Wearable Technology

In addition to tracking activity and sleep, the LEAF by Bellabeat is the first tracker on the market to track your ovulation. Click to read more about what I thought of this women-focused tracker!

It’s amazing to see how cameras have evolved over the last 20 years. Remember the days when you’d have to load a roll of film into your camera and then take that film in to be developed after only 12, 24, or 36 snapshots? Those days are long gone. Now we can capture the ins and outs of our daily lives with our smartphone cameras and share those moments with the world in an instant via the touch of a button. The Narrative Clip wearable camera takes this concept of chronicling our lives­—or “lifelogging”—to a whole new level by snapping a picture every 30 seconds, and I recently had an opportunity to take one for a spin.

The day after Labour Day, Toronto’s world renown Yonge-Dundas Square transforms into a wearable tech wonderland. On top of featuring the latest in one the fastest growing categories at Best Buy Canada, attendees of the free event must check out the star-studded panels.

With students on their way back to school, an often overlooked piece of tech to help them get the most out of student life is the humble smartwatch. These gadgets can be a big help, not only with keeping them healthy and organized, but helping them focus on their studies free from extraneous distractions. Today we’ll take a look at a few of the smartwatch options out there for students.

What’s a golfer to do to improve and enjoy the game even more? Arccos Golf thinks it can help with its set of sensors and companion app that will track your shots, your game, and give you data to help improve.

In this edition of The Internet of Things series, we take a look at Wearables. A newer entry into the IoT series, this entry takes a look at what wearables contribute now and what they can contribute in the future.

While having a watchful eye on the kids while they’re swimming is an absolute must, the neat iSwimband can offer another layer of precaution. We took one out for a spin.

Wearable technology has blown up in the past few years, and this past week my husband and I got to see just how far fitness trackers have come when we tested out the Hexoskin Biometric shirt. From badminton to mountain biking, we wore Hexoskin for them all, so read on to see why this is the only fitness tracker we’ve tried that tracks every type of activity easily and accurately.

“What’s a smartwatch good for?” A lot of people have asked this question, and my answer is pretty simple: it make my life a little simpler and easier. Read on to find out why I love having a Pebble smartwatch on my wrist.

One of my favourite summer activities is grabbing my clubs and heading to the driving range (and then complaining about how sore I am the next day). I don’t golf on a full course much. I wasn’t blessed with the greatest short game, and to call my putting atrocious would be an understatement. However, I’m keen to get back out on a course just to try some of the new golf wearables out there. From swing coaching to a GPS watch that tells you how far you are from the green, there’s a helpful wearable waiting for you to take for a spin this golf season.