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February 2, 2023

Smartwatch with a Slime Mold Powered Heart Monitor

Smartwatch with a Slime Mold Powered Heart Monitor
Because the future nears (and it’s weirder than you expected), researchers at The University of Chicago have developed a smartwatch with a heart monitor that’s powered by slime mold.…
December 2, 2016

Origin Mechanical Watch by Grayton Is Dumb, But the Band Is Smart

Origin Mechanical Watch by Grayton Is Dumb, But the Band Is Smart
I have a smartwatch, and I will admit that I am tired of the big digital thing on my wrist. It’s not very cool to look at.…
November 3, 2016

Countdown Your Life and More with the Escape From New York Lifeclock One

Countdown Your Life and More with the Escape From New York Lifeclock One
When your carotid arteries are set to explode in just a matter of hours, time becomes very important to you. You really need a way to keep track of your remaining time.…
September 30, 2016

Garmin vivofit jr Smartwatch Lets Littles Be Just Like Mom

Garmin vivofit jr Smartwatch Lets Littles Be Just Like Mom
If you are a parent and have an electronic wearable that you keep on most of the time, I can guarantee that at one point or another your child has wanted to try it out.…
November 12, 2015

EM-Sense Tech Lets Your Smartwatch Know What You are Touching

EM-Sense Tech Lets Your Smartwatch Know What You are Touching
I thought smartwatches were pretty smart already. I love not having to dig my phone out of my pocket to see who is calling and if I want to talk to them.…
October 15, 2015

Blocks Modular Smartwatch Annihilates Kickstarter Goal

Blocks Modular Smartwatch Annihilates Kickstarter Goal
Almost exactly a year ago, I talked about a modular smartwatch idea that was in the works called Blocks. What we didn’t know at the time was exactly when the product would come to market.…
August 25, 2015

Review: Microsoft Band Smartwatch and Fitness Tracker

Review: Microsoft Band Smartwatch and Fitness Tracker
For the longest time, I thought of Microsoft primarily as a software company. But over the last couple of years, they’ve released some really good hardware that can keep up with the best players in the market.…
August 24, 2015

Wove Band Flexible E-ink Smartwatch: Flexitime

Wove Band Flexible E-ink Smartwatch: Flexitime
We’ve seen many ideas for devices with flexible displays, but a company called Polyera claims that it will commercially launch such a device next year. It’s called the Wove Band, a smartwatch with an E-ink touchscreen running nearly the length of its entire strap.…
August 20, 2015

Review: Basis Peak Titanium Edition Fitness Tracker

Review: Basis Peak Titanium Edition Fitness Tracker
I’ve had the opportunity to try out a number of smartwatches and fitness trackers in the last couple of years, and while there are a handful that work as advertised, I’ve had several complete duds as well.…
March 9, 2015

Apple Watch Fully Revealed: Price, Release Date and Features

Apple Watch Fully Revealed: Price, Release Date and Features
We’ve known what the Apple Watch would look like for a while now, and now Apple has finally revealed all of the details we’ve been waiting for, including pricing for every version, as well as the features slated for its April launch.…
January 8, 2015

Metal Gear Solid Codec Smartwatch Face: Moto 360 by Mei Ling

Metal Gear Solid Codec Smartwatch Face: Moto 360 by Mei Ling
I don’t think smartwatches are as useful as they’re cracked up to be, but I also didn’t expect that they could be another way to express one’s geekiness.…
January 4, 2015

Montblanc E-Strap: A Smartwatch That Hides Behind a Real Watch

Montblanc E-Strap: A Smartwatch That Hides Behind a Real Watch
If you like watches, you probably have strong feelings about smartwatches. On one hand, you’re probably in favor of watches that do as much as possible, even if it’s not something you’d use (what lunar phase is it?),…
November 9, 2014

The Genuinely Sexy Asus ZenWatch on Sale Today

The Genuinely Sexy Asus ZenWatch on Sale Today
Smartwatches are cool, mostly because they fulfill our sci-fi fantasies, instead of for any practical reasons, but they’re not without flaws. Most of them, as far as watches go, are pretty bloody ugly.…
October 19, 2014

Smartwatch Projects Buttons on Your Arm

Smartwatch Projects Buttons on Your Arm
It wasn’t long ago that I was thinking about how a purpose-built gaming smartwatch could incorporate a controller without being a bulky and annoying POS. Depending on how responsive this is, we might have an answer with this prototype watch that was designed by students at Carnegie Mellon University.…
October 18, 2014

Blocks Modular Smartwatch Has Modular Modules

Blocks Modular Smartwatch Has Modular Modules
One of the things that annoys me about consumer electronics is that we all know within a few months something better is going to come along and most of us will end up with buyer’s remorse.…
October 14, 2014

Android Wear Is So Much Cooler When It’s Running a Game Boy Emulator

Android Wear Is So Much Cooler When It’s Running a Game Boy Emulator
Smartwatches are imminent, but they’re not quite useful enough yet to have become any more than a niche product for hardcore tech geeks, much like Google Glass.…