I personally love technological advancements when they’re directed toward a product designed for medical or social awareness. BODYLUV’s idea of a smart heat patch, as…
Reaching for your phone to pause a song can easily turn into reading messages you weren’t planning to open. Aina Ring proposes keeping those small…
Checking a recipe with flour on your fingers is a good reminder that a touchscreen isn’t always the most convenient interface. Raven Resonance’s Prism glasses…
A health tracker shouldn’t have to look like a tiny phone strapped to your arm. I like the idea of learning more about my body…
A familiar walk can become unsettling when the way home no longer feels familiar. For someone living with dementia, getting directions from a smartphone may…
I own a lot of earbuds, and I can say with total confidence that none of them have ever made me feel fancy. Earbuds are…
The idea of having a giant screen floating in front of you sounds appealing, until you feel the headset attached to your face weighing down…
Meta needed Ray-Ban. Google needed Warby Parker and Gentle Monster. Even Realities, a Shenzhen startup barely three years old, apparently just needed a great frame…
Checking your sleeve usually means looking for a stain, not opening a calculator. Researchers at the National University of Singapore have given that familiar piece…
Fitting a computer into a pair of glasses creates an awkward design problem: the electronics need room, but the result still has to belong on…
We are already wearing clothing with heaters and Bluetooth speakers built in. But tech-infused clothing to do more than that still feels ugly and nerd…
Looking down at a phone to translate a conversation can interrupt the exchange it’s supposed to help. Reading presentation notes creates a similar problem, pulling…
There are days when you work on just your laptop. And then there are days when you have to switch between different devices and therefore…
Your face is a power plant, and you’ve been running it for free your whole life. Every blink and jaw clench releases a tiny burst…
Hypertension, or high blood pressure, is a major cause of premature death worldwide and increases the risk of heart disease, stroke, and kidney damage. Nearly…
I’ll say it: Nothing launched the Ear (open) under the wrong logo. The open-ear buds debuted in 2024 at $149, wrapped in Nothing’s signature transparent…