Wearables & XR coverage from the CyborgsLife market watch.https://cyborgslife.com/https://cyborgslife.com/pulses/tianjin-haihe-brain-cube-3g-noninvasive-bci-2026/https://cyborgslife.com/pulses/tianjin-haihe-brain-cube-3g-noninvasive-bci-2026/A Tianjin University lab unveiled a 3-gram, 2 cm³ non-invasive brain-computer interface that packs electrodes, battery and radio into one cube worn in the hair.Wed, 30 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTbciwearableshttps://cyborgslife.com/pulses/legato-frames-hearing-glasses-launch-2026/https://cyborgslife.com/pulses/legato-frames-hearing-glasses-launch-2026/Legato Frames, eyeglasses with speech-separating hearing assistance in the temple arms, went on sale in the US on 1 October 2026 in three styles.Thu, 01 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTsenseswearableshttps://cyborgslife.com/pulses/neurable-one-eeg-headphones-launch-2026/https://cyborgslife.com/pulses/neurable-one-eeg-headphones-launch-2026/Neurable launched over-ear headphones with dry EEG in the ear pads that track focus, fatigue and a brain-age estimate, on sale in the US.Thu, 01 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTwearablesbcicognitionhttps://cyborgslife.com/pulses/wandercraft-ekso-bionics-acquisition-2026/https://cyborgslife.com/pulses/wandercraft-ekso-bionics-acquisition-2026/The deal puts four medical exoskeletons, Atalante X, EksoNR, Eve and Indego Personal, under one owner; terms were not disclosed.Thu, 01 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTbionicswearableshttps://cyborgslife.com/pulses/umass-wrist-wearable-stroke-arm-2026/https://cyborgslife.com/pulses/umass-wrist-wearable-stroke-arm-2026/UMass Amherst paired a wrist accelerometer with machine learning to follow arm impairment after stroke, 40 to 50% more accurately than clinician scores.Wed, 30 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTwearableshttps://cyborgslife.com/pulses/mountsinai-microtesla-headset-long-covid-2026/https://cyborgslife.com/pulses/mountsinai-microtesla-headset-long-covid-2026/In a 30-person sham-controlled trial at Mount Sinai, at-home sessions improved working memory, processing speed and mood, with gains lasting to week eight.Wed, 30 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTcognitionwearableshttps://cyborgslife.com/pulses/tum-lm-ease-exosuit-sit-to-stand-2026/https://cyborgslife.com/pulses/tum-lm-ease-exosuit-sit-to-stand-2026/In a Nature Communications feasibility study, ten older adults did about two more sit-to-stand cycles a minute and walked at 14% lower metabolic cost on average.Mon, 28 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTwearablesbionicshttps://cyborgslife.com/pulses/georgia-tech-swans-body-network-2026/https://cyborgslife.com/pulses/georgia-tech-swans-body-network-2026/SWANS uses the body's ionic conductivity to link injectable implants under 3 mm with wearables. In rats, a paw sensor triggered stimulation of a hind-leg muscle.Thu, 24 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTimplantswearableshttps://cyborgslife.com/pulses/embry-riddle-nih-hip-exoskeleton-grant-2026/https://cyborgslife.com/pulses/embry-riddle-nih-hip-exoskeleton-grant-2026/Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University said on 28 September 2026 that a $523,000 NIH grant will fund a personalized hip exoskeleton that adapts its assistance without manual control.Mon, 28 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTwearablesbionicshttps://cyborgslife.com/pulses/uls-robotics-viatrix-x-launch-2026/https://cyborgslife.com/pulses/uls-robotics-viatrix-x-launch-2026/ULS Robotics released the Viatrix X on 22 September 2026, as Chinese scenic sites from the Great Wall to Mount Tai rent walking-assist exoskeletons for 80 to 200 yuan.Tue, 22 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTwearableshttps://cyborgslife.com/pulses/wsar-hypershell-table-mountain-rescue-2026/https://cyborgslife.com/pulses/wsar-hypershell-table-mountain-rescue-2026/Wilderness Search and Rescue fitted a Hypershell exoskeleton to a 47-year-old hiker on Platteklip Gorge, the first rescue use of an exoskeleton in South Africa.Sat, 26 