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A Personal Airbag for Fall Protection
A Full-Circle Moment for Independent Living: Smart Hip Guardian at CES 2026 Exactly a decade ago at CES 2016, ViodiTV explored an intriguing prototype concept: the wearable airbag to protect professional race skiers. Back then, the idea of a belt deploying emergency cushions in real time to soften a human fall sounded almost like science…
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The Guide Dog Alternative – The Wearable Mobility Aid
For the millions of people worldwide with severe visual impairment, independent mobility often relies on tools that haven’t changed much in decades: the white cane and the guide dog. While effective, they have limits. Guide dogs are expensive to train and rare—there are only about 20,000 guide dogs globally, leaving millions without advanced assistance. French…
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The Earphone Brainwave Sensor & Trainer
Imagine slipping on a pair of ordinary-looking earphones, but instead of just pumping out tunes, they’re reading your brainwaves and using them to enhance your experience. This is the reality that Vie Style is bringing to life with its innovative earphone brainwave sensor and trainer. A Trip Through Your Own Mind: In the above interview,…
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The Remote Audiologist #CES2020
A hearing aid that is practically invisible fits, snugly in the ear canal, and lasts 16-hours on a charge is an attractive option for those facing hearing loss. Couple that with an overall cost that is 50% less than traditional hearing aids and Eargo’s Neo HiFi solution could help the tens of millions of people…
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The Professor with the Electronic Tattoo #CES2017
In what may be the ultimate wearable, Rotex’s electronic tattoo is a hair-thin, stretchable dry sensor for measuring things, such as electrocardiogram (ECG), electromyogram (EMG), electroencephalogram (EEG), skin temperature, and skin hydration. It conforms to the skin, like a temporary tattoo, so it blends into the skin. It currently receives its power and communicates via…
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App Enriched Blue Jeans & Swimsuits #CES2017
Blue Jeans with built-in vibration to direct a female (they don’t have them for men) to a given location without having to look or listen to a smart phone is the clever way that France’s Spinali Design is marrying technology with fashion. The wearer may also set up alerts so that only certain text messages…
