Quell is the first pain relief wearable.

Quell is the world’s first pain relief wearable

American healthcare company NeuroMetrix has invented the first pain relief wearable. Called Quell, it consists of a strap worn around the ankle, with an electrode in the back that’s in direct contact with the skin. When you experience pain, you activate the device, which stimulates nerves in your leg, sending a message to the brain…

Fitbit announces new features to help users stay motivated #MWC15

Fitbit has taken to Mobile World Congress to announce some new automated and smart features like multi-device support, as well as improved food logging for all Fitbit users, making it easier to record and track our activity. Fitbit is further enhancing food logging to make it simpler, regardless of platform or global location, and, now,…

Huawei’s rather stylish new smartwatch #MWC15

With its Moto 360 type styling, the debut smartwatch from Chinese company Huawei looks like a contender. The company has just confirmed that the Google's Android Wear watch will be known as the "Huawei Watch", sport a 1.4-inch screen, and has been given an AMOLED coating surrounded by a luxe stainless steel frame. Features-wise, it…

Hands on with Acer’s new Liquid Leap+ smartband #MWC15

We're at Mobile World Congress this week to bring you the latest from tech brands big and small. First up this morning was Acer's pre-briefing, featuring four new smartphones and an updated version of the Liquid Leap smart activeband: the Liquid Leap+. We weren't hugely impressed by the previous Liquid Leap, having had major technical…
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Moggles is a collapsible VR headset that fits in your pocket

Over the past year there has been a lot of stuff going on in the world of phone-powered virtual reality. The problem is that VR headsets are bulky and difficult to transport, unlike the smartphones they rely on. To try and solve this problem Moggles has come along with a VR headset that collapses in…
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LG announces the LG Watch Urbane LTE, the first 4G smartwatch

It's been slow on the uptake, but it seems as though wearables with mobile data connections are really starting to kick off. So far all the smartwatches have come with 3G, and LG has decided to go one step further and announce the 4G LG Watch Urbane LTE. Just like the rumours predicted. We heard…

Huawei announces the 4.5G Smartband

At the moment wearables haven't really grown up and become independent from smartphones, since they still rely on them for a large number of their useful functions. Even 3G-enabled devices like the Samsung Gear S aren't truly independent from their smartphone cousins. Huawei's Smartband has no such limitation. The Smartband also happens to run on Huawei's recently…
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Pebble announces the Pebble Time, a colour e-paper smartwatch

Remember that countdown that appeared on the Pebble homepage late last week? We know what it was counting down to now, and it turns out that all the rumours were correct. Meet the Pebble Time, a smartwatch with a colour e-paper display. The folks at Pebble promise that the Pebble Time will have the same…
Researchers are making smart trousers for disabled and older people.

Engineers are making smart trousers for disabled people

A team from the University of Bristol is launching a new project to develop smart trousers that could help people to walk. (Reports that they were inspired by Wallace and Gromit are as yet unconfirmed.) It’s being led by Dr Jonathan Rossiter from the department of engineering mathematics at the university. As The Guardian reports,…