The latest forecasts suggest that 2014 will be the year that wearable technology devices lose their early-adopter geek-chic label and start moving into the consumer mainstream. By the end of this year, research firm IDC expects shipments of devices to have exceeded 19 million and that by 2018, 111.9 million body-mounted tech devices will be […]
Nearly three quarters of consumers are now aware of wearable technology devices and one in six, in the US at least, are already sporting a fitness band, health tracker or smartwatch. Nielsens latest study into the state of the wearable technology market in the US reveals that the devices are starting to appeal to younger […]
Inspired by Googles Project Ara, Blocks wants to bring the same modular concept to wearable technology devices. Pick the ‘Blocks you want — a GPS tracker, a heart rate monitor, a double battery — and clip them together to make a bracelet. Then clip on a screen and the result is a smartwatch that contains […]
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