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The Nank Ultra Clip-on Bluetooth earbuds are an interesting open-ear design which gently attaches over the outer part of the ear to keep them in place. The tiny speaker bud projects sound inwards to the ear canal with a larger bean-shaped control unit round the back of the ear. The Ultras are very light and once clipped on, you hardly
Easily the best thing at Gadget Show Live, the Supermarinovation x2 is a "wearable personal underwater propulsion device" but it's much more fun thinking of the x2 as an underwater jetpack. With only three main components - two arm-mounted thruster units and a battery backpack - the x2 brings Superman-like flight to swimmers and free divers. Shown as part of the
Continuing GNC's coverage of the British Inventors' Project at Gadget Show Live, I met Mark of Stebles Bikes and his interesting road bicycle with carbon-fibre mudguards integrated into the bike frame. Mark tells me more about his new design and the problem it's trying to solve. As an enthusiastic cyclist himself, the thinking behind Mark's idea was "more riding, less
Today's apartments and smaller houses aren't always conducive to bicycle ownership. Bikes don't stay upright, handlebars mark walls and transporting them can be awkward. They're all wheels and finger-nips. Mark and Julie's BikeDeck looks to solve these problems and I chat with him as part of the British Inventors' Project at Gadget Show Live. The BikeDeck is a free-standing bicycle
Let's say that you are a major manufacturer of sportswear and you need an activity tracker to keep up with the market. You've no experience in electronics or wearables, so what do you do? If you're Adidas, you turn to Bittium and get the professionals on the job. Martti, Senior Specialist at Bittium, takes Andrew through the company's offering. Finnish firm
Fitness trackers have been around from a couple of years and they're beginning to evolve from simply measuring steps and reps to coaching for improved performance. Jamie and Nick get a demo by Fabian Walke to show how the Gymwatch exemplifies that next stage in evolution. The main difference between Gymwatch and other activity trackers is that it's designed to
There are all kinds of fitness and sports trackers coming onto the market, from the generalists like Fitbit through to the specialists for single sports, like basketball or baseball. Digital Ski is in the latter category, bringing specialist sensors to both downhill and cross-country skiing. Dr Hermann Schindler of HS Innovations shows Jamie and Nick what's possible with two sensors instead