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the recent wearable technologies conference in San Francisco showed that the wearables trend is quickly evolving the vector from AI one biometrics is a mouthguard that detects impacts it's designed to be worn when playing football lacrosse or ice hockey in this front section we have a tri-axial accelerometer and a tri-axial gyroscope as well as a microprocessor so it's detecting in six planes of movement what's happening to the head when a player is hit sensors in the mouthpiece wirelessly transmit data to mobile devices via an antenna on the field real-time the coach is gonna get data they can see where in the head that injury occurred how hard it wasn't and determine whether or not to take a look at that athlete aren't just for adults Moff is a souped-up slap bracelet that tracks your movements using accelerometers and gyroscopes with MA you can perfect your ninja skills imagine you're playing center court at Wimbledon or perfect your drum solo Y acts packs gesture recognition technology into a ring called sense it interprets hand motions allowing you to fly a quadcopter authenticate your identity with a specific gesture or navigate virtual worlds with oculus rift rocket skates reinvent a 70s favorite with brushless hub motors zip down the sidewalk with these smart electric roller skates intended to be a last mile solution you can go 12 miles an hour and that's limited by most sidewalk laws do you get a ticket in theory I guess you could be careful out there but officer I was only going 12 miles per hour adidas is my coach fit smart as a fitness tracker and heart rate monitor combo that true to its name also coaches you through workouts we have a colored light that reflects your workout intensity zone so each zone has a color that indicates the level and we use that as sort of a language or a currency to coach you we give you additional prompts we've got an arrow to go up or down and the device also vibrates to capture your gesture logics leo offers coaching advice but uses a different metric Leo monitors the electrical signals produced when muscles contract for example when you're cycling if you're not pulling with your hamstrings at all or perhaps pulling with the hamstrings at the wrong point in this pedal stroke Leo will tell you that you're doing that incorrectly so he interprets all that raw data for you from personal trainer to plaything the possibilities of wearables in San Francisco I'm Sumida cnet.com for CBS News