Yves Saint Laurent's Europe President and retail head Catherine Monier joins Apple's iWatch team

Yves Saint Laurent’s Europe President and retail head Catherine Monier joins Apple’s iWatch team

Together with former Yves Saint Laurent CEO Paul Deneve, Catherine will make Apple stores more capable of selling and marketing fashion and wearable goods.
TIMEX IRONMAN ONE GPS+

Timex launches its very first smart watch

Developed in close collaboration with Qualcomm and AT&T, the TIMEX IRONMAN ONE GPS+ offers consumers stand-alone wireless connectivity without a phone.
Athelas Blood Imager is affordable, smartphone-based malaria test

Athelas Blood Imager is affordable, smartphone-based malaria test

A malaria test that requires no expertise, takes a few seconds, and costs next to nothing; all on a smartphone - holding potential to save thousands of lives.
Accenture, Philips team-up over a concept app that allows ALS patients to control things around home with brain, voice and eye commands

Accenture, Philips team-up over a concept app that allows ALS patients to control things...

Special software connects Emotiv Insight Brainware to wearable display that allows wearers to command Philips Hue lighting, SmartTV and Lifeline products.
GOQii smart band gets new money from WhatsApp's Neeraj Arora and Amazon's Marco Argenti

GOQii smart band gets new money from WhatsApp’s Neeraj Arora and Amazon’s Marco Argenti

Compared to other fitness trackers, GOQii has a different business model; it gives away the fitness band and makes money on live coaching service.
Beacon system will guide visually-impaired travelers at the San Francisco Airport

Beacon system will guide visually-impaired travelers at the San Francisco Airport

The system relies on Apple's Voiceover technology to provide users with visual cues for how to navigate to locations from a directory that can be sorted.
Google Glass now a surgical tool at Stanford

Google Glass now a surgical tool at Stanford

Medical students at Stanford University will be able to stream videos from the operating room to instructors in real time via the Internet-connected headset.
Pavlok armband

Pavlok armband will shock users when they get lazy

Unlike other smart bands that only track your activities and sleep, this device will actually shock you if you're not following through on your own promises.
Runtastic Orbit

Runtastic joins the wearables market with water-proof Orbit smart band

The $120 device comes with quite a few features, including Steps & Distance, Calories Burned, Active Minutes, Sleep, Goals and Ambient Lighting.
Imprint Energy flexible battery

Imprint Energy’s flexible battery could revolutionize wearable technology

The Alameda, California-based company has developed zinc-polymer (ZincPoly) batteries that are not only flexible, but can act almost like paper.