how about wearable tech to stay safe?pix 5 consumerwatch reporter julie watts shows us a new twist on the fit bit. >> reporter: they may look high fashion, but for rachel frederic, this is a secret weapon against crime. >> very wonder woman-like. >> reporter: the cuff is a computer chip and in an emergency with one touch, she can send an alert and her location to family and friends. from crime-fighting accessories to fit bits with a twist it seems wearable tech is getting a makeover. it sends an electric shock when you say skip the gym. and designer is rolling out a new high-end fit bit jewelry but while wearable tech for fitness may be getting a makeover there are gadgets to deep you safe like this hair clip with sensors that detect physical assaults and send for help. >> the smart clip will know the difference between impact associated with violent crimes and impacts from everyday usage. >> reporter: the company's founder says it also activates your cell phone's gps, camera and microphone collecting data that can help i

look at wearables. wearables need to be connect ed but they don't have heavy lifting, basically sensors and specific functions it is providing. as you move up the chain, you need more and more capability. >> i don't know how you slice it look at his car. it's gott the high beams, where he is tracking on a map, scott's taking a new route home, maybe that gets tailored into gas mileage. >> that's what i think -- >> more he should eat, coupons, very cool, but who controls the system in all this? >> a very good question, privacy issues as well. i think the thing i think is coolest about it is this idea is, yes, it's a computer that's controlling my lights, but i now erase myself from the light, i step away from that being something part of -- constantly running over there and adjusting it, yes, it's computer, you no longer think to have as a computer. >> who are the important companies away from amd itself? is it the car company, the cloud company monitoring all the behavior and selling ads against that? is

our wearable computers a lot of hype?ovide insight from san francisco is ryan womack and the principal analyst in cambridge massachusetts. advertising on aware of all computer, is this in the near future? that anytime soon would be a stretch for it we are still waiting for wearables to take off. advertising companies are trying to be smart and see the next wave. they are doing some research on looking at this area but there is a long ways to go. i don't see anything anytime imminent. >> could one make the argument that wearables really are just a fad? is it just another fitness craze? there have been so many that went nowhere. >> we don't know what will happen. we have gone beyond fitness and there is a lot of big companies putting a lot of effort behind this. couple of weeks ago, we had google rollout their lg and-wear and you have samsung and apple will make news this fall. there will be some marketing heft coming into this but consumer adoption is another question. >> let's talk about consumer adoption. you are skeptic

do ahead, a wearable device that works while you sleep.an watch as streaming on your tablet, phone, apple tv, and amazon fire. ♪ >> welcome back. it could be a huge boost for three-day printers. home depot is going to start selling them in store. the printers will be first available in 12 home depot stores as part of a pilot program. the maker bot ceo called the deal a step into the mainstream. home depot said the printers can be used to make a variety of home improvement supplies. turn now to misfit, makers of the shine fitness tracker. the company just partnered to offer a new sleep tracker that slips under your mattress to collect data on your sleeping habits. we are joined by the ceo of misfit wearables. we are wearing a misfit on your wrist. you can wear in many different ways. how does misfit standout in the sea of wearable devices? >> we do similar things to what other chargers do. steps, sleep, that kind of thing. we do it a bit more beautifully. one thing people like about it is, you do not have to charge it. >> it is very design

i still view what apple is doing around wearables as largely experimental. i think they will experiment with a very premium device to make an extension of a great ecosystem have already created. theyou think about disposable income a premium device will require, that income in theably earmarked latter part of the year for any specific holiday. >> they also brought in angela ahrens from are buried. have we seen her impact on the when itand their stamp comes to bringing in these high-fashion people? >> it remains to be seen. she has only been there a couple of months and there have been reports about what she is doing in terms of streamlining the retail business and moving people into different roles. for interviews have so far been denied. we will be hoping to sit down with her in the later part of the year to get a sense of what she's doing. you both. appreciate your thoughts here today. uber is slashing some prices by up to 20% this summer. is this a sustainable business model? you can watch us streaming on your tablet, your phone, bloomberg.com, apple tv a

