Kanega watch

Smart watch for seniors looking for early adopters on Kickstarter

Called Kanega watch, the wearable device is easy to use, relying on speech interface rather than buttons, as well as cellular and Wi-Fi connectivity.
wearables

IDC: 27.4M wearables shipped in Q4 2015 for a 126.9% growth YoY

During the entire 2015, vendors shipped a total of 78.1M units, 171.6% more than the previous year; top vendors are Fitbit, Apple, Xiaomi, Samsung and Garmin.
Sleep Shepherd Blue

Sleep Shepherd Blue will lull you to sleep for $159

This headband plays binaural beats at different frequencies into each ear to induce a meditative state, thus making it easier to fall to sleep and stay asleep.
Samsung Charm

Samsung Charm is a fancy wearable that will track your activity

The point of this new type of wearable, as Samsung likes to call it, is to make activity tracking tech appealing to the wider audience.
Philips new-gen monitoring solution

Philips announces new-gen monitoring solution enabled by wearable biosensors

Medical-grade, wearable biosensor automatically and continuously measures vital signs for at-risk patients in low acuity settings in the hospital.
activity trackers

Research: Activity tracker shipments to hit 87 million in 2021

Last year, activity tracker shipments grew almost 80 percent over 2014, as new players entered the market and sales outside the U.S. took off.
Ford wearables lab

Ford to use wearables to make its cars safer

The auto-maker wants to figure out things like whether you've got a good night's sleep or whether you're nervous, and adjust the ride accordingly.
Mio SLICE

Mio unveils new activity tracker, health algorithm

The Personal Activity Intelligence (PAI) index is a personalized reflection of each user's body response to physical activity based on heart rate.
Apple Watch

Research: More smartwatches were shipped than Swiss watches in Q4 2015

A total of 8.1 million smartwatch units were shipped in Q4 2015, rising a healthy 316 percent from 1.9 million in Q4 2014.
Garmin vívofit 3 and vívoactive HR

Garmin unveils vívofit 3 fitness band and vívoactive HR smart watch

Both devices are waterproof, featuring the Move IQ auto activity detection technology and can sync with the Garmin Connect mobile app and web service.