wearable technology

Terrifying look at how Meta smart glasses can reveal personal details about strangers on the street — even home addresses

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Terrifying look at how Meta smart glasses can reveal personal details about strangers on the street — even home addresses

This pernicious program is every stalker’s dream. Two Harvard students developed a program for Ray-Ban’s Meta smart glasses that can be used to identify an individual and obtain access to their personal information, including a home address. AnhPhu Nguyen and Caine Ardayfio, who are engineering students at the Ivy League school, posted a chilling demonstration … Read more

Your dad’s dorky transition lenses are cool now — thanks to technology

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Your dad’s dorky transition lenses are cool now — thanks to technology

These formerly dorky accessories have transitioned into the coolest designer decorations. Transition lenses have become some of the latest high-tech accessories on the market. Photochromic lenses — also known as transition lenses, named after Transitions Optical, the company that launched the first plastic versions in 1991 — are transparent when indoors and darken when exposed … Read more

Brain implant allows ALS patient to control Amazon’s Alexa with thought: ‘Gives me back the independence that I’m losing’

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Brain implant allows ALS patient to control Amazon’s Alexa with thought: ‘Gives me back the independence that I’m losing’

A man afflicted with ALS has become the first person in the world to control an Amazon Alexa digital assistant through his thoughts — thanks to a brain implant created by a New York-based neurotech startup. Synchron — a company specializing in medical technology solutions — has implanted its brain-computer interface (BCI) in a blood … Read more

Breakthrough device allows user to be touched remotely in a ‘real-life’ way — and could be a cure for isolation

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Breakthrough device allows user to be touched remotely in a ‘real-life’ way — and could be a cure for isolation

Reach out and touch someone — literally. A breakthrough medical device able to simulate the “natural,” “real-life” sensation of human touch is being offered up as a cure for isolation — and could allow loved ones to enjoy the sensation of physical contact, even if they’re continents apart. Researchers at University College London (UCL) have created the … Read more

Pricey AI Pins are being returned quicker than they are sold: ‘It just doesn’t work’

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Pricey AI Pins are being returned quicker than they are sold: ‘It just doesn’t work’

Pin this as a questionable product. A bulky, expensive piece of wearable technology is being returned faster than it can be sold. Humane’s AI Pin, which retails between $700 and $800 — plus a $24 monthly subscription for $288 annually — has seen all but about 7,000 units sent back to the company so far, … Read more

I tracked my lost luggage with an Apple AirTag — I was shocked by where it turned up

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I tracked my lost luggage with an Apple AirTag — I was shocked by where it turned up

It was a worst-suitcase scenario. With assistance from an Apple AirTag, a woman shockingly discovered that her lost luggage wound up in a homeless encampment with all its contents missing. Traveler Aunny Grace detailed the unfortunate journey her belongings took after she flew into California’s Hollywood Burbank Airport on American Airlines — and her lost … Read more

AI-fueled Ray Bans let you live stream and analyze the world around you

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AI-fueled Ray Bans let you live stream and analyze the world around you

See into the future. Ray-Ban and Meta teamed up to unveil an artificially intelligent pair of sunglasses that can scan into the world around a person as they walk down a street, among many other bells and whistles. Although released last fall, the shades — which come in all sorts of colors and cost between … Read more

Celebrity tattoo artist Bang Bang plans to turn new ‘magic ink’ into sunscreen and diabetes warnings

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Celebrity tattoo artist Bang Bang plans to turn new ‘magic ink’ into sunscreen and diabetes warnings

Keith “Bang Bang” McCurdy is best known for tattooing the A-list – from Rihanna and Cara Delevingne to Justin Bieber and LeBron James. But he is now embarking on a quest to turn tattoos into medical diagnostic devices, using “Magic Ink” — a tattooing ink which can be turned on or off by being exposed … Read more

Cancer treatments left me with a leaky bladder — one easy fix changed my life

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Cancer treatments left me with a leaky bladder — one easy fix changed my life

Australian mom Renee Brown was just 39 when she had surgery to remove cancerous lymph nodes from her pelvis. Then, she underwent chemotherapy and radiation therapy as part of her cervical cancer battle. After the treatments, she faced a new challenge — urinary incontinence. “It was often far more than a dribble, and it was … Read more

New gym leggings are electrically charged to make you fit — by shocking your muscles

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New gym leggings are electrically charged to make you fit — by shocking your muscles

These leggings could be a shocking addition to your workout routine. A biotech company that specializes in anti-aging life-care solutions has designed workout leggings that shock you while you exercise — supposedly a good thing — and they look like any other legging and match the comfort and fit of regular clothes. Barun Bio called … Read more

New sex toy gets helping hand from ChatGPT to narrate sexual fantasies

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New sex toy gets helping hand from ChatGPT to narrate sexual fantasies

ChatGPT can be your new lover. Lovense, a brand known for its remote-controlled vibrators, unveiled a new sex toy for users to dream up their sexual fantasies with a hand from AI. The brand has incorporated Microsoft’s artificial intelligence chatbot in its new product offering, the Advanced Lovense ChatGPT Pleasure Companion. Pleasure-seekers can use the … Read more

Controversial babysitter alternative is a godsend for parents — if it doesn’t get them arrested

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Controversial babysitter alternative is a godsend for parents — if it doesn’t get them arrested

Last fall, North Carolina-based mom Nicole, 31, took her first vacation since giving birth to her one-year-old son. She and her husband packed their Owlet Cam baby monitor, left their infant in their Outer Banks apartment rental and headed to the beach, a five minutes’ walk away, without hesitation. It’s not unusual, she said, for … Read more

If you die in this VR game, it will kill you in real life

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If you die in this VR game, it will kill you in real life

The first ever killer virtual reality headset is here. Palmer Luckey, a leader in virtual reality and the founder of Oculus, better known now as a part of Facebook’s Meta, created a VR headset that will actually kill the user if they die in the game, Vice’s Motherboard reported. Players put on a NeveGear virtual … Read more