Internet trend puts users center stage
Sensors that track steps, pulse, diet and more marked a wearable computing fashion trend this year as they evolve from measuring what we've done to telling us what to do.
Internet
Dec 11, 2014
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Iberian orcas, increasingly trapped
Thanks to the more than 11,200 sightings of cetaceans over the course of ten years, Spanish and Portuguese researchers have been able to identify, in detail, the presence of orcas in the Gulf of Cadiz, the Strait of Gibraltar ...
Ecology
Dec 1, 2014
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FTC in talks with Apple about health data protection
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission is in talks with Apple to ensure that sensitive health data collected by its mobile and wearable devices will not be used without owners' consent.
Software
Nov 25, 2014
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Apple Watch reportedly set for spring 2015 release
Hoping to give your loved one an Apple Watch for Christmas? The Chinese New Year? Valentine's Day?
Consumer & Gadgets
Nov 4, 2014
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US theaters advised to ban 'smart' watches and glasses
A pair of influential US film industry organizations on Wednesday put out word that movie theaters should ban smart watches or eyewear that could be used to record movies.
Consumer & Gadgets
Oct 29, 2014
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Tech review: Fitness watches help you keep tabs on your vital statistics
I'm old enough to have seen wristwatches fall out of favor, replaced by the cellphones in our pockets.
Consumer & Gadgets
Oct 15, 2014
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How Apple Watch can avoid some of Google Glass's pitfalls
The unveiling of Apple Watch earlier this month was the moment the nascent wearable computing industry has been waiting for.
Consumer & Gadgets
Sep 30, 2014
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Apple counters talk it will shut Beats music service (Update)
Apple on Monday refuted talk that it plans to close the Beats streaming music service it acquired as part of a $3 billion-deal earlier this year.
Business
Sep 22, 2014
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The oscillator that could makeover the mechanical watch
For the first time in 200 years the heart of the mechanical watch has been reinvented, thereby improving precision and autonomy while making the watch completely silent. EPFL researchers have developed an oscillator that ...
Engineering
Sep 18, 2014
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Spy on penguin families for science
Penguin Watch, which launches on 17 September 2014, is a project led by Oxford University scientists that gives citizen scientists access to around 200,000 images of penguins taken by remote cameras monitoring over 30 colonies ...
Plants & Animals
Sep 17, 2014
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