complex accessories which is a form of wearables. it is a wearable you are very familiar with today like the nike fuel band we've connect with pc or other devices to get your information out. that is actually the fastest growing. we don't see the wearables market really becoming significant for another few years, even a year out. that is where we get into smart accessories. those accessories are things like galaxy gear where you have apps that you can actually download. beyond that -- go ahead. is sayingve forster a lot of these accessories and ships that can do a lot of things are going to be built into future phones. adam, why would we need a watch at all? >> that is the open question. right now, none of these products have taken off. for apple, we are not talking about -- they want something in the multiple of billions dollars of dollars. in the consumer market, looking for something to make it much more mainstream and take it beyond a technology in search of a problem and something that your everyday person is going to be interes

wearables with you just saw one of the campaigns from indigogo lead the commercial for the apples wearable commercial. right? that was brought out through indigogo or atlas and analyzing every single movement, not just push-ups and running. you're seeing a lot of both. i think hot trends that will keep on happening for a couple of years. >> looking at a few of products financed through you guys. is there a leader, one that's well above the pack? >> affordable from the guys from bill gross and idea labs coming out with a $249 price point. not thousands but perfect thinking right now for holiday shopping. get your kid a $249 new matter 3d printer or creole pop with the international nature of this. not just america. the world is looking at this where i think hardware is today and software was 15 or 20 minutes ago and before internet 1.0 and where we are right now in hardware and think about where we'll be in 15 years in hardware and not only apps making software apps but have robots making robots. >> kris mat got more interesting. >> absolutely, absolutely. >> thank you for coming in. >> abs

now i want to get on to this wearable section because this is something i really want to touch upon you know zinah roberts rossi she's one of my favorite fashion bloggers and she tweeted out a picture of one of the new wearables called ring we enter. please a technology enabled ring that apparently alerts you when certain things are happening on your phone so you can configure the ring to the actual physical ring to blink or vibrate selectively when calls texts or e-mails come in or whatever else you you want to be alerted to but you know really is interesting because it targets the fashion minded one and said you think this type of agreement surety in the wearable space because i do you know very good for my. family members in the fashion industry and i think that in truth we should definitely have more fashion on the show so the retail types go. on that and you know so i think that wearables it's showing you know maturity in the market it's a great thing that we're seeing this kind of thing where you know it's not just a big. technological computer or a gadget on your wrist but rather

will seeat in 2014 we more announcements for wearables than actual wearable sheet month -- shipments. whatve not figured out they are really good for him what people use them for. are we going to get people to use them for longer than four weeks? people use them for a month and then they give up. would my nana have a compelling story yet. >> we will be watching but thank you for joining us. annualhead, is the tethering that resulted in major buyingike jeff bezos "the washington post," we take you to some valley next and you can watch us on bloomberg television, streaming on your phone, your tablet, and bloomberg.com and now available on apple tv and amazon fire. ♪ >> this is " bloomberg west," on bloomberg television, streaming on your phone, your tablet, and bloomberg.com and now available on apple tv and amazon fire. valley and the annual gathering of media and technology executives. the conference has resulted in major deals like comcast's acquisition of nbc universal and jeff bezos buying "the washington post." when news can we expect this year? we go to some valley live. -- sun v

i joke that in 2014 we will see more announcements for wearables than actual wearable shipments.e have not figured out what they are really good for him what people use them for. are we going to get people to use them for longer than four weeks? people use them for a month and then they give up. >> that was bob o'donnell. wrapping your gym membership is one reason that could prompt a phone call from your doctor. we will explain how health providers are using big dated to keep you healthy, next on "bloomberg west." ♪ >> welcome back to "bloomberg west." i am emily chang. could you be getting a call from your doctor over your unhealthy shopping habits? hospitals are now turning to big data to try to keep you healthy using consumer spending information from public records, store loyalty programs and credit card purchases in the hope it will paint a more complete picture to health care providers and prevent people from getting sick. we have more from new york. you've got a piece out in "does this week" about this. how are hospitals getting this information? >> they are buying up from

