Toronto Exhibit Explores How Sports Synthesize Fashion and Function
For more than a hundred years, sports have been synthesizing fashion and function to offer garments that stretch the limits…
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W|W: The Wearable Weekly – What about love?
Welcome to The Wearable Weekly, your trusted guide to all things wearable tech. If you only have time to read one thing about…
#WWTO gets sporty in honour of Pan Am Games
While much of the conversation surrounding the upcoming Pan Am games centres on local frustration with the HOV lanes, BetaKit…
W|W: The Wearable Weekly – Private eyes, they’re watching you
Welcome to The Wearable Weekly, your trusted guide to all things wearable tech. If you only have time to read one thing about…
Tom Emrich explains Canada’s Wearable Wave
Regular readers of BetaKit should be at this point completely familiar with Tom Emrich, one of our Senior Editors and the foremost…
“Even Horses!” Konectera’s mission to connect your pet
In a world where everything is becoming connected and quantified, dogs, cats and even horses won’t be spared. Connecting…
W|W: The Wearable Weekly – Wearables get pumped up
Welcome to The Wearable Weekly, your trusted guide to all things wearable tech. If you only have time to read one thing about…
Hexoskin partners with Best Buy Canada to offer smart garments to the masses
If you thought wearable technology was going to stop at the wrist, you had it all wrong. This morning, Montréal -based Hexoskin…
EDC provides $1.5 million in financing to Vancouver’s Mio Global
Export Development Canada (EDC) announced today that it has provided a $1.5 million loan to Vancouver’s Mio Global, which…
W|W: The Wearable Weekly – Wearables grow up
Welcome to The Wearable Weekly, your trusted guide to all things wearable tech. If you only have time to read one thing about…
Pebble’s Eric Migicovsky shares lessons learned ahead of Velocity event
Later today, Pebble founder and CEO, Eric Migicovsky, will take the stage at the University of Waterloo’s Humanities Theatre…
We Are Wearables heads to our nation’s capital next week
The largest wearable tech community in the world is headed to the nation’s capital next week as We Are Wearables officially…
Recon Instruments acquired by Intel
Vancouver’s Recon Instruments, makers of the Recon Jet smartglasses, has been acquired by Intel, according to blog post announcements…
Wearables might be the perfect gift for dad this Father’s Day
Getting the right gift for dad is tough. Dads have everything! And they often don’t need anything.BetaKit Senior Editor…
W|W – The Wearable Weekly: going “hands-on” with virtual reality
Welcome to The Wearable Weekly, your trusted guide to all things wearable tech. If you only have time to read one thing about…