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9 September, 2024
MindMics’s headphones were able to capture, in clinical trials, a murmur in a patient with aortic stenosis, said the company’s CEO and president Anna Barnacka. Photo: MindMics
Wellness

New health tech wearables at CES measure blood sugar, capture heart murmurs

MindMics’ earbuds and DexCom’s Stelo patches stand out at CES 2025, while an expert calls the approval process for such devices ‘pathetic’.

Metaverse

Alibaba deepens push into AI smart glasses

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Video gaming

Review | SteelSeries Arctis GameBuds produce terrific sound for the price

SCMP Highlights

Recap | Shanghai court says crypto ownership legal, Hong Kong food-delivery drones: 5 tech stories

Explore China’s tech landscape, from crypto ownership to AI-driven stock investments, in our latest stories from the world of technological innovation.

Amid a record-setting bitcoin price surge, a Shanghai court has released an opinion stating that the personal ownership of cryptocurrencies is not against Chinese law. Photo: Reuters
Artificial intelligence

These AR glasses can tell you names and addresses of people you meet

Two students created augmented reality smart glasses that identify people they see, exposing the risks of mixing AI with facial recognition.

Apple

Apple explores smart glasses, following Meta’s lead

An internal study is under way to gather feedback from Apple employees on smart glasses, sources say.

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ByteDance

TikTok owner ByteDance launches US$170 AI earbuds in China

The Ola Friend earphones are linked to ByteDance’s self-developed chatbot, Doubao, currently China’s most popular GenAI app.

ByteDance’s new AI earbuds are available in China. Photo: Handout
Start-ups

HKIC makes strategic investments in biotech, clean energy and health

The three start-ups have opened offices in Hong Kong to leverage the city’s talent and research prowess.

Artificial intelligence

Hong Kong smart glasses start-up sets sights on Ray-Ban with AI-equipped frames

Hong Kong-based Solos Technology prepares to take on the Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses with AirGo V, as Harvard-trained founder John Fan touts city’s design prowess.

Samsung Electronics

Can Samsung’s new smart ring help it regain the China market?

The Galaxy Ring, featuring on-device artificial intelligence, marks Samsung’s latest bid to challenge Apple’s lead in the global market for smart wearable devices.

The Galaxy Ring, featuring on-device artificial intelligence, marks Samsung’s latest bid to challenge Apple’s lead in the global market for smart wearable devices. Photo: Reuters
Apple

As Apple’s Vision Pro hits China, 2 quite different users’ takes

A Gen Z gamer and a Gen Y gadget geek give their thoughts on the innovative but costly Apple Vision Pro as the mixed-reality headset hits shops in Hong Kong and mainland China.

A customer tries the Apple Vision Pro at a store in Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong. Photo: Jelly Tse
VR and AR

Play For Dream mixed reality headset: an improved Apple Vision Pro clone

It may look just like the Apple Vision Pro, but the headset from Shanghai-based Play For Dream puts out higher-resolution visuals, feels more comfortable, and can run Android apps.

Apple

Savvy Chinese merchants offer Apple’s Vision Pro for rent as official release awaited

Savvy merchants are renting out Apple’s Vision Pro headset as Chinese consumers await official release date in country.

Apple

Apple Vision Pro at a fraction of the price? Try China’s Shenzhen

Shenzhen-based headset maker EmdoorVR is hoping to leverage the interest around Apple’s Vision Pro to survive a slowdown in the VR and AR industry.

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Shenzhen-based virtual reality headset maker EmdoorVR showcased its Apple Vision Pro-inspired device at CES in January. Photo: Handout
VR and AR

Apple’s Vision Pro lifts the prospects for extended reality sector: Rokid CEO

Rokid chief executive Misa Zhu Mingming said Apple’s Vision Pro headset is expected to spur broader demand for more affordable and ergonomically designed AR and VR wearable devices.