today i think the problem with wearables today is they're still effectively the equivalent of a watch calculator from one thousand nine hundred five that yeah they're useful to those people who don't mind sort of being branded as that guy wearing google glass but as designs improve as these things happen you know the market will find that there's real utility here and not just the ability to check the time without getting your phone out of the pocket i'm talking about real real utility look at how many people walking around the mall hold their cell phone two feet out in front of their face and scream at it while apple just wants to provide a watch that they can scream at his dad the whole market of these people out there there's a whole market of people who are looking for the next cool gadget the thing that will make them look hip the thing that will you know show off to their friends the conspicuous consumption so i think there is definitely a market for necklaces and watches and things that have some level of communications capability but until we see ubiquitous gesture control and

david: and we will see about those wearables., is the idea of dealing face-to-face with a personal banker to take care of your financial needs going the way of the dinosaurs? wait till you hear how the new wave of online financing is changing the face of the banking industry. could falling to the family home sales in phoenix, arizona, the painting a grim picture for the overall us housing market cracks we break down those numbers for you coming up. david: today's thinking stock is reassuring, but it should did-- could disguise a monumental shift in banking. from that personal relationship you have the loan officer to an online financing model to read the new ways of thinking may be impersonal compared to the old ways but they are far more efficient and profitable and only those who can adapt will survive. dreaming out is daniel and he has a looking deeply into the changing face of banking. daniel, first of all describe the new model of a banking as opposed to the old model. >> great to be with you today and it's interesting on th

centric platform health kit and you know that i'm pretty skeptical about the wearable face alex but seriously how do you see this and they should have by all of them are but. i think it's going to be a boom but i think it's going to take a long. long time for it to come to pass you're seeing interesting wearables coming from effectively niche markets you're seeing a huge interest in health in fit bits in a nike fuel bands in those places what's not clear is are the people buying these things continuing to use them and finding value out out of them every day i think the problem with wearables today is they're still effectively the equivalent of a watch calculator from one thousand nine hundred five that yeah they're useful to those people who don't mind sort of being branded as that guy wearing google glass but as designs improve as these things happen you know the market will find that there's real utility here and not just the ability to check the time without getting your phone out of the pocket i'm talking about real real utility look at how many people walking around the mall ho

let me huge problem with wearables on the whole internet of things concept in general and that is do we don't have some kind of reasonable assurance on security i don't want these things anywhere near me . and i'm one of the early adopters if you will when it comes to things like going home automation building my own systems to control my house and the lighting heating air conditioning the pools things like this but the idea that you can have built in by manufacturers these sorts of back doors. is really a problem you don't think about the person is walking around with some kind of a fitness tracking device on the wrist all day long that's monitoring your blood pressure and there are you know their heart rate things like this that data is incredibly valuable to people who want to use it and you know you say well you know who would really care about that well your health insurance company might care. they also might be very interested in the g.p.s. track from your phone did to the shows you going past and into liquor stores for example there's a thousand uses for this kind of data and

welcome back to the show now the next wave of technology seems to be wearables with the mobile phone market reaching saturation companies like google with its recent announcement of the android where are hoping that this new frontier will be the next area of growth however with various privacy and data concerns wearables might just be another way for consumers to expose themselves i spoke with blogger and author coral dennett girl about what worries him in this new sector and i asked him about privacy issues in wearable technology in light of apple's i.o.'s security concerns here's what he had to say. i mean huge problem with wearables in the whole internet of things concept in general and that is do we don't have some kind of reasonable assurance on security i don't want these things anywhere near me and that i'm one of the early adopters if you will when it comes to things like going home automation building my own systems to control my house and the lighting heating air conditioning the pools things like this but the idea that you can have built in by manufacturers these sorts of

