Sometimes we come across a wild idea that really tries to re-imagine things, and re-conceiving wearable computing as a distributed system of “fiber computers” embedded into textiles is definitely that ...

Listen, you tech-savvy, trend-resisting cynic you. I want you to stop dismissing wearable computing as a pointless, narcissistic fad. Wearable computing is not for people too lazy to look at their ...

Brian Krzanich is betting big on wearable computing devices. During his opening night keynote at CES 2014, Intel's newest CEO took the chip maker in a new direction with the introduction of Edison, a ...

Last year, Google announced the long-rumored Google Glass project, with developer versions of the device shipping out later this year. A minimalist design with a lens piece that essentially creates a ...

Expertise from Forbes Councils members, operated under license. Opinions expressed are those of the author. The march toward wearable computing beyond the wrist has been filled with fits and starts.

Wearable computers have brought increased efficiency to Bell Canada International Inc. workers, saving each repair person 50 minutes per day on average. But despite the advantages that wearables have ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Tim Bajarin covers the tech industry’s impact on PC and CE markets. When I started using a computer in the mid-1970s, it was on a ...

A new fiber computer contains eight devices that work together as a single computing entity, and scientists want to weave many of them so they can work together as cohesive smart garments. When you ...

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Wearable computing is emerging as the type of significant technology shift that will drive innovation in the way personal computing did in the 1980s or mobile computing and ...

Rasib Khan, Ph.D. and Ragib Hasan, Ph.D., who is wearing a prototype of the cloud jacket.Researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham are exploring the concept of a wearable personal cloud — ...