Gadgetory

it's time to strap on your smart devices I'm Bridget Carey and this is your CNET update we're into the final stretch of the 2013 International Consumer Electronics Show here in Las Vegas and with all the robots sensors and screens on display we're on a gadget hi this year there's a surge in wearable technology one of the more popular ones is the Pebble watch it raised ten million dollars online from 68,000 people funding it on Kickstarter so it's safe to say that people are pretty interested in this SmartWatch it syncs to phones both Android and Apple and will display incoming messages and caller information you can also program it to send custom alerts it can even give you an alert when it's raining it has an eating style LCD display so you can see it in bright sunlight and you can change up how you want the time to display aside from numbers and phrases you can even have it show the time in binary computer language it comes in several colors and cost one hundred and fifty dollars and the pebble will begin shipping out to its first Kickstarter supporters on January 23rd some other watches here have included health sensors the $200 basis band is part pedometer heart rate monitor and sleep tracker there are sensors on the bottom that measure your blood flow and heart rate in real time it'll also track your skin temperature and perspiration levels on your wrist the accelerometer logs your steps taken and calculates how many calories you're burning and as you would expect there's an app that keeps track of all this data to help you analyze your overall health it has a soft rubber strap that comes in black or white but the company says more colors are on the way watchmaker Martian also showcased its passport watch here at the show it syncs with iPhones and Android phones to display text messages and other alerts and calling Dick Tracy fans you could actually answer calls using the built-in speakerphone and you can use it for voice commands it uses Bluetooth to connect to phones and once linked your text emails and tweets will roll in on display on the watch and it buzzes if you miss an alert but this tech doesn't come cheap it cost $300 and will ship by early March with more wearable tech at the show this year's CNET best of CES Awards have a new category called wearable and health just for these types of devices and in that category the basis ban and Martian passport watch have been nominated along with the Fitbit flex which is like a Nike FuelBand there's also one quite unique the happy fork which is a smart fork to help you eat slower it gives a small vibration when you eat too fast and it sends that data to an app be sure to read up on all the best of CES nominees this year and the rest of our coverage at CES dot cnet.com from the Consumer Electronics Show I'm Bridget Carey