Number One
Welcome to the first blog entry from Recon Instruments. We decided to start a blog as a good way to let you know what we’re thinking here at the company and also to let you know our point of view on...
View ArticleProduct Philosophy – The Athlete’s HUD
In my last blog, I talked about the inspiration for co-founding Recon Instruments. Now I’m going to share with you some of the key guideposts I have on product philosophy. Specific Use The first...
View ArticleWhy the Internet of Things makes wearables so important
Most of my blog posts lately have been about Recon Jet, our groundbreaking new smart eyewear for sports and high-intensity environments. We began shipping Jet last month, and our VP of Consumer...
View ArticleBrillo, Weave could be the missing links between the IoT and wearables
I don’t often comment on the announcements of other tech companies, but I have to make an exception this week. I think what Google is doing with its Weave framework and Android-based Brillo operating...
View ArticleIntel Acquires Recon Instruments
Yesterday, Intel completed its acquisition of Recon Instruments. Not only is this a huge milestone for us and a pivotal event in the consumer electronics industry; we at Recon believe this is also a...
View ArticleBrillo, Weave Could Be the Missing Links between the IoT and Wearables
I don’t often comment on the announcements of other tech companies, but I have to make an exception this week. I think what Google is doing with its Weave framework and Android-based Brillo operating...
View ArticleIntel Acquires Recon Instruments
Yesterday, Intel completed its acquisition of Recon Instruments. Not only is this a huge milestone for us and a pivotal event in the consumer electronics industry; we at Recon believe this is also a...
View ArticleThree Tips to Get More out of Jet with Engage
I had a chat with George Hincapie the other day about Jet’s out-of-box experience. George made a really good point: a lot of first-time users are dying to get started, but they don’t know how to get...
View ArticleRiding with Refuel and ANT+ Power
Long, long before I joined Recon, I was a cyclist. In the last month, two additions came online for Recon Jet that might as well have been custom-designed for me: the Refuel app and ANT+ power support....
View ArticleSnap, Sync, and Share with Jet’s Camera
It’s been an awesome few weeks for us here at Recon. The Wired UK cover has generated a lot of buzz, and we’ve gotten some really positive feedback about Jet and Engage. As you know, Jet’s main mission...
View ArticleWhy Wearables Are Creating a New Breed of Athletes
In serious competitive sports, the most important catalyst for success isn’t natural ability. It’s motivation. That’s why athletic achievement has always been so difficult to attain. Not so long ago,...
View ArticleTech spotlight: Jet’s Glance Detection technology
A feature that always impresses new Jet users is Glance Detection. With it enabled, Jet’s display powers on when you look at it and powers off again when you look away. This has a number of advantages:...
View ArticleSix questions about Jet from the Interbike show floor
Last week, we headed down to Las Vegas for Interbike 2015. For the uninitiated, Interbike is North America’s biggest bike show, with over 1,000 exhibiting brands and 25,000 attendees each year. We were...
View ArticleTech Spotlight: Tap Camera
We have added a number of features to Jet over the past several months. Tap Camera is perhaps the one that has yielded the most positive feedback. Thanks to Tap Camera, it is now possible to shoot a...
View ArticleSeeing Is Believing: Two Athletes on Why Recon Jet Changes the Game
Last month in Kona, Hawaii, I had the pleasure of meeting two remarkable athletes: Joe Skipper and Paolina Allan. Both of them were in Kona for the Ironman World Championship, and both of them...
View ArticleTEDxVancouver 2015: We need wearable technology heroes
I recently had the privilege of speaking at TEDxVancouver 2015. In my talk, I spoke about the relationship between vanity and technology—how that relationship impacts the choices we make, and how...
View ArticleSharing your activities with Engage
Engage is the diary of your active life. Activity stats are central to it, but they’re not the whole story. We also built Engage to be social from the ground up. In a matter of seconds, Engage allows...
View ArticleTransforming paintball and making our mark at CES
This year’s Consumer Electronics Show was one of our best. On Wednesday, we and Empire Paintball introduced the world’s first smart paintball mask, the Empire EVS. This product took social media and...
View ArticleAPX Skylight on Recon Jet and the beginning of a new era
Our mission is to bring smart eyewear to every use case where it can change the game. We’ve been doing that with Recon Jet in endurance sports—and now, we’ve started driving the same transformation in...
View ArticleWhy IFTTT on Jet is the shape of things to come
Last week, we brought IFTTT support to Recon Jet. It’s a really awesome feature, and we’re really excited about it. But folks who aren’t with us behind the scenes might not appreciate how important it...
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