The Gaiam Strap-Free Touch Heart Rate Monitor from Oregon Scientific does not require that you wear a chest strap or arm strap. It features a touch screen and uses ECG technology. Just place 1 or 2 fingers on the sensor to see your heart rate. In addition to displaying your heart rate, it has clock, [...]
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I enjoy making stuff, and I love electronics, so I generally really like electronics kit projects. The SpikenzieLabs Solder:Time Watch Kit seems like a great option for someone like me. This is actually a hackable watch- they provide the source code and other info, as well as convenient pads on the circuit board to tap into.
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In my efforts to prepare for my wife’s 40th birthday wish of us running the DisneyWorld Marathon in January 2012, not only have I been training but looking for tech gadgets to help me do so more effectively and efficiently. The first in this gadget-fitness series was the Sennheiser/Adidas MX 680i Sports earbuds which continue [...]
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The Urwerk 202 Twin Turbine Hammerhead White Gold has to be one of the coolest wrist watches that I’ve seen in a long while. Time on the UR-202 is displayed using telescopic minute hands operating through the middle of three orbiting and revolving hour satellites. The UR-202 is the world’s first watch with the winding [...]
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The Solder : Time from Spikenzielabs is an easy to solder wristwatch kit that has a laser cut acrylic casing that allows you to see the internal PCB, electronic components and battery (CR2032). There’s a velcro wrist band included, but you can also wear it as a badge with optional badge clip. This looks like [...]
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If you like to always have a mirror at hand, perhaps one on your wrist will suffice. The Vanity Mirror Watch from Gadgets and Gear looks like a polished mirror until you need to know the time. Press a button on the watch to light up red LEDs that display the time. The Vanity Mirror [...]
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Gadgets and Gear has another interesting watch that’s as much art as it is timepiece. The Timescape Sci-Fi Watch uses a series of LEDs to display the time on a grid on the black face. Press a button, and the LEDs light up to show hours on the vertical bars and minutes on the horizontal [...]
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Jorg Hysek and his team of designers at HD3 Complication have just announced their high-end, touchscreen watch that is uniquely and geekily-stylin’…. The Slyde mixes slim, sleek lines, a bit of old-world style, high-tech HD touchscreen, with a hint of the Matrix. The HD3 Slyde will be available in black, gray titanium or pink gold [...]
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WeWood is a company based out of Los Angeles with an idea originally stemming from Italy–to create an organic, completely natural watch inspired by the rooted but reaching power of a tree. The resulting product, judging from their catalog, is just as much art as functional watch. They currently offer two basic types of watch [...]
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The Kisai Console, is the latest watch from Tokyoflash that has been created based on the suggestions from their fans and customers. This watch reminds me of the original Star Trek LCARS system. It’s made of stainless steel with 3 LED sections that light up in Green to tell the time with a press of [...]
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As an amateur horologist, my interest jumped up a tick when Julie posted the news item on the recently-released Phosphor World Time Curved E-Ink Watch. Though I favor rather largish, shall we say ‘robust’ watches, the Phosphor E-Ink watch line’s appearance, with its unique display technology and case style, was intriguing, so I was happy [...]
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Wish you knew in an instant what time your favorite team is playing? Game Time‘s patented Schedule Watch comes pre-loaded with game date, time, location and opponent for your favorite team or any team in your sport. Update it for $10/year by downloading new schedules to your PC, then syncing with the supplied USB cable. [...]
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Tokyoflash Japan is well known for their unique LED wrist watches, but their latest offering is a little different… The Kisai RPM is their first watch that has been designed based on an idea that was submitted by a Tokyoflash fan from the UK back in February. That design was then chosen by the community [...]
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Phosphor has just announced the availability of the World Time Watch with curved E Ink display that utilizing the paper-like display technology found in the Amazon Kindle. This watch offers the ability to select from 24 time zones for one display mode, while optionally displaying a second time zone simultaneously. The Phosphor World Time Watch [...]
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If pocket bulging smartphones aren’t your style, how about an unlocked GSM phone that you can wear on your wrist. You know you’ve always wanted to be a secret agent. Now you can… sorta. At least you’ll look the part with the Kempler & Strauss W Phonewatch. We’ve seen wrist phones before, but this one [...]
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Taken from the Japanese word, sayu, meaning left and right, the NOOKA Zayu is a timepiece with features that include a display with the hour “time capsule” graphic, and a “sleepmode” to conserve battery when not in use. Its ergonomic asymmetrical design is also an ambidextrous design that wears well on both left and right [...]
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