Researchers have developed a new type of fabric that is great at conducting heat while also being breathable and water-resistant. The material is designed to cool an individual by shedding their body heat more efficiently than other types of textiles. Its inventors say that it could have wide-ranging applications, including cooling electronics and even being …
Apple’s wearable products category that includes devices like the Apple Watch and super-popular AirPods hasn’t gotten the credit it deserves for how important this collection of products has become to Apple’s bottom line. That’s according to a new analyst reports that estimates that the revenue from the iPhone maker’s wearables category will, believe it or …
Everyone loves to be comfortable, but what you consider to be a perfect temperature might be drastically different than the temperature preferred by a person sitting just a couple feet away. Whether you work in a large office, or even just live with one or more other people, you know that battles over thermostat settings …
Shark attacks on humans are incredibly rare, but they do still happen from time to time. As with any danger that could potential end your life, companies have developed what they see as solutions to the problem and in this case it’s in the form of electronic shark deterrents that claim to keep the aquatic …
Google is apparently about to ramp up its wearable device business in a major way. That would seem to be the case thanks to a few clues, the most recent of which is a new job listing spotted by Android Police that shows the company is looking for a “Vice President, Hardware Engineering, Wearables” for …
Ever since Tim Cook moved into the corner office at Apple on a permanent basis, both he and the iPhone maker itself have been dogged by cries that the company has lost its innovative edge. That without its late co-founder Steve Jobs at the helm anymore, the company no longer innovates and merely makes incremental …
Wearables are all the rage for us humans, delivering all kinds of useful information about our bodies and surroundings. Now, scientists from the University of Washington have developed a wearable system for a much, much smaller creature. Engineers from the university created tiny sensor-packed “backpacks” for bumblebees. As you might have guessed, the devices don’t …
When Puma launched its “RS” computerized sneakers way back in 1986, the company thought it might be the dawning of a new era in smart wearables. Things didn’t quite go as well as planned, however, and the shoes fell onto a heaping pile of gadgets that were just way too far ahead of their time. …
The wearable device market looks set to grow almost 26 percent next year compared to 2018, with worldwide shipment of wearable devices reaching 225 million. That’s according to a new forecast from research firm Gartner, which predicts that of the estimated $42 billion that end users will spend on wearable devices next year, a little …
Today at Apple’s highly-anticipated iPhone reveal event the company managed to take a bit of time away from talking about updates to its top-selling smartphone to give us a look at the next generation of the Apple Watch. Apple Watch Series 4 is the first actual redesign of the watch since its debut, and while …
