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A faulty Samsung Galaxy Ring battery caused the smart ring to swell up, sending its wearer to the emergency room for removal.

Smart Ring Swells Up, Crushes Man’s Finger and Sends Him to the Hospital

An AI startup called friend has plastered the New York City subway system in advertisements -- and furious riders are vandalizing them.

New Yorkers Are Defacing This AI Startup’s Million-Dollar Ad Campaign

US-based Kernel released a piece of wearable helmet tech called the Kernel Flow that uses near-infrared light to scan your brain with lasers.

Startup Builds Brain-Reading Helmet That Scans Your Brain in Infrared

By Lonnie Lee Hood

A new Facebook patent reveals some unusual new augmented reality headware, including a fedora, baseball cap, and visor with displays attached to the brim.

Facebook Is Working on an Amazingly Hideous Augmented Reality Fedora

By Dan Robitzski

Google is investing heavily in new kinds of wearable technology, including high-tech tattoos that turn your body into a touchpad.

Google Is Working on Tattoos That Turn Your Body Into a Touchpad

By Dan Robitzski

A team of researchers from Northwestern University in Chicago have developed a skin-colored stick-on sensor that can track COVID-19 symptoms.

Prosthetics and Devices

This Stick-On Sensor Can Detect and Track COVID-19 Symptoms

By Victor Tangermann

A new flexible patch could reverse baldness by shocking people's scalps with electricity. On bald mice, it works better than Rogaine.

Prosthetics and Devices

Scientists Say This High Tech Baseball Cap Can Reverse Baldness

By Dan Robitzski

The first-of-its-kind fabric which cools or insulates based on its environment.

New Fabric Automatically Cools or Insulates Depending on Its Environment

Northwestern University's new sweat-drinking biosensor patch

Health & Medicine

Sweat-Drinking Biosensor Patch Helps Monitor Your Health

A system combining motion-tracking sensors and AI was able to detect anxiety and depression in children with 81 percent accuracy.

Health & Medicine

A Wearable Was Better Than Parents at Detecting Anxiety in Kids

By Kristin Houser

The New Apple Watch Transforms What a “Medical Device” Can Look Like

The New Apple Watch Transforms What a “Medical Device” Can Look Like

By Dan Robitzski

An Ultrathin, Super-Stretchy Nanomesh Skin Display is the Future of Wearables

An Ultrathin, Super-Stretchy Nanomesh Skin Display is the Future of Wearables

By Chelsea Gohd

Amazon's tracking wristbands

Robots and Machines

Amazon Patents Tracking Wristbands That Spy on Warehouse Workers

These NASA Approved Glasses Are the Safest Way to Watch Next Week’s Solar Eclipse

These NASA Approved Glasses Are the Safest Way to Watch Next Week’s Solar Eclipse

By Kaitlyn Wylde

We’ll Have to Wait a Little Longer for Autofocusing Contact Lenses

Prosthetics and Devices

We’ll Have to Wait a Little Longer for Autofocusing Contact Lenses

By Cecille De Jesus

VERT Monitor Helps the U.S. Women’s Volleyball Team Improve Their Jumps and Prevent Injuries

Robots and Machines

VERT Monitor Helps the U.S. Women’s Volleyball Team Improve Their Jumps and Prevent Injuries

By Arra Dianne Hifarva