Category: Wearable Tech

  • Smart Tattoos – MIT Asks: Are You Smart Enough?

    Smart Tattoos – MIT Asks: Are You Smart Enough?

    MIT have been at it again, just when you thought you were as sci-fi as you could be they throw out a curve-ball. Forget smartwatches, Smart tattoos are probably going to be popping up all over the place in the future. Named Duoskin and developed by MIT Media Lab, in partnership with Microsoft Research, these […]

  • Stranger Things – Now In VR

    Stranger Things – Now In VR

    Upon watching Stranger Things pilot episode, I was instantly transported back to watching The Goonies for the first time, though this time there were elements of Stephen King crossed with Back to the future and E.T. Yes, the show is that good! Massively creepy with characters you can really get behind, it is a wonderful […]

  • Eyefluence – Controlling AR With Your Eyes

    Eyefluence – Controlling AR With Your Eyes

    Tech comes and goes in relatively frequent cycles. Sometimes they enrich our lives and sometimes they flop in spectacular fashion. Pokemon GO has taken the world by storm which is kind of expected when you consider it is the first of its kind that has been taken up in such a global way. It is […]

  • Pokemon Go Plus Wearable Delayed Until September

    Pokemon Go Plus Wearable Delayed Until September

    The eagerly awaited next step in the Pokémon Go craze is set to be a wearable gadget called the Pokémon Go Plus. The Bluetooth enabled device straps around the trainer’s wrist and pairs with a smartphone and with vibration and LED light it indicates when a pocket monster or Pokémon Go related event is nearby. […]

  • Get Ready For Darth VadeR

    Get Ready For Darth VadeR

      The company founded by George Lucas; Industrial Light & Magic, have announced that their immersive entertainment division are looking to writer David S Goyer (Batman begins & Man of steel) for inspiration. ILM’s Xlab team have stunned the Star Wars fans into silence when they announced that the script he will be working on […]

  • WWE Grapples with Virtual Reality Programming

    WWE Grapples with Virtual Reality Programming

    Chief Brand Officer and heir the World Wrestling Entertainment empire, Stephanie McMahon, has spoken about the possibility of the sport entertainment company introducing Virtual Reality content to its programming. Best known to fans as Vince McMahon’s malevolent daughter, on-screen villainess Stephanie also plays a vital role in the running of WWE as a boardroom executive […]

  • SHIIFT – Promoting VR Equality

    SHIIFT – Promoting VR Equality

    We are at the gates of a new reality at present. Virtual Reality has got its training pants on, is already crawling, and, everyone wants to grab a piece of the pioneer pie. SHIIFT is a non-profit organisation co-founded by Jenn Duong the Director of VR at 1215Creative, and, Julie Young, Producer at Emblematic Group. […]

  • Gadget Fitness: Solos Cycling Glasses with Micro-Display

    Gadget Fitness: Solos Cycling Glasses with Micro-Display

    Solos Smart Cycling glasses, Statistics at a glance. “Solos takes the world’s smallest heads-up display and pairs it with best in class performance tracking, precision training tools, and tons of every day useful features. Whether you bike to work, you’re a weekend warrior, or professional athlete.” The Solos cycling glasses allow the user to synchronise with […]

  • Get 15% Discount off PlayStation VR Pre-Order through Flubit

    Get 15% Discount off PlayStation VR Pre-Order through Flubit

    Looking to grab yourself one of those PlayStation VR headsets you’ve been hearing about since E3 but are on the fence about the pricey-ness of the Sony peripheral? Then you should consider slapping down a pre-order in the next three days and you can bag yourself somewhat of a bargain through online marketplace Flubit.com! Flubit […]

  • Lenovo Join Flexible Smartphone Arms Race with CPlus and Folio

    Lenovo Join Flexible Smartphone Arms Race with CPlus and Folio

    The smartphone market is in the middle of a little bit of divergence at the moment it would seem. Companies seem to be focusing their efforts on two potential markets, the modular smartphone concept, the prominent of which would be Google’s Project Ara the second market looks to be the flexible smartphone, of which we’ve already […]

  • Gaming Weekly 17/06/2016 – E3 2016 Round-Up

    Gaming Weekly 17/06/2016 – E3 2016 Round-Up

    The Gadget Helpline’s GAMING WEEKLY has returned! Each week our dedicated team of gamers will gather some of the top gaming news and announcements from the last seven days and deliver them here to you, our fellow players! In this edition we’ll be bringing you a run down of our top stories from E3 which […]

  • Pebble Time Round Kickstarter Edition is Launched

    Pebble Time Round Kickstarter Edition is Launched

    Pebble Time has gotten even more stylish thanks to a new Kickstarter backers exclusive. The Pebble Time Round is based on the original Time – which itself is the fashionable sibling to the original Pebble smartwatch, however this one comes with a more traditionally shaped circular face and is available in both Polished Gold and […]