wearables

The BEST OF K-SAFETY EXPO Global Media Awards on September 3 offered a revealing snapshot of where safety technology is heading: away from passive protection and toward systems that can sense danger, interpret it, and increasingly act before humans intervene.

JMIR Publications released three feature News and Perspectives articles this week, covering an emerging application of drone delivery, the implications of AI tools used in early education, the nascent field of cancer neurotech, and the future of consumer wearable devices.

Smartwatches can provide useful health information, but many of those numbers are algorithmic estimates rather than direct measurements of the body, and some outputs are more accurate than others, a new University of Michigan study found.

FRIDAY, Sept. 4, 2026 — Your smartwatch may be giving you more credit for your workout than you actually earned.Researchers had 58 adults complete a cycling workout wearing four popular smartwatches, then compared their calorie estimates with...

A new paper-based design tool creates self-folding wearable sensors that conform to body shapes, offering a simple route towards flexible biosignal monitoring for personalised sensing. Researchers at Shibaura Institute of Technology in Japan have developed a parametric design tool that transforms flat sheets of paper into self-folding helical wearable sensors. The approach integrates copper tape …

A scalable fabrication platform creates transparent, flexible silicon-photonics chips on 300-mm wafers, potentially enabling conformable sensors, wearable electronics, and curved augmented-reality optical systems. MIT researchers have developed a wafer-scale fabrication platform that could significantly expand the design possibilities of silicon-photonics chips by making them both mechanically fl…

Today, RayNeo has just launched RayNeo iO Smart Glasses, its new model of camera-free smart glasses. I had the opportunity to go hands-on with them, and in this article, I’ll share my first impressions. In the next days, I’ll keep using these smart glasses, and then I will write an exhaustive review about them, going […] The post RayNeo iO Smart Glasses hands-on impressions appeared first on The …

The problem I'm a heavy sleeper. Not "hit snooze once" heavy. I would turn off three stacked alarms in my sleep and wake up an hour late with zero memory of doing it. The problem was never hearing the alarm. It was that turning it off had become a reflex I could do half-asleep, from bed, without ever really waking up. So I built Mornio. The idea Mornio moves the off switch away from the bed. You …

A touch interface uses ordinary laser printing to detect finger movement, offering wiring-free controls for wearables, IoT devices, keyboards, and security applications without complex hardware. Shibaura Institute of Technology has developed a laser-printed PVC touch interface that can detect finger direction and speed without conventional wiring, batteries, or external electrodes. The low-cost t…

Home beauty devices that let users care for their skin conveniently at home have grown popular recently, but conventional LED masks are limited not only by their rigid structures but also by their point-emitting LEDs, which must be positioned away from the skin to spread light over a broader area.

A Handheld That Opens Into a Laptop No technology show in 2026 is complete without a chunky gaming

Dyson Builds a Toothbrush With a Camera Dyson enters a new category every few years and the reaction

Meta has reportedly tapped Chinese microdisplay maker SeeYA Technology to supply OLED-on-silicon (OLEDoS) panels for its next-generation lightweight mixed-reality headset, codenamed Phoenix, while rival BOE failed to obtain supplier qualification, according to South Korea's The Elec .

Once mocked as "computers on the nose bridge," AI smart glasses have long suffered from a trade-off between advanced AI capabilities and lightweight comfort. However, this race is set for a major turning point in 2027. Future models promise to combine powerful AI, superior thermal management, and accessible price points, offering a wearing experience so seamless that users will barely notice they…

FRIDAY, Aug. 28, 2026 — People with diabetes can now get an early warning when a dangerous complication starts to build in their bodies.The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Tuesday authorized the first wearable sensor that continuously...

Imagine electronic devices that stretch, bend, and conform to the human body like a second skin--yet still deliver high-performance optical sensing and display capabilities. This vision is driving intense research into intrinsically stretchable organic optoelectronic devices, which combine the mechanical compliance of elastomers with the optoelectronic functionality of semiconducting polymers.

Smartwatch shipments are expected to continue rising faster than broader IT hardware in 2026, even as smartphones and notebook PCs see weaker growth due to higher memory costs. For global consumers, the shift signals that wearables are becoming a more essential, health-focused purchase, while top brands fight for share.

A research team led by Principal Researcher Jung-Dae Kwon, Yonghun Kim, and Jongwon Yoon of the Energy & Environment Materials Research Division at the Korea Institute of Materials Science (KIMS), headed by President Chul-jin Choi, has developed a flexible near-infrared (NIR) photodetector that delivers more than five times higher photoresponsivity while maintaining its performance under repeated…

However, the trajectory of wearables is evident. Oura is contributing to the widespread use of continuous health and recovery monitoring. Apple is showcasing how wearable technology can integrate safety, communication, and wellness. Hume is a part of the growing trend for health span and longevity. Garmin specializes in navigation and performance tracking. Fitbit provides data […]