Apple Watch lets you send your heartbeat to your friends, but this wearable actually does something useful with it. If you’re like me, you have more passwords and logins than you can remember. If you’re on top of things, you’ve … Continue reading Startup Spotlight: Nymi, the Wearable that Listens to Your Heart
Last March I had the pleasure of meeting Loretta Faveri, inventor of SOMO (SOund in MOtion) by SonicWear, a wearable device that turns the body into … Continue reading SOMO SOund & MOvement Workshop
“This is all we need to step into the holographic landscape,” says Alex Kipman, head of Kinect at Microsoft. “Today you’re not only going to see that holograms are real, but everyone is going to experience holograms for themselves in … Continue reading Microsoft’s HoloLens Launches us Into a Future of Holographic Computing
One of the biggest challenges of designing health-focused wearables is making sure that people want to wear them for their looks as much as for their functionality. Fitbit and Jawbone are not known for their style factor – in fact, … Continue reading Startup Spotlight: Ear-O-Smart Smart Earrings
This is the information age. We as a society consume information at a faster rate than at any other time in known history, and it’s become … Continue reading Startup Spotlight: MeU, a Versatile Wearable Display
A few months ago I wrote a post called “How to Wear a Fitbit With Any Outfit,” featuring fabric Fitbit covers by a Canadian company, Design.UX. … Continue reading How to Wear a Fitbit With Any Outfit Part 2: Bytten
Heddoko, the first product from Montreal startup of the same name, is a smart compression undergarment that tracks your movement and visualizes your body in 3D in order to provide you with live training feedback and guide you towards optimal physical … Continue reading Startup Spotlight: Heddoko, the Personal Trainer Undergarment
As the cold weather creeps in and wintry days loom closer, layering will come into style then fade into more of a necessity than a fashion statement. Especially for us Canadians who have to endure the harsh winters of the north, keeping body heat up in the outdoors is an important part of a happy winter season. This means always having a thick jacket and woolly scarf on hand for when you make the transition from toasty ski lodge to frigid slopes – but what if your clothes could regulate your body temperature for you, without you having to constantly … Continue reading FuelWear, the First Smart Heated Undergarment
You’ve seen fashion-tech, you’ve seen health-tech, but have you seen all three in one? SENSOREE‘s mood sweater – yes, you read that right! – began as … Continue reading How SENSOREE’s Biometric Fashion Makes Your Mood a Conversationalist
NOTE: For part 2 in this series, see How to Wear a Fitband With Any Outfit Part 2: Bytten. Fitbits, Jawbones, and Fuelbands have taken their places … Continue reading How to Wear a Fitband With Any Outfit Part 1: Design.UX
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