If you ask Aaron Grant how wearable smart glasses have fared on the consumer market over the last decade, he’ll jump to tell you “there have been no hits.” But that isn’t stopping him from his latest venture: selling wearable smart glasses. Grant and his fellow co-founders of Waterloo-based North, Matthew Bailey and Stephen Lake, have spent the last four… Read more »
Posts Categorized: wearable technology
University of Calgary launches wearable tech program as demand for graduates explodes
As the director of the University of Calgary’s Running Injury Clinic, Reed Ferber noticed something way back in 2009. “Runners were using wearable technology — the Nike chip was the first type of wearable technology. They were not going on their runs if they forgot their device at home,” Ferber said. “So [I realized] these… Read more »
Virtual reality tours are coming to Toronto’s real estate rental market
Imagine touring your next potential home without having to leave your couch. Gryd.com developing virtual reality apartment tours out of Winnipeg, and founder Jordan Billinkoff says it won’t be too long before his company expands across Canada. “I think every single piece of real estate that’s on the market is going to have a virtual reality tour with it, and… Read more »
Hands-on with the jacket with Google woven in
A partnership between Levi’s and Google has yielded the Jacquard, a denim jacket with technology woven into the fabric. Once paired to a smartphone via Bluetooth, the jacket allows the wearer to control key functions with just a brush or tap of the cuff. A double tap with two fingers, for example, starts or stops… Read more »
Has wearable tech had its day?
This time last year analysts were making multi-billion dollar forecasts for the developers of health trackers and smartwatches, and Apple was boldly selling a $10,000 gold edition of the Apple Watch. But by November 2016 Smartwatch shipments declined by 51.6% year-on-year, according to a report by market analysts IDC. Source: BBC Technology News Date: March 8th, 2017… Read more »
Teen invents hearing device for grandpa
Description: Teen invents hearing device for grandpa Source: CNN Money Date: April 9, 2016 16-year-old Mukund Venkatakrishnan was frustrated with how costly and time intensive it was for his grandfather to obtain a hearing aid. So he spent two years making one himself that will cost less. Questions for discussion: 1. Is it possible that the… Read more »
Google Wants to Patent a Blood-Sucking Smartwatch
Description: Google just filed a patent application for a “needle-free blood draw” device that can be implanted in a wearable. Source: Gizmodo Date: December 4, 2015 The Google design isn’t exactly needle-free. It’s a really slick finger-pricking gadget that works by blasting a gas-powered microparticle into the skin and then draws a small vial of blood… Read more »
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