Jawbone to acquire BodyMedia for $100M

Posted by on Apr 30, 2013 in News | One Comment

Big news for wearable tech in the consumer electronics sector. Jawbone’s BodyMedia acquisition is an important milestone and an indication that the wearable tech industry is starting to take off ...

Join me in SF at Smart Fabrics!

Posted by on Apr 19, 2013 in Events | One Comment

I’ll be speaking at the Smart Fabrics Conference in San Francisco today, which focuses on: Software and services — building the integrated wearable technology ecosystem The key principles the emerging ...

Bracelet protects civil rights activists

Posted by on Apr 18, 2013 in Conceptual | No Comments

“Fighting for human rights is a noble undertaking, but it’s also extremely dangerous in places where that fight isn’t about simply arguing over abstractions. Aware of the very real possibility ...

3 ways to make wearables wearable

Posted by on Mar 18, 2013 in Trends | No Comments

Wearable technology is the next new wave of technology, and it’s bound to drive a lot of the innovation in the consumer electronics industry. We can expect to see a lot more ...

Join me in Austin at SXSW!

Posted by on Feb 26, 2013 in Events | One Comment

Join me in Austin at SXSW where I will be sharing a vision for what’s next in wearable technology. Here’s a hint: wearable technology represents an entire new era of ...

A hands-free gesture device

Posted by on Feb 25, 2013 in Augmenting | No Comments

Forget about Kinect that limits gestures to a fixed location (i.e., your living room), Myo is a muscle-gesture wristband that is a completely hands-free gesture input devices. This product looks a ...

Crafting wearables: touchable light

Posted by on Feb 22, 2013 in DIY & Hacking | One Comment

Textielmuseum Tilburg and designers Kristi Kuusk, Martijn ten Bhömer, and Paula Kassenaar have been exploring “crafted wearables”, one of which is a touch sensitive illuminated garment called Tender. “The world of high-fashion is home to many kinds of ...

Preventing the Invasion of Privacy

Posted by on Feb 4, 2013 in Conceptual | One Comment

There’s a lot of discussion around how wearable technology impacts our notion of privacy. From our body metrics to data about who we are, where we’ve been and who we ...

Experimenting with visual perception

Posted by on Feb 1, 2013 in Conceptual | One Comment

Wearable technology isn’t just about health & fitness, which is all the rage right now. German artist lorenz potthast offers an experimental approach to vision that challenges our visual perception. His Decelerator ...

Nike+ Accelerator deadline is approaching

Posted by on Jan 31, 2013 in Events | No Comments

For anyone with a health & fitness idea that wants to integrate with the Nike+ platform, now’s your chance. Nike has offered an accelerator program sponsored by Techstars that will ...