Tag Archives: wearables

As much as I love cuddling up underneath a big, fluffy, warm (and occasionally USB powered) blanket when a chill fills my gadget-loving bones, the inability to cover my whole body while I play around with my devices deters me from keeping myself warm. Slanket has holes for your arms, which allows you to stay completely cuddled and still play ...

Not for those with severe scoliosis, the Reppo II Backpack Boombox from designer Joonas Saaranen packs in a pair of full-range speakers and an amplifier for jamming to tunes as you stroll around campus, as well as providing everyone around you with a bass-induced migraine. Needs more sub-woofer (and cowbell). So far, Saaranen has gotten as far as creating a ...

The touchscreen community has been pretty unsympathetic to the fat fingered crowd. For people with sausage sized digits, pressing one key on a touchscreen keypad is usually accompanied with the pressing of a second button and the escape of a fucking expletive from their lips. The TAD Custom Finger Mod slides a ring on your finger with an attached screen ...

Dogs aren’t called “man’s best friend” for no reason. Most pet owners would put their own life and limb at risk to keep their pet safe. The feeling that your dog is lost somewhere in the wild is one of the scariest thoughts a pet owner can experience. Retrieva is a system which keeps tabs on your dog with a ...

When my lady friend gets home from work and asks me for a foot massage, I initially don’t have a problem. Then the time comes when she lays her smelly, dirty feet across my lap, with a face of self-knowing, at which point I tell her to get her dirty appendages into the shower. I think for her birthday this ...

Let’s face it. As we get older, are grasp on our memory fades. Whether it be because of an early on-set of Alzheimer’s or� just because we’re bored with seeing the same old thing everyday, we start to notice less than we did when we were younger. Researchers at the University of Tokyo have developed a pair of goggles which ...

When car companies do crash tests to test safety, they use test dummies. But what about testing automobiles for senior citizens? Nissan engineers have created a special suit which helps simulate movements of the elderly, which would help the company better optimize their cars for geezers. The complete suit uses several techniques to create worsened vision and decreased physical movement. ...

On rainy days, having to carry around an umbrella can be a huge drag. We have more important things to do with our hands than lug around an umbrella, such as playing with our phones and readjusting our testicles when the humidity makes them stick to our thigh. The Nubrella is a hands-free umbrella which allows your hands free access ...

This concept from John Mielke would implant a special device under your skin which communicates via Bluetooth to your gadgets. Using a special smart-ink pixel painted on to your skin, the device projects a digital tattoo of a phone on your skin which you can interact with like a touchscreen. There’s even the potential to transmit 3G video conversations on ...

If the recent Fake Steve Jobs mock turtleneck wasn’t enough to get you all hot and bothered, maybe a Princess Bride reference will be more fitting? Using the classic line from the movie as a design point, this shirt has a fake name tag which says “Hello, My Name Is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die.” So ...