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  • Lumia's smart earrings: the world's smallest wearable tracks wellbeing in your ears
    November 19, 2025, 6:10 AM EST. Lumia is tilting at wearables with what it calls the world's smallest wearable: the Lumia 2 smart earring, weighing under a gram and designed for in-ear health tracking. It monitors sleep, temperature, the menstrual cycle, and a composite readiness metric, promising higher accuracy and continuity than smart rings. The device houses a PreciseLight sensor, processors, and a battery in the back, and supports a swappable battery for 5-8 days of use. A cuff version lets non-pierced users wear it too. Lumia 2 works with iOS and Android and initially launches in the US and Canada, with more countries planned. Existing Lumia 1 owners can upgrade via the Edge Access Membership. The concept draws on Johns Hopkins, Duke, and Harvard research to assist conditions like POTS and Long COVID-19, unlocking medical-use potential in a consumer form factor.
  • Illinois Launches Digital Driver's Licenses in Apple Wallet; Android Coming Soon
    November 19, 2025, 6:06 AM EST. Illinois residents can store driver's licenses and IDs on their smartphones starting Wednesday, via Apple Wallet on iPhone and Apple Watch, with Android wallets to follow. Users will go through a verification flow-taking a photo of the physical ID, a selfie and scanning head movements-after which the state issues digital IDs. The digital IDs can be scanned by TSA agents and other entities, including more than 250 locations nationwide, but residents must still carry physical IDs and law enforcement isn't required to accept the mobile version. Privacy is emphasized: venues may see only the information necessary for verification. Twelve other states and Puerto Rico have similar programs.
  • DJI Osmo Pocket 3 Drops to $524 Ahead of Black Friday: Save $275 on a Pocket-Sized Vlogging Powerhouse
    November 19, 2025, 6:04 AM EST. The DJI Osmo Pocket 3 is on sale for $524 (was $799), a $275 savings ahead of Black Friday. Boasting a 1-inch CMOS sensor, 4K/120fps capture, and a 3-axis mechanical gimbal, it delivers impressive low-light performance and rock-solid stabilization for YouTube and creators on the go. The Creator Combo adds a mic, tripod, and carrying case for even more value. With D-Log M/10-bit color support and a compact form factor, this pocket camera is ideal for travel vlogging and quick edits. Prices can change, so act now to secure a premium pocket camera before the rush.
  • Lumia 2 Smart Earrings Track Brain Blood Flow with Infrared Sensor
    November 19, 2025, 6:02 AM EST. Meet Lumia 2, a pair of smart earrings from Boston-based Lumia that doubles as a health tracker. After six years of development, this wearable uses an infrared sensor behind the left ear to measure arterial blood flow in a shallow ear artery-the closest point to the brain. Unlike wrist wearables that rely on green light, Lumia 2 targets head blood flow to explain lightheadedness or energy fluctuations as you stand up, eat, drink, or sleep. The data aims for clinical-grade data at home, potentially helping chronic conditions, while still offering standard metrics like heart rate, sleep, daily readiness, and body temperature. Styled in platinum or titanium, the earrings come in multiple designs and finishes.
  • Planet Labs and Quantum Systems link satellites with drones in MOSAIC UXS
    November 19, 2025, 5:56 AM EST. Planet Labs and Quantum Systems unveiled a collaboration to fuse satellite imagery with uncrewed aircraft system (UAS) data inside Quantum Systems' MOSAIC UXS mission software. The integration combines Planet's broad-area monitoring and very-high-resolution satellite tasking with Quantum's reconnaissance drones and its mission-management suite to enable a coordinated tip-and-cue workflow: satellite-detected changes trigger targeted drone inspections. Planet's analytics will provide automated alerts for new activity or anomalies over large regions, and when fed into MOSAIC UXS these alerts prompt drone tasking for follow-on observations using onboard multisensor payloads. The pairing aims to speed mission planning, shorten assessment cycles, and boost operator awareness, delivering synchronized, multi-domain intelligence that spans space-based collection and tactical drone operations for defense users.