Wearables
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September 23, 2016
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This week: Smart shoes with built-in AI, Pokemon Go Plus wearable, and a couple of fundraising announcements.
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Engadget
A couple of months ago, we featured the CoWatch crowdfunding campaign on this newsletter. iMCO and the ex-Googlers working on the Cronologics OS have successfully turned what could've been another bit of crowdfunded vaporware into an actual product - the CoWatch - complete with blessings from Amazon
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Wareable News
When Apple's annual instalment of iOS rolls around, the story is usually about what's new, what's been added; but with watchOS right now it seems to be just as much about stripping away and refining, with a company still trying to figure out how people use this device. WatchOS debuted with a lot of ideas. Some were good, some felt like they had potential, and some felt surprisingly unintuitive.
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Betakit
When OMsignal first launched in 2014, their initial vision wasn’t to launch the smart shirts that the company is well-known for today — in fact, they actually wanted to create a smart bra.
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IEEE Spectrum
Pokémon Go Plus was supposed to be for kids, according to Niantic founder and CTO Phil Keslin. Nintendo pitched it as a low-cost, low-entry augmented reality device for children. But instead, adults are scooping up the available supply, eager to take advantage of Pokémon Go’s Plus ability to keep the game running when the phone screen is off - a big power savings.
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RetailWire
Boltt, a startup out of India, is getting set to launch a new sneaker that combines sensors with artificial intelligence software designed to improve running and fitness levels by providing wearers with real-time feedback.
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VentureBeat
Thalmic Labs, the Canada-based wearable technology company, has announced a substantial $120 million (USD) Series B funding round led by Intel Capital, the Amazon Alexa Fund, and Fidelity Investments Canada. Thalmic is best known for the Myo, a gesture- and motion-guided armband that taps the electrical activity in your muscles to control a range of devices such as drones, computers, smartphones, and other contraptions with built-in wireless connectivity.
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