. >> where are you on the wearable stuff? it, we are going to see this wearable product. i think it will be announced in tandem with the new iphones and i think it will probably come out shortly after late september, early october, but we know it's been in production to some degree, or you know, pretooling since the first quarter, since about january, february. so, we all know it's coming and that's what i think's going to cause a lot of excitement. >> we have to get out to josh lipton now, the earnings everyone's been waiting for, apple reporting results. josh, what can you tell us? >> reporter: well, kelly, apple just reporting, so let me get you those numbers. apple reporting eps of 1.28 on $37.4 billion. the street was looking for $1.33 on $38 billion. that growth rate highest in about two years. now, i just had a chance to sit down and speak with apple's ceo, tim cook. cook telling me he couldn't be happier, that this was the best execution of any quarter since he's been at apple, he said. so, walk through some of these

wearables, some great devices right now. i know lots of people with the wearables.aughter] >> maybe we have three different group of friends. >> it is an area set for growth. it will attract a different things. there are lots of devices that connect to your phones. i find that useful. in a fitness monitoring, health monitoring, huge potential and we will see it play out. >> i want to get something on where you see the smart phone market growing. we have seen a trend toward a lower price point. doesn't that trend continued this year? or is this something we are stuck to? >> i think there will be converting smartphones. there will be lots of innovation as the top and that will fit your -- top end that will filter down. they arelow-end, enabling the billions more people to smart phones. the market itself is very healthy. many years of growth ahead of it. a large amount of content. >> what is the percentage you out pace risk? weyeah, typically, outperform the industry. on the consumption market, i would expect that against. >> simon segars, thank you. the ceo of arm hol

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it's powered by android wear, the new operating system to wearables and responds to your voice.h device will ship this week. what makes these devices tick? well, inside both wearables you'll find qualcomm processors, as well as technology from a. a.r.m. holdings, but even suppliers have question being how ultimately successful this market will be. i spoke to that you adoption could be limited, of course analysts expect apple to jump into this space as well, which would be the game changer. that could happen this fall. the tech titan could redefine the product category. we'll have to way and see what chip makers are in the iwatch. sue, back to you. >>> atlantic city was once the east coast mecca of gaming, but those games are long, long gone. most of new jersey ace neighbors have some form of casino gaming. are there numb gamblers to fill up those casino? morgan, you said it well. atlantic city has always had its fair share of troubles. >> it has, the showboat is set to close in august. over my right is the rebel. the 2.4 billion casino. that could also close next month if a buye

still ahead, a new wearable device that works while you sleep.e hearing from the ceo of misfit where and you can watch us on bloomberg television, streaming on your phone, your tablet, and bloomberg.com and now available on apple tv and amazon fire. ♪ >> welcome back to "bloomberg west." it could be a huge boost for 3-d printers -- home depot will start selling them in stores. will be first available in 12 home depot stores as part of the pilot program. erbot ceo calls it a step into the mainstream in the printers can be used to make home-improvement supplies. to misfit, maker of the shine fitness tracker. it just partnered to offer a tracker that slips in the arm mattress to give you data on your sleeping habits. or more on the sleep system, we are joined by the ceo of misfit werables and you are wearing one on your rest. -- on your wrist. in this misfit standout sea of wearable devices? >> we do similar things to what other trackers do. we just do it more beautifully. people really liked that you don't have to charge it. >> its very design focu

you or next guest joins us with a first-ever look into wearable tech.oining us, the general manager of adidas digital sports from san francisco. welcome. >> good morning. >> walk us through the announcement. >> yes. so fitsmart the newest product in our ecosystem and it's very much just a fitness coach you can wear on your wrist where running or working out. it has an onboard heart rate monitor allowing us to give guidance to the user and help them set and ultimately achieve goals to be successful trying to reach those fitness goals. >> you're wearing one right now. right? >> i have one in my hand. not wearing it, actually. it's right here. >> available in two sizes? retail $199. walk us through the metrics. >> yeah. two sizes, two colors. a black and white. $199. the key point is, it has the heart rate monitor on the back. we have this and other products as well, and the idea here is to bring that heart rate technology down to a more accessible pricepoint and more accessible user experience. that's really the important thing. it also has basic features

