These Smart Earplugs Block Noise, but Keep your Smartphone Alerts
With all the sensory input being transmitted to us through headphones, smartphones and interactive screens, the next great technological solution may revolve around figuring out how to turn all those signals off. Now, a new wearable called Hush, created by three engineering students from the…
Sony May Step up in Smartwatches with a Stylish, Touchscreen E-Ink Model in 2015
Sony may be cutting its mobile business down to size, but that doesn’t mean the Japanese company is giving up on wearables. The company s planning a unique E Ink smartwatch design, according to anonymous sources familiar with its plans. The sources told Bloomberg that the next Sony smartwatch will…
Samsung Reveals New Eye-Tracking Mouse for the Disabled
Samsung has just unveiled the EyeCan+, a next-gen version of its eye-tracking mouse. Positioned below a monitor, it helps people with disabilities write and edit documents or surf the web using eye movement and blinking. Created as a a labor of love by Samsung engineers on their own time, the new…
Acer’s Liquid Leap Goes a Step Beyond Being a Fitness Band, Thinks it’s a Smartwatch too
Acer has put its Liquid Leap wearable on sale, after giving us a sneak peak way back in April, and finally revealing it during the IFA tech show in September. The Leap has shown up on Amazon’s website in the UK, priced at £80, or about $125. It’s a competitive price, particularly given Acer’s…
Moment iPhone 6 Lens Add-Ons are Big, Bold and Feel a Bit Dangerous
Moment Lens asks the question: How committed are you to high-quality iPhone photography? Its two, $99-a piece iPhone 6 add-on lenses require a special, bayonet-style mount that you have to basically glue onto your iPhone. Putting anything on your brand-new device that can’t be slipped off is, well,…
Samsung wants its Sensor-Packed Simband to Change Your Life for the Better
Samsung has uncovered the Simband, the result of several months development following the announcement of its health-focused SAMI platform back in May, when the wearable was only seen as a concept. The wristband has been redesigned, and it’s based on Samsung’s Gear S smartwatch, only loaded with…
Beats Announces Solo 2 Wireless Headphones
Beats is releasing its latest wireless headset, the Solo 2 Wireless on-ear headphones, just in time for the holiday season. The headphones, a wireless version of the cans released in May, is the first product Beats launched since its acquisition by Apple was completed in July. But don't get it…
LG Just Combined Tamagotchis With Smartphones
LG has created a new line of smartphones with… personalities. The company is calling them Aka phones (pronounced ‘ah-kah’) and, thanks to sleeve covers embedded with smart chips, the phone changes between four pre-set personalities. They have names. Eggy is the yellow one, and he “falls in love…
Amazon Echo is Part Speaker, Part Assistant - and Tells You What You Want to Hear
In its first major push into the smart automation market, Amazon announced a new cylinder-shaped device on Thursday called Amazon Echo, which tracks the news, plays your music, says the weather, remembers your shopping list and even tells you jokes. Amazon Echo will cost $99 for Amazon Prime…
Jawbone UP3 is a Sleeker, Smaller, Smarter Fitness Tracker
Jawbone is introducing two new fitness activity trackers, including its next-generation UP3 wristband wearable that will one day know when you're dehydrated, stressed and fatigued. Sleek in design and significantly smaller than its previous UP24 model — check out the picture above for the…