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Sorry iWatch Fans, Apple's New Hire Is Not a Wearable Tech Expert

2013-09-30 03:38:49| Footwear - Topix.net

Last week, industry watchers were excited to find out that Apple had hired Ben Shaffer, a former Nike FuelBand designer .

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SMT Bluetooth Smart Modules target wearable devices.

2013-09-19 14:31:47| Industrial Newsroom - All News for Today

LBCA series conforms to Bluetooth 4.0 low energy protocol and includes models with (LBCA2HNZYZ) or without (LBCA2BZZFZ) built-in antenna. With 0 dBm output power, modules have 30 m typ range. Interfaces include UART, SPI, I²C, and GPIO; peak current consumption is 4.5 mA; and sleep current draw is 0.6 uA or less. Typ current consumption during communications is 6 µA when 20 bytes of data are transmitted once per second. Model LBCA2BZZFZ, without antenna, measures 5.4 x 4.4 mm. This story is related to the following:Bluetooth™ Modules

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US: Consumers "not ready" for wearable technology

2013-09-18 16:17:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com

Makers of "wearable technology" products still have a number of barriers to cross in order to win over sceptical consumers, according to a new study by research organisation TNS.

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Intel's new Quark chips target wearable computing

2013-09-11 13:00:00| InfoWorld: Top News

Intel has made its move to target the emerging market for wearable computers with a new family of low-power chips called Quark. Intel said its new Quark X1000 chips are about one-fifth the size and consume one-tenth the power of its Atom processors, its current most-power-efficient line of chips.But while Atom processors are aimed at tablets and smartphones, Quark will be for devices with even lower-power requirements, such as smartwatches, glasses, and medical devices that can be worn about the body.

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