Sure, you can head over to Nike’s online shoe repository and haphazardly toggle through color options for a custom pair of kicks. Or, you could let your Instagram library do the heavy lifting. With the new PHOTOiD HTML5 web app, the shoe maker combines those filtered smartphone snapshots with its custom ordering process. Once a [...]
Archive for the ‘Wearable Gadgets’ Category
Project Glass from Google
March 6th, 2013
mrinal Sergey Brin, co-founder of Google, is credited to come up with a new ‘project glass’. It is said that the device will be helpful in overlaying information over the glass of a spectacle, regarding directions of maps, messages from various friends and even reports of the weather. Information will be channeled from the internet, over to [...]
Adidas Social Media Barricade shoe
August 13th, 2012
mrinal Adidas is known for making connected shoes — but never quite as linked-up as a Nash Money concept making its appearance late into the London Olympics. The Social Media Barricade weaves the guts of a phone and a basic two-line LCD into a running shoe, letting the footwear take Twitter updates very literally on the [...]
TshirtOS is web-connected, programmable
August 3rd, 2012
mrinal An LED display, camera, microphone, speaker and accelerometer all packaged into a t-shirt and controlled via your smartphone? That’s the concept behind tshirtOS, a wearable platform for “self-expression” that currently only exists as a prototype. It can show off tweets, play music videos, capture belly-height photos and send them off to Instagram, and pretty much [...]
Strobe lighting goggles shown to improve short-term memory
July 26th, 2012
mrinal Those goggles you see above aren’t for stylish looks while playing dodgeball — they’re the keys to a potentially important discovery about short-term memory. Duke University’s Institute for Brain Sciences found that subjects playing catch with goggles simulating strobe lights were noticeably better at memorizing information during tests, even a full day after playtime was [...]
Kuchofuku unveils air-conditioned pants with built-in fans
July 20th, 2012
mrinal How do you beat the summer heat? Most people would probably just try to stay hydrated or stand under some shade when outdoors, but Japanese company Kuchofuku has taken it a step further with its new fully air-conditioned pair of pants. In fact, Kuchofuku already has a range of other air-conditioned pieces of clothing, including [...]
Concept 1 Shoes Banned from NBA
November 30th, 2010
admin The Concept 1 shoes are the first to be banned by the NBA in its 64-year history, based on a rule against ‘unfair competitive advantage’ that increases a player’s jumping ability. That confirms Athlethic Propulsion Labs’ claims that their Loan’N’Launch technology, located to the front of the shoes, gives anyone an instant boost to their [...]
Sanyo Eneloop Personal Heating Apparel
October 9th, 2010
admin Sanyo has announced the release of a new eneloop universe waist warmer in Japan. Taking the form of an adjustable belt, the warmth to belly and waist is provided by a thin film heater unit powered by a mobile booster. The company has also given its neck warmer an update to make it easier to [...]
Cocktail Dress with Built-In Cell Phone
October 7th, 2010
admin A design from a company called CuteCircuit, calle the M-dress, is a black dress that has a mobile phone built into it. The wearer answers the dress by lifting their arm to their head and disconnects once they lower their hand. Designer Francesca Rosella says she designed the dress along with fellow CuteCircuit co-founder, Ryan [...]
ThinkGeek Releases Electronic T-Shirts for Young Rockers
June 22nd, 2010
admin ThinkGeek announced the release of the kid versions of their popular Electronic Rock Guitar Shirt and Electronic Drum Kit Shirt. The geniuses at ThinkGeek Labs know that there is no age limit to being a Rock God, so they created these interactive shirts to give the youngest of rock and roll dreamers the ability to [...]




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