Items tagged with wear

by Ray Willington - Thu, Apr 11, 2013

Google Glass Explorer Edition Headsets Shipping Next Month

Google Glass has become quite the hot topic, even in the mainstream. In a way, this is the device that could usher in the mainstream wave of wearable computing, and a lot is riding on the quality and usability of the Exporer Edition. If you'll recall, Google gave I/O 2012 attendees the ability to sign up for a pre-order of the first edition... Read more...

by Gregory Sullivan - Thu, Jun 05, 2008

Lose Money, Wear Out Your Thumbs Simultaneously

E-Trade is offering its account holders a free application for their BlackBerry smartphones that allows them to get real-time stock information and execute trades on their phones. Now if you're walking down the street in a big city and see executives throwing themselves out of the windows of some skyscraper, you can read the name on the building,... Read more...

by Dave Altavilla - Sun, Oct 29, 2006

Hybrid Assistive Limb Tech Allows For Wearable Robot Suit

You might dismiss this headline as pure tech geekedness but you'd be missing out. This is the real deal and may some day allow people with disabilities to do things they never have before. An exoskeleton that can be worn by a human is a new type of robot under development at Tsukuba University. It's called Hybrid Assistive... Read more...

by Marco Chiappetta - Fri, Oct 27, 2006

AMD Quad-Father Wear For Upcoming 4x4 Campaign

We've told you about the technology here, and featured some pictures of upcoming "4x4"-based systems here. And now we have another aspect of AMD's 4x4 campaign to reveal - the slick promotional T's! AMD "Quadfather" T-Shirt Check out that guy! I wouldn't mess with that gumba. And... Read more...

by Gregory Sullivan - Thu, Sep 14, 2006

The Future's So Bright, I Gotta Wear... Depends

Well, they had the 39th annual Tokyo Auto Show the other day, and Toyota set hearts aflutter with their "i-swing" personal mobility concept car. Now, the skeptical among you might notice that the squarest of squares seem to think they can place a lower case " i " in front of anything and sell it to the skinny eyeglass... Read more...

by Dave Altavilla - Thu, Aug 03, 2006

10' Tall Wearable Robot Suit With Guns

Ever notice that many things in science-fiction, especially from a technology standpoint, eventually become reality? Buck Rogers showed us the first Laser Gun and there have been plenty of examples, (the Jetsons and Video Phones?) since then. Well, you Mech Warrior fans ought to get a boot out of this one. "Called The Land... Read more...