Wearables

Samsung at CES 2020 in Las Vegas on Monday showcased its advancements in the fields of robotics and artificial intelligence (AI). Demonstrating the company’s growth in the world of personal care, the South Korean company unveiled Ballie, a rolling robot that is designed as a personal fitness assistant. The tiny robot is touted to understand
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Realme smartwatch looks set launch in India soon. While the Chinese company hasn’t revealed any concrete details around its new development, a smartwatch with Realme branding has purportedly received certification from Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) that hints at its imminent debut in the country. Earlier on Thursday, Realme India CEO Madhav Sheth while launching
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US trade regulators said on Friday they will investigate wearable monitoring devices, including those made by Fitbit and Garmin, following allegations of patent violations by rival Koninklijke Philips and its North America unit. The US International Trade Commission, in a statement, said the probe would also look at devices by made by California-based Ingram Micro as well
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Withings at CES 2020 launched its latest hybrid smartwatch – the ScanWatch. The Withings ScanWatch is claimed to be the world’s first clinically validated hybrid smartwatch to detect risks of arrhythmia (AFib) and sleep apnoea (aka sleep apnea). But despite packing the necessary hardware and delivering on its promise, the Withings ScanWatch is currently awaiting
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Like most teen years, the past decade in technology started out someplace relatively innocent before growing moody, dark and disillusioned. In 2010, we were excited about new iPhones and finding old friends on Facebook, not fretting about our digital privacy or social media’s threat to democracy. Now we are wondering how to rein in the
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From bulletproof clothing enabling transmission and reception of electronic signals to production of liquid hydrocarbons from plastic waste, the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi on Thursday said it filed 150 patents in 2019, the highest ever in a year. “Both national and international patents have been filed by Foundation for Innovation and Technology Transfer (FITT),
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The Timex Helix Gusto HRM is a new entrant in the competitive wearables space. This fitness band, with its features and price, competes directly with the Mi Band 4 and the Honor Band 5. It has all the features expected of fitness bands today – step counting, distance tracking, sleep tracking, heart rate monitoring, and
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Security researchers discovered vulnerabilities in cheap smartwatches for children that make it possible for strangers to override parental controls and track kids. Rapid7, a cyber-security firm based in Boston, purchased three smartwatches on Amazon.com, costing from $20 to $35 (roughly Rs. 1,400 to Rs. 2,500), according to Deral Heiland, research lead for IoT technology. He
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Chinese smartphone maker Oppo on Tuesday said it would invest $7 billion (roughly Rs. 50,000 crores) in research and development in the next three years to develop core technologies in hardware, software and system in addition to 5G/6G, Artificial Intelligence (AI), augmented reality (AR), Big Data, and other emerging technologies. Oppo said it would launch smartwatches, smart
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The Samsung Galaxy Watch has been one of our favourite wearables since we reviewed it last year. It has a beautiful design, a useful rotating bezel, and impressive battery life for the kind of functionality it offers. We felt a moment of deja vu when we unboxed the Samsung Galaxy Watch 4G, which the company
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