all along, as part of a crowdfunding campaign for a sort of secret part of Sony. The FES…
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Developers: Apple Releases WatchKit SDK
Developers! This is your chance to jump on the bandwagon before everybody else has even noticed its arrival. If you have absolutely no idea what I’m rambling on about, well let’s just say that Apple has finally introduced the WatchKit SDK to iOS developers, allowing them come up with apps for…
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Sony’s Phone-less SmartWatch 3 is on Sale Now
Sony’s third attempt at the ever expanding business of smart watches, the Sony SmartWatch 3, has gone on sale in the United States for $250. The most interesting feature about this Android Wear watch is that it does not require a smartphone, and so it may well appeal to those…
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Intel Reveals Worlds Smallest Modem for the Internet of Things
Intel has revealed what it calls “the world’s smallest standalone wireless modem for connecting the Internet of things”. This could be any everyday thing that is connected to the web, like coffee machines or bread-makers that you can turn on with a mobile app. The Intel XMM 6255 3G modem is…
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Worlds Smallest GPU Launched
Japanese Digital Media Professionals Inc (DMP) has launched what they call the “world’s smallest GPU IP core”. It is called the ultra-small GPU IP core, or ‘ant’ for short. With a surface area of only 0.5 mm², wearables and Internet of Things devices (IoT) are just the right product groups to…
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