Rokid expects to double unit sales of its augmented reality glasses to around 400,000 this year, from nearly 200,000 in 2023. Photo: Handout
Artificial intelligence

Is AI the killer app for smart glasses? This Singapore-based start-up thinks so

Brilliant Labs says AI is to smart glasses what multitouch was to the smartphone as it jumps into a market reinvigorated by Apple’s Vision Pro.

Apple

Apple gets angry calls from Vision Pro owners who forgot passcode

Unlike with other Apple products, users cannot reset the passcode of their headset without sending it back to the store.

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Science

Chinese brain chip helps man regain mobility and is less invasive than Neuralink

The wireless brain-computer interface developed at China’s Tsinghua University allows quadriplegic patient to grab objects with prosthetic hand. And unlike implant from Elon Musk start-up, the Chinese device is not inserted into brain tissue.

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The first patient to receive the NEO brain-chip interface system is able to grasp objects with help from a prosthetic hand. Photo: Handout / Tsinghua University
Wellness

‘A whole different ballgame’: Samsung aims for next level in health tracking

Samsung is looking to develop non-invasive glucose monitoring and continuous blood pressure checking, part of a push to put new health features in smartphones, watches and its upcoming Galaxy Ring.

Apple

Netflix has no plans to make an app for Apple’s first 3D headset

Rather than designing a Vision Pro app or supporting its existing iPad app on the platform, Netflix says users can watch its content on a web browser.

Huawei

Review | Huawei GT 4 smartwatch: beats Apple, Google on price but lacks software

Huawei’s latest smartwatch, the GT 4 is at least US$100 cheaper than Google or Apple watches and its battery life is twice as long, but it lacks popular software such as Google and Spotify.

Huawei’s latest smartwatch, the GT 4 is US$100 to US$150 cheaper than Google or Apple watches and its battery life is twice as long, but it lacks popular software such as Google and Spotify. Photo: Huawei
Metaverse

Facebook owner to lay off employees in metaverse chip unit

The unit, called Facebook Agile Silicon Team, or FAST, develops custom chips for Meta’s AR and VR devices, which currently use silicon from external provider Qualcomm.

A man wears a pair of second-generation Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses. Photo: Bloomberg
Metaverse

Meta launches Quest 3 headset, just ahead of Apple’s Vision Pro

The Facebook owner has introduced its latest line-up of head-worn devices, staking fresh claim to the VR/AR industry just ahead of Apple pushing into the market.

Apple

Review | The Apple Watch 9: powerful new chip, finger-thumb tap feature, faster Siri

The Apple Watch 9 looks like its predecessor, but a powerful new chip improves Siri capability and facilitates a new finger-thumb tap feature. The best features, however, were already present in the Apple Watch 8.

Metaverse

Chinese start-up counts on Apple’s headset to unleash XR demand

With Apple on track to launch its Vision Pro headset next year, GDI thinks the world is ready to embrace VR and related technologies.

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An Apple Vision Pro mixed reality headset. Photo: Bloomberg
Fashion

Adjusting to climate change: the start-ups making cooling clothes

As climate change causes world temperatures to rise, start-ups from the UK to China to the US are developing clothes that use various cooling technologies to make their wearers more comfortable.

Workers in Qatar who built stadiums for last year’s World Cup try out cooling vests in 2018. As climate change causes temperatures to soar, start-ups around the world are developing clothing that beats the heat in innovative ways. Photo: AFP
Samsung Electronics

Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 5 and Z Fold 5 phones unveiled: here’s what’s new

Samsung revealed its Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 5 and Z Fold 5 phones at its 2023 flagship show in Seoul, as well as the Galaxy Tab S9 and Tab S9 Ultra, and Galaxy Watch 6.

Wellness

Can sleep trackers, white noise apps really help you slumber? Experts explain

Sleep trackers, white-noise devices and other digital sleep aids and apps are supposed to make falling asleep easier and our sleep better, but experts are not so convinced.

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