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The Pentagon

Fitness tracker heat map reveals sensitive information about US soldiers around the world

By Nicole Rojas

A heat map of fitness tracker activity has revealed sensitive and potentially dangerous information about US soldiers around the world.

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Smartwatches for kids

Germany bans smartwatches for children over privacy concerns, urges parents to destroy devices

European authorities have been warning parents about the dangers of IoT toys that have GPS trackers and can record...

By Immanuel Jotham

Secret Shoe

Futuristic super-spy Secret Shoe lets you walk a mile as James Bond

Spy shoe inspired by movies such as Kingsman and James Bond will let you store six gadgets in the soles including a...

By James Hetherington

Silkworm

Silk body sensors developed by Chinese scientists may help robots become more sensitive

Silk sensors might also help doctors keep track of patients through an integrated wireless system.

By Immanuel Jotham

Facebook VR selfie

This is what Facebook's Oculus AR glasses could look like

Patent filed by Oculus shows frame shape and display tech details.

By Immanuel Jotham

Mind-controlled gaming

Neurable's futuristic tech lets you navigate VR games with your mind

Neurable demoed a game on an HTC Vive headset after replacing its standard strap with an upgraded strap.

By Shubham Sharma

Apple Watch

Leave your phone at home: Next Apple Watch 'to get its own 4G connection'

Insiders claim new Watch with 'eSIM' could arrive before the end of 2017.

By Alistair Charlton

Blind person

Smart sonar-equipped wristband helps blind people navigate through haptic feedback

Wearable uses sonar to guide users with haptic feedback.

By Immanuel Jotham

Fujitsu

Fujitsu creates AI to estimate worker heat stress levels

The technology will help monitor workers and prevent heat-related stress in the summer months.

By Immanuel Jotham

Steer armband

Steer: A wearable band which shocks drivers into staying awake

It aims to reduce the number of road accidents caused by sleepy drivers.

By Immanuel Jotham

Google Glass Enterprise Edition

Google Glass 2: The eyewear strikes back with Enterprise Edition

Nerdy smart glasses return to revolutionise the factory floor.

By Alistair Charlton

Fitbit

UK school bans Fitbits over calorie-counting, step-watching eating disorder fears

A girls' school is banning Fitbits and smartwatches after pupils skipped lunch due to tracking data.

By Mary-Ann Russon

Apple to use micro-OLED for wearables

Apple could use micro-LED display for its wearable devices

By Sarmistha Acharya

Analyst believes the move could be part of Apple's strategy to cut reliance on...

New software update for Gear Fit2

Gear Fit2 software update optimises its heart rate and exercise-tracking abilities

By Sarmistha Acharya

The new firmware makes tracking fitness progress more effective.

Apple Watch

Tim Cook is testing an Apple Watch prototype to fight diabetes

By Alistair Charlton

Future Apple Watch could continuously track blood sugar levels without breaking...

Tag Heuer Connected Modular 45

Tag Heuer Connected Modular 45 review: Form over function – and that's just fine

By Alistair Charlton

We review the second-generation Tag Heuer Connected, an Android Wear smartwatch...

Apple Watch to add glucose monitoring feature

Upcoming Apple Watch may include glucose monitoring feature

By Sarmistha Acharya

Reports had emerged last month that Apple's biomedical engineers were working...

Android Wear 2.0 for Huawei Watch

Huawei Watch finally getting Android Wear 2.0

By Sarmistha Acharya

The OTA link for the update is also available.

Intel VR headsets

Man 'bleeds to death after tripping into glass table while wearing VR headset'

By James Tennent

A Russian news agency reported initial investigations suggesting the man...

Smart fabrics

Your shirt could be the only key you need – this smart fabric can function without any power source

By Immanuel Jotham

The new process allows data to be embedded into shirts, ties and other articles...

IBT Video

Dot Braille smartwatch

World's first Braille smartwatch for the blind to begin shipping next month

OPINION

German Chancellor Angela Merkel shakes hands with a humanoid robot

Man versus robot: Three ways humans can thrive in tomorrow's workplace

By Charlie Nunn

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