Here's one of the more poetic uses of wearable technology that we've seen: a wall clock that reflects your heartbeat. The Uji clock, from the designer Ivor Williams, is not really functional. Its hands stay at high noon, and flicker back and forth in response to pulse data sent from a sensor you wear. It's not practical; it's art. And it's quite lovely. Dezeen has a nice … [Read more...]
Wearable Skinner Boxes
Here's a particularly creepy adaptation of wearable tech: if it doesn't think you're focussing or being active enough, it can hand you a shock. Generations of psychology students (and the English majors who were paid as their research subjects) know that "operant conditioning chambers" are devices that dole out rewards and punishments according to behavior. If the research … [Read more...]