UPDATED: Fin, The Bluetooth Ring That Turns Your Hand Into A Wireless...
Back at CES in January, TechCrunch met Fin, the Bluetooth ring that went on to become one of our Hardware Battlefield finalists. Fin, which turns your hand into a wireless controller for smartphones,...
View ArticleOwlet, The Smart Baby Bootie, Raises $1.85 Million
Owlet, a smart baby bootie that measures your child’s heart rate, launched on our Hardware Battlefield last January and has just raised $1.85 million from multiple firms including FF Venture Capital...
View ArticleAdhereTech Raises $1.75 Million In Series A
Smart pill bottle company AdhereTech today announced the close of its first Series A. Undisclosed investors in the healthcare industry funded the company with $1.75 million in financing. The company...
View ArticleHardware Battlefield Is Returning To CES Where One Startup Will Win $50,000
Hardware Battlefield is back! For the second year in a row, TechCrunch is bringing our premiere launch competition to the Consumer Electronic Show in Las Vegas. The winning startup gets $50,000 and,...
View ArticleWe Need Your Hardware Battlefield Submissions Right Now
Look, people, we’re giving you the chance of a lifetime here: this is Hardware Battlefield where participating startups getting free exhibition space at the 2015 International CES and competing for...
View ArticleCubeSensors Will Now Monitor Your Sleeping Environment
CubeSensors is a startup that makes small, pretty stylish, connected devices that monitor rooms, feeding back information about air quality, temperature, and other things. It was a star performer at...
View ArticleAtlas Wearables Raises Another Million For Its Smarter Fitness Tracker,...
Wearables are a crowded market, but in the fitness-tracking niche, many of the top devices today are still just glorified step trackers with fancier software and a few more bells and whistles. A...
View ArticleMeet The Hardware Battlefield 2015
Today, we are tickled to introduce the Hardware Battlefield 2015 participants. The 14 startups represent what we at TechCrunch feel are the most interesting, most promising early stage hardware...
View ArticleLive With TechCrunch At CES 2015
Press day is over. The monster companies — Samsung, LG, etc. — have had a chance to say their piece. And now, we focus on what’s really exciting: the little guys looking to make it big in the hardware...
View ArticlePeeple Is A Smart Peephole To Upgrade Your Door With Caller ID
Meet Peeple, a connected peephole to screen who is knocking on your door. Whenever someone knocks on your door, Peeple snaps a picture and send it to your phone. This way, whether you are home or...
View ArticleLookSee, An E-Ink Smart Bracelet, Will Always Fit Your Mood
Fashion and tech, though perhaps an unlikely union, seem to have been getting along quite well over the past year. LookSee, an e-ink smart bracelet that allows users to customize the design through...
View ArticleLyteShot Wants To Build A Platform For Live-Action Games
CES Hardware Battlefield participant LyteShot is working on an alternate-reality gaming alternative to playing with traditional NERF guns. Its solution relies on wireless “guns” and sensors — known as...
View ArticleNapTime Baby Monitor Saves Parents From Late-Night Arguments
Babies are glorious miraculous blessings, but parents trying to get through a good night’s sleep with a newborn in the next room may have a tough time remembering that. The NapTime is a new baby...
View ArticleIntroducing The Hardware Battlefield Finalists For 2015: Fogo Digital,...
It’s been a long, hard battle here deep in the deserts of Las Vegas but the judges have chosen and we are ready to rock and roll. We are pleased to announce the finalists for the 2015 Hardware...
View ArticleVoltera, The Electronics Printer, Launches To Much Fanfare
One of our absolute favorites from the Hardware Battlefield just launched on Kickstarter and they are, if you’ll excuse the cliché, crushing it. The company appeared on our stage at CES 2015 and...
View ArticlePeeple Launches On Kickstarter To Be Caller ID For Front Doors
Peeple is a small camera and sensor that attaches to the peephole on your front door. When someone knocks, Peeple takes a video and sends a mobile notification. With Peeple, co-founder Chris Chuter...
View ArticleSereneti Kitchen Robot Cooks So You Don’t Have To
Last week at Disrupt SF 2015, I ran into the folks behind Sereneti Kitchen, a company that I’ve known since it launched at our Hardware Battlefield in Vegas earlier this year. Then, its technology had...
View ArticleHardware Battlefield Applications Are Open Now
We’re back. Hardware Alley is TechCrunch’s premier hardware event and will be taking CES by storm again this year. Applications for TechCrunch’s Hardware Battlefield are now open. Submit your...
View ArticleOwlet, The Smart Baby Sock, Is Already Saving Lives
Owlet, a Hardware Battlefield darling, announced that they are going out of beta this weekend and will be available to new parents who want to make sure their wee ones are breathing at night. The...
View ArticleBlaze Laser Projection Bike Light Comes To All 11,500 Santander Bikes In London
Blaze has come a long way. After participating in our Hardware Battlefield competition two years ago, the company signed a deal with a big client, London’s bike-sharing program. Read More
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