Most of us still pull out a phone, unlock it and tap through an app to do things we do every day, like calling a ride to work or opening a meeting link. On November 5, 2026, a San Francisco hardware startup called Aina unveiled a different idea: an AI ring with a small screen that tries to guess what you need next and puts it at your fingertip before you ask.
Aina was founded in May 2025 by Apoorv Shankar, formerly VP of Hardware at Ultrahuman, and says it spent 15 months in stealth as a hu...
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Human-Computer Interaction
Smart Pills for collecting data inside the body
Imagine if a vitamin sized pill could collect medical data from your body. Companies such as SmartPill have come out with wireless devices contained in tiny capsules to collect information from inside the body.
The SmartPill capsule includes miniaturized sensors or cameras, a printed circuit board and tiny batteries that work to collect medical data as it makes its way through a person's gastrointestinal tract.
Once swallowed, the device collects the required information, stores the data a...
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