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTwearableshttps://cyborgslife.com/pulses/uiuc-zro2-cooling-triboelectric-textile-2026/https://cyborgslife.com/pulses/uiuc-zro2-cooling-triboelectric-textile-2026/A University of Illinois fabric reflects 96% of sunlight, stays 3-6 °C below ambient air and turns body motion into electrical signals that can trigger heating.Thu, 10 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTwearableshttps://cyborgslife.com/pulses/meta-hearing-enhancement-fda-glasses-2026/https://cyborgslife.com/pulses/meta-hearing-enhancement-fda-glasses-2026/Hearing Enhancement, announced at Meta Connect on 23 September 2026, turns supported Meta glasses into an over-the-counter aid for mild to moderate hearing loss.Wed, 23 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTsenseswearableshttps://cyborgslife.com/pulses/terasaki-serotonin-contact-lens-stm-2026/https://cyborgslife.com/pulses/terasaki-serotonin-contact-lens-stm-2026/Terasaki Institute researchers built a soft lens that detects serotonin at picomolar levels and followed it through stress tasks in 10 volunteers.Wed, 16 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTwearableshttps://cyborgslife.com/pulses/meta-rayban-audio-camera-free-glasses-2026/https://cyborgslife.com/pulses/meta-rayban-audio-camera-free-glasses-2026/Ray-Ban Meta Audio drops the camera for hands-free audio and voice AI in a 43-gram frame with 12 hours of battery. Shipping starts on 13 October 2026.Wed, 23 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTwearablesaihttps://cyborgslife.com/pulses/coway-wirobotics-walking-assist-wearable-2026/https://cyborgslife.com/pulses/coway-wirobotics-walking-assist-wearable-2026/Coway and WIRobotics will rent a waist-worn walking-assist wearable in Korea from October 2026; pre-consultation bookings opened on 22 September.Tue, 22 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTwearablesbionicshttps://cyborgslife.com/pulses/wandercraft-eve-us-commercial-launch-2026/https://cyborgslife.com/pulses/wandercraft-eve-us-commercial-launch-2026/Wandercraft opened US sales of Eve on 17 September 2026, five weeks after FDA clearance, with Medicare, VA and workers-compensation pathways already in place.Thu, 17 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTbionicswearableshttps://cyborgslife.com/pulses/kahaku-hal3-future-technology-heritage-2026/https://cyborgslife.com/pulses/kahaku-hal3-future-technology-heritage-2026/Japan's National Museum of Nature and Science registered the 2001 HAL-3 powered suit among 13 new Important Science and Technology Historical Materials.Tue, 15 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTwearablesbionicshttps://cyborgslife.com/pulses/lifeward-rewalk-home-adl-study-2026/https://cyborgslife.com/pulses/lifeward-rewalk-home-adl-study-2026/Twelve people with chronic spinal cord injury used a ReWalk exoskeleton at home; all twelve completed kitchen tasks standing, and most reported less pain than in a wheelchair.Tue, 15 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTbionicswearableshttps://cyborgslife.com/pulses/flow-neuroscience-fl100-us-launch-2026/https://cyborgslife.com/pulses/flow-neuroscience-fl100-us-launch-2026/Flow Neuroscience began selling the FL-100 in the United States in September 2026, the first at-home brain stimulation device the FDA has approved for depression.Tue, 08 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTwearablescognitionhttps://cyborgslife.com/pulses/apple-watch-series12-ultra4-health-sensors-2026/https://cyborgslife.com/pulses/apple-watch-series12-ultra4-health-sensors-2026/Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MO9HJsUxEEk — New optical and electrical heart sensors announced on 9 September 2026 sample heart rate every five seconds and heart rate variability 24 times more often than before.Wed, 09 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTwearableshttps://cyborgslife.com/pulses/cumulus-neulogiq-eeg-als-usability-2026/https://cyborgslife.com/pulses/cumulus-neulogiq-eeg-als-usability-2026/Twenty-eight people used a 16-channel dry-sensor EEG headset at home every two weeks for eight months, and the ALS group rated it 89 on the System Usability Scale.Tue, 18 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMTbciwearableshttps://cyborgslife.com/pulses/apple-acquires-sonera-2026/https://cyborgslife.com/pulses/apple-acquires-sonera-2026/An