Smart glassesThe next battery breakthrough may be a pair of glasses doing less.
Firmware modes, intermittent displays and distributed processing point to a quieter route to longer sessions: reduce the work before enlarging the battery.
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Smart glasses
Smart glassesThe most interesting smart glasses interface may be on your wrist.
Surface EMG turns tiny muscle signals into commands. A 21-word-per-minute research result shows the promise, while the product boundary keeps expectations grounded.
AI wearablesAn AI pendant's most important specification is what survives without its service.
Humane's shutdown, Bee's privacy architecture and Omi's open stack reveal three very different questions hidden behind a small piece of hardware.
SmartwatchesGarmin's MicroLED watch makes the display brighter. Its battery table asks a harder question.
Compare the same 51 mm case, the same display mode and the same activity. The trade-off becomes much more useful than a peak-brightness headline.