if a wearable device as expensive as an ipad, which it with the, probably, success of ipad, which itill be, probably, it would be tiny for this giant company even though they have billions in revenue. >> the thing the iphone has really benefited from here are the subsidies. the u.s., where you can pay $200 for a device and the carriers are paying much, much more for that. the price per phone that apple is getting is over $600. when you sell 35 million of those, it adds up to some real money. >> quite a bit. thank you ray much, i appreciate your time. turning to facebook, they reported second -- they will report second-quarter earnings later today. mark zuckerberg has been centering on growing their mobile business. mobile ads were 59% of total ad revenue, coming up from well, nothing two years ago. the question is, can they continue to grow their mobile presence? or are we starting to see the end of that kind of growth? the have zach with us from a company that at -- that analyzes ad exchange. when you get on the numbers from oak you start to see mobile ads growing in certain ways an

do you think people will want wearables for christmas? >> we have to see a. piece of me is skeptical, 20 million, 30 million, those are significant number numbers am i skeptical? yes, i don't think that will happen. >> let me ask you something. you are near the low on the street. are you not the lowest. where is it? a multiple, an earnings? >> we had multiple expansion. the stock is up twiefr%. the earnings didn't change. it's pure multiple expansion. karen you know for a tech company like apple. they can change quickly. for a value play, you have to be careful they get behind the curb and the land stap could change. >> guy adami, he said apple will hit its highs, what happens after a hits in. >> i think they may not agree with this. they come out with a quart ter knee jerk is a speak higher. it will be the devil will be in the details in terms of what happens from there. i can see this company reporting, a spike in the name. a sell-off in the ensueing day. we will find out in the next 40 hours. >> i am long. that's my bottom line. i don't know if it's this q

the wearable device punishes by sending electric jolt through your body.urage you better health, making you meet the fitness goals. we're not pavlov dogs as going to the gym and waking up hour earlier. the wearable fitness band will be released next year for the slackers. liz: no slacking off. we've been asking you on facebook and twitter whether you think facebook earnings prove that fed chair janet yellen was perhaps wrong when she talked about social media stocks overvalued or was she dead on? lisa on facebook says, yellen has it right. when the entire market is overvalued, why shouldn't one stock be as well? "the willis report" is next. gerri, you're continuing users guide for advice for saving money on clothes and jewelry, all kind of fun stuff. gerri: you helped, liz. thanks, guys. we consulted hot fox women how they look great without breaking the bank. >>> new home sales plunged. housing recovery stalling. we'll break down what it means for the overall market. >>> also don't pay a penny more than you have to. >>> we'll tell you what never to buy at

i think the market for putting wearables on children and elderly will be pretty strong just because they're dependent oftentimes dependent on people who buy these technologies and who wouldn't want to have something where they could easily pull up their trials location or their or their parent's location in case you're prepared with dementia or something like that well absolutely you know in chat forums all over the internet right now regarding this product people are talking about the use of these devices for as you said tracking you know dementia patients the elderly even autistic children who sometimes wander off as oh it's not just about abduction why do you think that it might be more successfully marketed for cases where the person has a higher risk of maybe wandering off than just for your average kid or even teen id so i think that's how a lot of these technologies become mainstream they start with very specific niche use cases and then people started becoming more accustomed to seeing them around and then they start using them more broadly ok well i've got to ask this does

we talk about wearables. is the wearables market is already here and called your iphone or android.no reason you should not be swiping prophetic cash register as a transaction. that is coming. >> great to see you. scott galloway, bloomberg contributing editor. bottom line returns in a moment. ♪ >> get the latest on bloomberg headlines. i am betty liu and four mark crumpton. on the markets is next. the hour. that means bloomberg television is on the market. take a look at where stocks are trading an hour to the closing bell. we have had a little bit of a lift. little change for the major averages as investors weigh earnings, economic data on the housing front. we want to highlight one big mover in today's session that is moving pretty decisively. the second dayin of trading. the stock up more than six different time -- 60% friday after it sold more than 17 million shares. the airlineca partly owned by sir richard branson announced this morning and filed for an initial obligor offering and not only ipo news expecting to get this week. expected to be the busiest week since 2000. .oinin