EU acquisition notice published on 8 September 2026 revealed Apple's purchase of Sonera, whose chip-scale magnetometers sense brain and muscle activity without touching skin.Tue, 08 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTbciwearableshttps://cyborgslife.com/pulses/wechat-pay-smart-glasses-sdk-2026/https://cyborgslife.com/pulses/wechat-pay-smart-glasses-sdk-2026/WeChat Pay released a smart-glasses SDK on 8 September 2026 with a RMB 200 daily cap, and Rokid became the first device to complete adaptation.Tue, 08 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTwearableshttps://cyborgslife.com/pulses/atlas-eeg-wearable-preorders-2026/https://cyborgslife.com/pulses/atlas-eeg-wearable-preorders-2026/The Atlas 1.0 combines EEG with motion, skin conductance and voice vibration sensing to track three daily states, at $499 plus a $29.99 monthly membership.Tue, 01 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTwearablescognitionhttps://cyborgslife.com/pulses/hypershell-halo-full-leg-exoskeleton-launch-2026/https://cyborgslife.com/pulses/hypershell-halo-full-leg-exoskeleton-launch-2026/The Halo powers hips and knees together at 1,490 W in a 2.6 kg frame, with the first 200 units at $2,299 and deliveries starting in November 2026.Thu, 03 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTwearablesbionicshttps://cyborgslife.com/pulses/oura-form-s1-nasdaq-filing-2026/https://cyborgslife.com/pulses/oura-form-s1-nasdaq-filing-2026/The smart-ring maker's S-1 discloses $1.21 billion of revenue for the nine months to 30 June 2026, 74% growth, and 5.0 million paid members.Thu, 03 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTwearableshttps://cyborgslife.com/pulses/iit-delhi-roboexo-smart-australia-trial-2026/https://cyborgslife.com/pulses/iit-delhi-roboexo-smart-australia-trial-2026/RoboExo SMART, developed at IIT Delhi and tested in more than sixty patients at AIIMS, is moving to clinical trials in Australia through a partnership with Proxmed.Wed, 02 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTbionicswearableshttps://cyborgslife.com/pulses/isir-exoskeleton-persistent-coordination-2026/https://cyborgslife.com/pulses/isir-exoskeleton-persistent-coordination-2026/A 24-participant study found that low-magnitude force fields from an upper-limb exoskeleton changed shoulder-elbow coordination in ways that outlasted the sessions.Tue, 01 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTwearablescognitionhttps://cyborgslife.com/pulses/stryker-sportsuite-vision-pro-first-surgery-2026/https://cyborgslife.com/pulses/stryker-sportsuite-vision-pro-first-surgery-2026/SportSuite Vision holds FDA De Novo authorization granted 17 July 2026, and has now been used in a live hip arthroscopy at Duke Health.Tue, 01 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTwearableshttps://cyborgslife.com/pulses/shenzhen-shenyi-bci-angel-round-2026/https://cyborgslife.com/pulses/shenzhen-shenyi-bci-angel-round-2026/Shenyi Technology closed over 10 million yuan led by a Guangming district fund, for non-invasive brain-computer interfaces aimed at sleep disorders and depression.Mon, 31 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMTbciwearableshttps://cyborgslife.com/pulses/aspired-trial-cardiac-monitor-2026/https://cyborgslife.com/pulses/aspired-trial-cardiac-monitor-2026/In 2,234 UK emergency patients, immediate monitoring found arrhythmias in 22 percent against 9 percent on standard care, and one-year mortality was 1.5 against 2.9 percent.Mon, 31 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMTwearableshttps://cyborgslife.com/pulses/meta-smart-glasses-recording-covered-led-fix-2026/https://cyborgslife.com/pulses/meta-smart-glasses-recording-covered-led-fix-2026/A software update disables the camera mid-recording if the capture LED is obscured, closing a loophole that let wearers keep filming with the light hidden.Thu, 27 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMTwearablesethicshttps://cyborgslife.com/pulses/legato-hearing-glasses-stealth-exit-2026/https://cyborgslife.com/pulses/legato-hearing-glasses-stealth-exit-2026/Two former Bose leaders put speech-separating hearing assistance in the arms of ordinary eyeglasses, with