Ivan Jovin, Author at Gadgets & Wearables

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Samsung tackles sport safety with concussion monitoring brainBAND

March 25, 2016 Ivan Jovin Sports tracker 2 min read

A new piece of wearable technology created by Samsung Australia promises to monitor head contact in sports in real-time. The aim is

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Pebble slashes 25% of its workforce amid growing competition

March 25, 2016 Ivan Jovin Smartwatch 1 min read

Pebble Technology Corporation, a smartwatch company that started before the introduction of the Apple Watch, announced it is laying off close

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How good are fitness trackers when it comes to counting calories?

March 23, 2016 Ivan Jovin 4 min read

You probably shouldn’t trust your wearable device to provide accurate statistics about how many calories you’re burning according to a new

Graphene patch uses sweat to control diabetes

March 22, 2016 Ivan Jovin 1 min read

Diabetes is a lifelong condition that causes a person’s blood sugar level to become too high. Globally, it is estimated that

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Food tracking wearable listens to what you eat

March 21, 2016 Ivan Jovin 2 min read

Now, even the sounds that you make while biting, grinding and swallowing could provide a clue to your caloric intake with the development

Picture gallery: The weird and the wonderful at the London Wearable Technology Show 2016

March 17, 2016 Ivan Jovin 3 min read

Gadgets & Wearables visited this year’s Wearable Technology Show at London’s ExCel to try out gadgets we might all be

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Startup brings medical grade heart rate monitoring to Apple Watch

March 17, 2016 Ivan Jovin 2 min read

A smartphone accessory company called AliveCor today unveiled the first medical-grade EKG band for the Apple Watch. The “Kardia Band”

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Fossil unveils 7 more stylish wearables

March 16, 2016 Ivan Jovin Smartwatch 3 min read

Back in January at CES 2016, Fossil announced that it would be popping out 100 new wearable devices this year.

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More sleep means less calories according to Jawbone data

March 14, 2016 Ivan Jovin 2 min read

We have written recently about Sleep Awareness Week. This is an annual event of the National Sleep Foundation which ran from March

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Survey shows wearable preferences of professional athletes

March 13, 2016 Ivan Jovin 2 min read

Athlete IQ, an online community of amateur and professional athletes, recently surveyed 763 athletes about their wearable fitness devices choices. The Voice

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Fossil announces Q Motion: a slim, cylindrical Misfit Ray lookalike

March 12, 2016 Ivan Jovin Smartwatch 1 min read

Q Motion is the latest to join Fossil’s Q line of wearables, which debuted last fall. This is a slim,

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Sleep Awareness Week: benefits of sleep tracking

March 11, 2016 Ivan Jovin 2 min read

This week is Sleep Awareness Week. An annual event of the National Sleep Foundation which runs from March 6th through

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Seizure and stress detecting Embrace wearable starts shipping

March 10, 2016 Ivan Jovin Stress management 3 min read

Cambridge startup Empatica’s seizure and stress detecting Embrace wearable has started shipping to its earliest backers. The device, which looks like

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Toyota’s new wearable will change the lives of blind people

March 9, 2016 Ivan Jovin 1 min read

Toyota’s robotics division is developing a wearable device that could benefit the blind and visually impaired, the manufacturer has revealed. The device,