The Apple Watch will arrive in April, according to Tim Cook

There has been much rumour and speculation about when the Apple Watch would make it's way into the hands of the general populace, and now we have a definite answer. Tiim Cook has confirmed that the device will be  shipping in April. This piece of information was revealed at Apple's earnings call, where he revealed…

Asus wants its next smartwatch to have a seven day battery life

Asus's Zenwatch many have only just been released, but Asus Chairman Jonney Shih has expressed his dissatisfaction with the watch's design. He wants the company's next smartwatch to be a big improvement, and has already laid out goals he wants to achieve. Speaking at Asus's end of 2014 party, Shih said that there is a lot…

eSight glasses helped a blind woman see her newborn son

Kathy Beitz has been legally blind since she was a child, and while she has managed to live her life to the fullest she didn't feel it was right that she wouldn't be able to see her newborn baby. Thankfully she was lent a pair of eSight glasses that let her see that priceless moment.…

The Razer Nabu X is now on sale

Despite the fact that it was only announced a couple of weeks ago at CES, Razer's budget fitness tracker, the Nabu X, is now on sale for £61 (£45 plus shipping). For those of you who didn't catch the original announcement, the Nabu X is a minimalist version of the original Nabu fitness tracker that…

Could pregnancy-monitoring clothes be the future of wearables?

A fashion student at Cornell University in the U.S has been awarded one of four $30,000 Geoffrey Beene national scholarships for her tech-enhanced maternity clothes concept, “B” Maternity Wearables. The awards honour promising designers and entrepreneurs and are decided each year in New York by a panel of fashion insiders. According to New Scientist, after…
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We know more about the Apple Watch’s battery life, and it’s not great news

There's an inherent flaw with battery technology at the moment, namely the fact that we have a lot of trouble shrinking large capacity batteries -- meaning smaller gadgets have to have smaller batteries. Smartwatches are the perfect example of this, and it looks like the Apple Watch isn't going to be any different. A new report from 9to5Mac…

HTC’s long awaited smartwatch might actually be a fitness tracker

We've been waiting for HTC to announce its first wearable for quite some time now, and it sounds like the company might not be making a smartwatch after all -- a report claims that it will be a fitness tracker instead. According to sources speaking to Forbes, HTC is going to be releasing its own…

Don’t be fooled by fake Apple Watch prototypes on eBay

When it come to the release of Apple products, there are always plenty of fakes and knock-offs appearing, and the Apple Watch is no exception. Plenty of fakes are out there, and don't be taken in by claims of their legitimacy. The reason I'm saying this is because what was claimed to be an Apple…

A new nanowire mesh will heat our clothes instead of our homes

We all know that central heating is inefficient. In fact, according to Co Exist, it’s responsible for a third of climate change emissions worldwide. Even if you’re sitting in a cosy house or office right now, that’s enough to send a chill down your spine. But a new invention by scientists at Stanford University could…