a launch set for autumn 2026.Wed, 26 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMTsenseswearableshttps://cyborgslife.com/pulses/abbott-libre-duo-glucose-ketone-de-novo-2026/https://cyborgslife.com/pulses/abbott-libre-duo-glucose-ketone-de-novo-2026/Abbott's Libre Duo 10 Day cleared De Novo review on 25 August 2026, measuring glucose and ketones every minute in people aged 2 and over.Tue, 25 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMTwearablesimplantshttps://cyborgslife.com/pulses/quest-humanity-biological-age-us-launch-2026/https://cyborgslife.com/pulses/quest-humanity-biological-age-us-launch-2026/Humanity Biological Age went live on questhealth.com on 25 August 2026, converting an existing Quest blood panel into a single age number without a second draw.Tue, 25 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMTlongevitywearableshttps://cyborgslife.com/pulses/ncstate-haptic-poison-detecting-patch-2026/https://cyborgslife.com/pulses/ncstate-haptic-poison-detecting-patch-2026/NC State's solar-assisted patch senses six environmental hazards and tells the wearer which one through a distinct vibration pattern for each.Fri, 24 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMTwearablessenseshttps://cyborgslife.com/pulses/samsung-galaxy-buds-hearing-aid-fda-2026/https://cyborgslife.com/pulses/samsung-galaxy-buds-hearing-aid-fda-2026/Galaxy Buds3 Pro and Buds4 Pro get over-the-counter hearing-aid clearance for adults with mild to moderate hearing loss, shipping in Q4 2026.Tue, 11 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMTsenseswearablespolicyhttps://cyborgslife.com/pulses/trexo-robotics-uk-debut-cross-hands-2026/https://cyborgslife.com/pulses/trexo-robotics-uk-debut-cross-hands-2026/Trexo Robotics brought its motorised pediatric exoskeleton to Equinox Physiotherapy in Cross Hands on 13 August 2026, its first appearance in the UK.Thu, 13 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMTbionicswearableshttps://cyborgslife.com/pulses/caltech-sweat-lipid-sensor-2026/https://cyborgslife.com/pulses/caltech-sweat-lipid-sensor-2026/Caltech's Wei Gao lab reported a stick-on sensor that reads cholesterol and triglycerides from sweat, holding its triglyceride measurement for more than 20 hours.Wed, 12 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMTwearablesaihttps://cyborgslife.com/pulses/wandercraft-eve-fda-clearance-2026/https://cyborgslife.com/pulses/wandercraft-eve-fda-clearance-2026/Wandercraft's Eve is cleared for eligible wheelchair users with spinal cord injuries at any level, with a US commercial launch set for 17 September 2026.Tue, 11 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMTbionicswearablespolicyhttps://cyborgslife.com/pulses/angel-robotics-vietnam-h10-registration-2026/https://cyborgslife.com/pulses/angel-robotics-vietnam-h10-registration-2026/The Angel Suit H10 cleared Vietnam's Class B medical-device declaration on 5 August 2026, the Korean maker's second overseas registration for the device.Wed, 05 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMTbionicswearablespolicyhttps://cyborgslife.com/pulses/ascentiz-h-series-exoskeleton-launch-2026/https://cyborgslife.com/pulses/ascentiz-h-series-exoskeleton-launch-2026/Ascentiz began selling its H Series hip exoskeleton on 6 August 2026, claiming up to a 35% cut in the work of walking and up to 50 km of assisted range.Thu, 06 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMTwearablesbionicsroboticshttps://cyborgslife.com/pulses/hebei-univ-tech-soft-exosuit-2026/https://cyborgslife.com/pulses/hebei-univ-tech-soft-exosuit-2026/A hip exosuit driven entirely by dielectric elastomer artificial muscles, with no motors and no pneumatics, lowered metabolic cost in a treadmill test.Fri, 10 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMTbionicswearablesroboticshttps://cyborgslife.com/pulses/pusan-stretchable-oect-adaptive-transistor-2026/https://cyborgslife.com/pulses/pusan-stretchable-oect-adaptive-transistor-2026/A Pusan National University team built one soft device that runs digital logic at high salt concentration and behaves like a synapse at low, and shows its state by changing colour.Wed, 24 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMTimplantswearables