CES was awash in wearables this year — almost all of them wristbands, and all of them claiming to be unique even though they all do pretty much the same stuff. Intel's leap into wearables are truly interesting, though. The company is making a set of body-monitoring earbuds. There's a tracker inside that syncs to both iOS and Android phones. It collects calorie, pace, distance, and time data. But more importantly, it tracks your heartbeat in real time and offers a visible history graph on your phone's screen. Plus, if you're falling below or going above your target heart rate, the system automatically plays a song to pump you up or calm you down. Intel won't sell the smart earbuds itself. It plans to partner up with a company that's already handling activity trackers, like Nike, Strava, FitBit, or Jawbone. No word from on Intel on who exactly its future partner will be, but we should expect the the Smart Earbuds to arrive at retailers this year.
