The Consumer Electronics Show, taking place this week in Las Vegas, is spotlighting a number of new apps and high-tech gizmos, with the “world’s first smart bra” among the items getting attention.
USA Today reports that OMsignal is introducing the OMbra, which provides biometric information via a black box attached to the bra. The information can be read on a smart phone.
The San Francisco-based company plans to start shipping the OMbra in spring, with a price point around $150. Pre-orders are now being accepted at the company’s website.
Said OMsignal chief marketing officer Shaz Khang: “Women gravitate towards wearables, but they don’t want an item they have to put on or worry about every day. … If they’re going to be wearing it all day, they want to get more information.”
The New York Post notes that CES organizers have singled out a number of apps to be part of its innovators lab.
“Among those chosen: Twitter’s broadcast-yourself app Periscope; Driversiti, an app that helps make drivers aware of distractions; intelligent product design firm Flextronics; and better-picture technology company HDR TV,” the Post reports. “CES is also playing host to New York app Claim it! which gives products away for free.”

“An app that helps make drivers aware of distractions”…isn’t that an oxymoron?