. >> wearables? >> absolutely. we have a number of wearables that we are very excited about.pany that was acquired by web m.d. and huge area where all of a sudden patients are taking control of their health but a way for doctors to communicate in between. the third one is really fascinating out of houston which was acquired by a company in the consumer genomics-based. >> anything that limits what kind of health care entrepreneur can apply? >> not doing anything and the therapeutic or medicine side. not any pharma. anything that touches data, that scales and touches technology. the undercurrent of the data piece. all the devices in the medical world art figuring out to collect data and analyze it to give doctors and patients and caregivers a lot of information from that data. >> one of the things that helps you scale is your roster of investors and people helping you run this. >> we have a great group of really well-known entre nous or is that understand the power of the network effect which is a really our thesis for building the start of health. everyone from steve case, jer

. >>> new this morning, hayward police officers will start using wearable cameras in the next four to six months according to the bay area news group. the cameras will help claims and lawsuits alleging excessive force and help those drop by 25 percent to 50 percent. no one opposedded cameras when the department held two community meetings. official say people will be notified before the cameras start to report. >>> a majority of california people do not like the way income and wealth are distributed and a just released poll shows 54 percent in california are unhappy with wealth distribution. 38 percent are satisfied. a majority in california say the gap between wealthy in california and the rest of the population has green -- grown recently, coming a day after the minimum wage rose to $9 an hour. >>> san francisco is waiting for a confession phone call after new returns showing that betty yee is in second place for comptroller. final numbers show yee is 481 votes ahead perez enough to send her to november's general election to face off against the republican mayor of fresno. yee has b

more people are turning to wearable cameras to take thousands of photos every day their entire day. some call it life lawing. bob hanson shows us how this take on twitter and instagram are going to a whole new level. >> reporter: it's an afternoon at balboa park and everywhere i go, i'm taking pictures. but not with a camera around my shoulder, but with a small black camera hanging on my front pocket. >> it doesn't bother me. if you're in public, you have to accept that people can take pictures of you. >> i think it can be kind of creepy. >> if you want to take a picture, get your camera and take a picture. >> reporter: every second this wearable camera from live shot snaps a digital image. once you put it on, you can forget about it. it takes picture after picture, thousands of shots every hour. it can be of people at the park, people you work with, people at the store, people at the fair, it doesn't matter. every second another picture is taken and then streamed together into a time lapse diary of your day. >> categorizing and logging all of the seemingly insignificant events in y

this is a name that with all those wearables, that they're going to be everywhere.nk there will be wind at their back. they will make a run at low 90s, maybe par. >> lastly, juniper stock. >> it hovered around 24 for the last couple months, obviously in competition with cisco, they have done better. these guys have not. if it's getting down to 22, that's where you want to watch this. if you get a bauns offer 22 b.k., start looking at it. >> there have been times when we thought juniper was eating the launch. perhaps the lump u launch has been reversed. >> it's funny. juniper used to be small and move on a dime, nimble. >> that's the word i was trying to search for. >> i try to help. >> i think cisco is much more enstant right here. >> coming up, the apple conference call officially halfway through tmpl late effort when we come back. >>> chipotle soars past the street's estimate, speaking burrito sales, mcdonald's slowing sales. how can you play the food space? we are trading all the big names a little later on. but what if ye of what you wanted to know? with fidelit

