Wearables Are Going Fully Off the Rails

When most people hear the word “wearable,” they probably think of an Apple Watch. For a long time, wearables have been defined by the smartwatch and all of the health-tracking, discreet notification-delivering prowess they offer. But it’s been a long time since the first Apple Watch rolled onto the scene—over 10 years, in fact—and a lot has happened in the world of wearables since then. Potentially, too much, actually. When I say there’s a wearable for basically everything, I’m only being a little hyperbolic. Take this recent entrant from a company called Sabi, which crams wearable technology into… a beanie. What exactly does a wearable/beanie do, you ask? Well, read your brain, of course. Sabi says that using electroencephalography (EEG) and loads of tiny sensors inside the beanie, their wearable can act as a brain-to-computer interface and translate your thoughts into text on a separate device. The device can apparently populate words on a screen at a rate of about 30 words per minute. hello world, I am @sabicap https://t.co/VmvFtopA8I A device like this has applications most directly for those with accessibility needs, but theoretically, anyone could use it, and as novel as the