Toshiba WERAM1100

Toshiba joins the smart band market with WERAM1100

Like any other fitness tracker, the WERAM1100 will also connect to a compatible smartphone, allowing users to record their physical activity, sleep and diet.
iWatch concept

Apple’s HealthKit trademark covers watches, sensors and medical devices

The complete list mentions: health, fitness, exercise, and wellness sensors, monitors and displays; medical apparatus and devices, and more.
Samsung Gear 2

Samsung Gear Solo smart watch to be announced at IFA 2014?

The Korean giant will be launching a smart watch with its own cellular connectivity at the big event taking place in Berlin, Germany next month.
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.
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.
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.