Tech
Cook focuses on Augmented Reality: Apple Glass coming soon
Apple Glass, the wearable device with which Tim Cook aims to revolutionise Augmented Reality and make it accessible, is on its way.
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News
The ring that transforms body heat into electrical energy
A team at the University of Colorado has designed a special ring capable of transforming body heat into electrical energy: it can power a smartwatch
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Electricity
The t-shirt that produces energy: ‘can power a smartwatch’
U.S. researchers have developed a “microgrid” that is inserted inside a t-shirt and uses body energy to produce enough electricity for a smartwatch
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Gadget
Xiaomi Smart Glasses for mental health and wellness
“Xiaomi Smart glasses” – Do you know one technology is about to come with the aim to cure mental health and wellness in the form of smart glasses?
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Gadget
Dist-i: the smart bracelet that “protects” workers
Dist-i is a smart bracelet designed to protect workers in businesses and factories: the device alerts and remembers to stay out of the way
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Gadget
Bump: the necklace that warns when you do not respect the social distancing
A British company has developed Bump, a necklace that lights up when the wearer gets too close and does not respect social distancing.
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Medicine
Gloves that translate sign language into words
A team of researchers at the University of California at Los Angeles has developed a pair of gloves capable of translating sign language into words.
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Textiles & Paper
In the future we’ll use vibrant clothes: “It’ll be like wearing clouds”
The researchers of the Charles III University of Madrid have created special “vibrant” clothes that are able to transmit tactile sensations to the wearer: will they be the future of fashion?
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IT
Turn your finger into a mouse with Wepoint
Wepoint is an innovative wearable mouse that allows you to control computers and tablets by moving a single finger: the crowdfunding campaign has already raised more than 4000 dollars.
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News
Most read news of the week: Apple Glass, AIVA, HELIOS and wearable electronics.
The most read news of the last week selected by the editorial staff of “The Patent” Magazine: Apple Glass, AIVA, HELIOS and wearable electronics.
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Gadget
The disinfectant dispenser (wearable) for hands always clean
Wellness Innovation Labs has launched crowdfunding for a disinfectant dispenser that can be “worn” in the waistband of your trousers – ideal for keeping your hands clean!
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Gadget
Bird: the ring that turns any surface into a touchscreen
Bird is a wearable ring-like design that allows you to “transform” any surface into a touchscreen: it detects finger movements via sensors and transmits them back to the connected device.
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Gadget
Nordica patents the first hands-free ski boot
The Italian company Nordica has filed a patent for a ski boot to wear without hands: it can be customized and heated through an app for smartphones. Anyone who has gone skiing at least once in their life knows that wearing boots is a quite complex task. Threading your feet into the hull and…
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Chemistry & Metallurgy
The first tailored jacket in graphene is Neapolitan
The company Directa Plus has created the first tailored jacket in graphene: a very light nanomaterial and 200 times more resistant than steel.
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Gadget
Amazon, away to the project of the first wearable rival of AirPods and Galaxy Buds
Between the two litigants, Amazon enjoys. And raise. What? With their wearable accessories for telephony and computer. An example is the announcement, given a few days, of Bloomberg regarding the forthcoming marketing of hi-tech headphones by the Colossus of Seattle.
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