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a new abc news investigation into the popular wearable trend. >> the bay area snubbed? a just released report leaves us out as one >>> now to an abc news/gma investigation on fitness bands, wearable text gadgets are the rage for those that want to keep close tabs on their health tracking calories and sleep and steps. how accurate are they? three of the most popular bands were put to the test. the fit bit flex which sells for 100 and the jaw bone 124 and one for $200. >> we found these devices don't give you laboratory precision consistently but a great tool to keep check with daily activity. you just need to keep in mind that readings may not be 100% accurate all the time. >> you can get the full breakdown on the tests coming up on "gma" at 7:00. >>> 5:53. a check on the weather forecast which is in mike's hands accurate 101% of the time. >> i'm giving 120%. that's why. >> that's what i'm talking about. >> good morning to you. our temperatures if you thought yesterday was comfortable for you, today should be about the same. within one to two degrees. mt. shasta has a re

tetris is wearable.get this for your girlfriend. >> the way this works is he's hook up to a microcontroller, it's like a basic computer so it takes inputs and makes outpits, code it to do a lot of things, and this is a perfect example for what it's for. >> can you wash it? get up to the higher levels and get stressful and you sweat, like, oh, man, i don't want to lose, and you pit out. >> get a scrub brush, use water and soap to wash the pits. >>> a couple on the beach come across a message in a bottle. it's written for her, how could that be? >> what? >> >> bear cubs clean behind the ears. that's the cutest thing! >> that's so cute! please tell me you're taking pictures. >>> summer's here, it's warm outside, a lot of people hitting the beach. exactly what katherine thought she was doing. she thought she was out with family and her boyfriend to just hang out in the sand, enjoy the surf and sights. this video set to music. >> look, a bottle. >> open it. >> she pulls the message out, oh, and she opens it -

wearable devices have been a hot focus -- a high focus for tech investors. it's see what apple potentially unveils. >> thank you. there's no way i'm wearing an apple watch. but when they came out with the ipad, why would you carry around a tablet that would be crazy. >> exactly. >> i'm going to -- >> what are you going to do, scott? >> i don't know. >> he's going to get a watch. >> i'll buy one for my dad. >> inspector gadget on us. good morning. 5:17. show you what we are working with. yeah, i'm with you, scott. i didn't know that the tablet, i did not believe it would take off the way it did i'm was picturing people using those as phones, which i almost never see. 59 degrees in san martin. 64 in livermore. 65 in concord. isn't it great to be waking up here in the silicon valley where all of that technology originates? 62 mountain view right now. 65 concord. as you head outdoors, comfortable conditions for you. we are going to feel muggy, mid level cloud cover until 11:00. onshore flow takes over, ocean air moves in. this is our last unseasonably cool day,

. >> then first ever, wearable robot is approved for home use, we will test it right here in philadelphia health reporter stephanie stahl is on your side with how it is helping disabled walk again, leslie. >> how much would you pay for babe ruth's old pants? you would be surprised, that is just one of the rare items up for grabs in the special auction this weekend we will show you some of the goods coming up. >> well, a great weekend. the the heat and humidity. >> yes. >> that goes with it. >> more heat and humidity and uncomfortable conditions. >> with you by tomorrow afternoon it will feel like around 100 degrees or higher. we are really back into that really uncomfortable situation with weather for next couple days and then things are improving. outside our weather window here sky cam three from campbell's field looking at a little, bit of milky sky and we will see that big time tomorrow. the air temperature is quite warm. we will take you to the the live neighborhood network at beach patrol headquarters in margate, right next to lucy. we necessity where this is. they have been busy al

since it's wearable technology, that's an important hurdle. something that you have to think about your fashion sense, you want to make it so it's not a decision and just putting the insert in, you get to decide how your feet look but you still get the intelligence. jenna: for some of us it is a priority. really quick with this, you know it's always when you're lost that you look down at your phone and your maps freeze. you know, that's always happening when you're relying on your phone and sometimes you're using blue tooth technology and you still have a dropped call. even with this in your shoe, how reliable is it? do you need a backup? >> well, i think you always need backups. you always need paper. you know, carry something with you, a map because yes, google maps, if you lose, like it loses connection, either the cell towers or g.p.s. and can't see you, suddenly it's not going to be able to tell you where to go. but coverage is generally good around the world. so i don't think that's going to be a huge problem. jenna: very interesting. th