watches
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Forget Exercise, This Fitness Tracker Just Wants You To See The Sun
It only took a few decades for us to realise that spending all our time in front of computers wasn’t the most healthiest way to live. That’s why the market is now flooded with fitness tracking wearables encouraging us to exercise. The Brite R450 sets its sights a little lower though. It encourages more achievable…
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Timex’s New Ironman Smartwatch Lets You Leave Your Phone At Home
For those times when a rigorous run or other extreme outdoor activity has you leaving your smartphone at home, Timex has created a new fitness-oriented smartwatch that doesn’t need a constant connection to your phone. The Ironman One GPS+ comes with its own 3G connection for uploading fitness data or your current location, or reach…
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The Apple Watch’s Smallest Parts Are Its Biggest Bet
The Mac had the mouse. The iPod had the clickwheel. And the iPhone had the touchscreen. So what does the Apple Watch have? Something called the “digital crown”, a tiny knob replacing the conventional crown on traditional watches, and a “Taptic engine” that helps it communicate. They didn’t get the most play in today’s big,…
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Watching This Machine Fabricate Tiny Screws Makes Me Nervous
Those itty bitty screws that hold together your watch (or possibly your smartwatch) are infinitely frustrating to grasp, position and attach to said watch. Now imagine the precision required to make one of those screws. Seeing the process captured gives me anxiety. What if they drop it???