The Oculus Rift is arguable the most important virtual reality release to date, and you can get it for yourself from Best Buy starting on May 7 -- if you're one of the lucky few able to get in early enough, that is.
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One of the best purchases frequent flyers can make is a pair of noise-cancelling headphones, but for those who don't bring their own, Harman and Lufthansa are teaming up to offer AKG N60 NC headphones in-flight.
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'Hearables' are a growing trend, packed with features you'd typically see in smartwatches such as step, calorie, and distancing tracking. The Aware can do all of that, as well as monitor your brain waves to help improve your sleep and reduce stress.
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Tempted to buy a smartwatch? If so, then the growing number of great models available means you've got plenty of choice, but which one should you choose? Here are our five picks, plus a few that are coming soon.
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BIG STORIES start here! The WT Innovation World Cup 2016/17 kicks off on the 4th of May and we are looking for to the next generation in wearables!
On the 4th of May the WT Innovation World Cup will start into its next round with an exciting kick-off conference in Oulu, Finland. From that day forward until the 17th of October, you have the chance to submit your innovative solution for free in the area of Wearable Technologies. By doing this you are in the running to be selected as a finalist of the Innovation World Cup with the opportunity to present your innovative idea at the award ceremony next year in front of our sponsors, partners and a broad public of experts!
The WT | Wearable Technologies Innovation World Cup 2016/17, with its sponsors STMicroelectronics, MediaTek Labs, AiQ, VARTA Microbattery and Cicor, is the worldwide leading innovation competition in the area of wearable technologies. The competition, with prizes worth over $300,000 is designed to inspire and stimulate excellent next generation solutions with the potential of becoming real marketable products.
Become innovator of the year and accelerate your business with the help of our Innovation World Cup network. Get in contact with our platinum, gold and silver partners and gain the attention of our regional and media partners. On top, take advantage of free SDKs from our partner STMicroelectronics (see here for more details).
Submissions can be made in the categories “Sports & Fitness”, “Healthcare & Wellness”, “Safety & Security”, “Gaming & Lifestyle”, and in the special prize categories “Smart Clothing” powered by AiQ & “Smart Jewelry”. Take your chance, apply and with some luck, make it into the final round. Gain international awareness for you innovative solution, immensely expand your network, profit from extensive promotion and many other benefits provided by our prominent sponsors and partners!
Last month at Baselworld we met Nixon and discovered their new wearable : The Mission. A resistant smartwatch made for the young and sporty community that follows the Nixon brand. Built on the latest technology from Google’s Android Wear™ smartwatch platform and the Qualcomm® Snapdragon™ Wear 2100 system-on-chip (SoC), The Mission features a suite of custom applications tailored to action sports such as Surfing and Snowboarding. The Mission app places live conditions information at a glance of the wrist and features a custom activity-tracking application developed in partnership with Trace. To learn more about The Mission we interviewed Joe Babcock – Director of Product-Hardgoods at Nixon.
1.How Nixon entered the wearables “game”? What made Nixon say yes to the wearable wave?
Nixon said yes to watch progression since day one. We have a long history of innovating watches to enhance the time telling experience from both an aesthetic and technical standpoint. For example, the Ultratide. It is one of the most reputable surf watches in the market. The ultratide pipes live surf conditions directly to the wrist via Bluetooth using surfline tide tada. We are fascinated by wearable technology and plan on progressing the wearable experience in an authentic Nixon way.
2.Do you think the Nixon community will embrace The Mission?
Yes, completely. The product makes sense and is built to take you into the great outdoors and back. On the day of our product announcement we were overwhelmed by the high percentage of positive comments from the outdoors and technology enthusiasts. We are happy to have the opportunity to bring The Mission to life and do it our way.
3.When can we expect to see The Mission available?
The Mission will be in stores this fall.
4. What’s next for Nixon? Any plans on launching any other wearable?
That’s a great question. We are exploring a variety of different concepts that utilize technology to enhance life and promote new value added experiences.
5.What’s your favorite wearable (besides your own one)?
Bluetooth headphones
The latest in wearables is a high-tech beauty sleep aid -- the Neuroon Sleeping Mask. This sleep mask makes use of built-in LED lights and biometric sensors to help its wearers sleep better during the long plane ride and in hotel rooms.
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