Wearable computers

The company has partnered with Ray-Ban to make a pair of video-capturing Wayfarers. They’re everything you hoped for & feared in smart glasses

Patra-based startup Think Silicon has been bought out by Nasdaq-listed Applied Materials, in what is Greece's biggest acquisition in the deep-tech sector. Sources say the price exceeds 20 million euros, pending the official statement.

Many people associate eyeglasses with cutting-edge technology. As we can see, smartphones get smarter, and cars go greener, eyewear seems comparatively the same. This notion is dead wrong because opticians and materials experts are pushing the boundaries of what eyeglasses can do.

Sales of electrical and electronic appliances posted a considerable increase of 7.3 percent year-on-year in the first quarter of 2018, according to data from the GfK TEMAX survey on the Greek market.

Intel has ambitions to develop in more areas than its traditional processor production. According to The Verge, the company plans, for example, to create a new company that will develop technology with added reality and present smart glasses by the end of 2018.

The name of the company will most likely be Vaunt, and the device itself is codenamed "Superlite".

 Longstanding Swiss watch manufacturers, such as Rolex, Tag Heuer, and Omega, are only now starting to feel the full effects of the birth of the smartwatch. In the last quarter of 2014, smartwatches sold around 1.9 million units, compared to 8.3 million Swiss-made watches.

The Spanish company Geeksphone has released a unique smartwatch under the name Geeksme. It is actually a fitness/lifestyle tracker which among other uses it can monitor the sexual activity of the person wearing it.