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High-Tech Wearables a Big Hit at Vegas’ Consumer Electronic Show CES

By Reid Schram

January 7, 2015 Updated: January 7, 2015

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Over 160,000 people have converged on Las Vegas in hopes of seeing the latest and greatest technological innovations product manufacturers have to offer.

A big hit this year is wearable devices that monitor a variety of different biological attributes. Many of these are designed to provide this data to your smartphone.

Smart Mouthguards designed to detect brain injuries

11 more cool gadgets from CES: Robot plant feeders, bossy yoga mats, and alien speakers http://t.co/QE5p7UZVnb pic.twitter.com/l9eeamIujV

— WIRED (@WIRED) January 6, 2015

Razor has introduced a VR headset, reports aren’t good.

Razer’s $200 VR headset is not worthy: http://t.co/ElLZBqamWV pic.twitter.com/r6PnpasTIP

— Gizmodo (@Gizmodo) January 6, 2015

Electric Skateboard for those are a little older, but still trying to be hip,

WATCH: This electric skateboard with Bluetooth controls can go 6 miles on a single charge http://t.co/uuDlMFxo7c #CES pic.twitter.com/3ywnw1rHEU

— NBC Los Angeles (@NBCLA) January 6, 2015

One of our Best of CES finalists: Quell’s wearable pain reliever http://t.co/UqkhT8f6Tq #CES2015 pic.twitter.com/MltM2InpLr

— Engadget (@engadget) January 7, 2015

PHOTOS: Gadgets unveiled at #CES2015 http://t.co/q7YIi6zW22 pic.twitter.com/2fDlhoczNP

— NBC Los Angeles (@NBCLA) January 7, 2015

Sony is looking to make a Google Glass challenger.

I tried Sony’s do-it-yourself Google Glass: http://t.co/0fMmDaAVsL pic.twitter.com/7PArhvIC6A

— Gizmodo (@Gizmodo) January 6, 2015

12 tech flops even CES couldn’t save http://t.co/1xPq1osrKI #CES2015 pic.twitter.com/yJMToFBerj

— Bloomberg Business (@business) January 6, 2015

#CES2015: @Lenovo Shows Off New Smart Watches And More (via Tech Ninja @tshakaarmstrong) http://t.co/5Et2ThxDcw pic.twitter.com/OtaEmVexnO

— FOX 11 Los Angeles (@myfoxla) January 6, 2015

MT @byandreachang: One of the big trends at CES: wearables are becoming as much about fashion as functionality. pic.twitter.com/QUU3vPtNwN

— LA Times Tech Now (@latimestech) January 5, 2015

Alcatel’s new OneTouch Watch is a round smartwatch that works with your iPhone http://t.co/SdNXbBr6jd pic.twitter.com/1Qtf2dm61k

— The Verge (@verge) January 5, 2015