Wearables

For years Bose pretty much ruled the ANC-headphones roost. Then Sony threw down an impressive gauntlet. And now Sennheiser is looking to challenge both with the launch of the Momentum 4 Wireless over-ears, which boast a 60-hour battery life.

LG has announced the latest Tone Free true wireless earphones, including a flagship pair that combine active noise cancellation with head-tracking spatial audio for an immersive mobile listening experience.

It's been a while since V-Moda updated its Crossfade Wireless headphones, but now the series has a new flagship – with the company promising that an improved sound and a longer battery life will add up to "the most immersive club experience ever."

Seven years after the death knell was sounded for Google Glass, the tech giant is returning to the well of augmented reality to produce another set of smart eyewear, which it will trial publicly from next month.

Amazfit has launched a new compact-but-powerful smartwatch called the GTS 4 Mini, which offers a 70 percent screen-to-body ratio, can go the distance with a 15-day per-charge battery, and comes with over a hundred activity tracking modes built in.

Back in 2016, Rock Jaw unveiled an interesting pair of headphones that offered listeners the choice of a closed-back or open-back audio experience from the same over-ear cans. Now JBL is doing something similar with true wireless earphones.

Engineers at Cornell University have developed a new wearable device that can monitor a person’s facial expressions through sonar and recreate them on a digital avatar. Removing cameras from the equation could alleviate privacy concerns.

Following years of product teasers, Magic Leap finally made its augmented-reality headset available to a few select customers in 2018. Three years later, a second generation was announced, and now the Magic Leap 2 is going on sale from September.

It's been just six years since the very first true wireless earphones jumped from movie fiction to reality, but now they're everywhere. One notable manufacturer absence has been German audio veterans Beyerdynamic, until now.

Sleeping while wired up with an EEG cap would be hard enough here on Earth, but can you imagine trying to do so in the zero-gravity environment of outer space? It could be quite awkward, which is why an earbud has been designed to do the same job.

Forget your bulky AR headsets, smart contact lenses are coming to place augmented reality displays right there on your eyeball. Last week, Mojo Vision CEO Drew Perkins volunteered to test the first feature-complete prototype of his company's design.

Personalized audio pioneer Nura has released a "no compromises" flagship to top its true wireless earphones range. NuraTrue Pro introduces a host of high-end enhancements including lossless audio and multipoint connectivity – but it comes at a price.

Researchers at ETH Zurich have developed a lightweight, wearable textile exomuscle that uses sensors embedded in its fabric to detect a user's movement intentions and chip in extra force as needed. Initial tests show a significant boost in endurance.

It was back in 2014 that we first heard about the Chairless Chair, a lower-body exoskeleton that doesn't impede walking, but that also supports the wearer when they go into a sitting position. Well, there's now a lighter, comfier model.

Sony has refreshed its line of flagship noise-cancelling headphones, introducing a new model with some technological tweaks to enhance the audio experience in a few ways, while offering some of the clever functionality seen in their predecessors.