Cornetto, the UK ice cream brand, has the answer to a particularly 21st century transgression: streaming infidelity. They’ve come up with rings that couples can use to commit to watching—binge or otherwise—TV shows together. Couples register their commitment rings and lock access to the shows they have agreed to watch together; two hearts with but a single screen, so to … [Read more...]
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Augmented Reality for Navy Divers: The Next Generation Underwater
U.S. Navy divers will soon be getting new high-tech augmented reality helmets. The DAVD -- Divers Augmented Vision Display, because everything military needs an acronym -- is a high-resolution, AR heads-up display in the diving helmet that will continuously update as the diver goes about their real-time Navy business. The new helmet technologies come from the Naval Surface … [Read more...]
Xiaomi’s CEO Announces Launch for Mi Band 2 — in China
It’s a good news, bad news kind of thing. Good news is that the Mi Band 2 fitness tracker will be available with an LED screen to consumers June 7, according to Xiaomi CEO Lei Jun. Bad news is that it will be available only to Chinese consumers. However, other Xiaomi products have launched China-only and were seen in other markets within months of the Chinese launch. The … [Read more...]
Wearable Technology on the Fly
We’ve covered some pretty outré tech directed specifically at the fairer sex to keep them on top of certain bodily functions that should remain private and unseen. Now there’s a product to covers the ups and downs of that most terrifying male social faux pas: the unzipped zipper. Noti-Fly pants buttons can tell you, via your smartphone, that your privates may be all … [Read more...]
Clothes Make the Man and Woman Feel Better
How would you like clothing that would not only make you look, but also feel, like a million bucks? Microsoft—the original grey suit people—is thinking about doing something about that. The company recently applied for a patent for a shirt that can detect your “affective state” and if it’s a downer, send you feedback to perk you up or cool you off. There is so much room for … [Read more...]
Hyundai’s “Iron Man” Suit: Sci Fi Without the Fi
Hyundai has announced—in Korean, on its Korean website—that it is working on an exoskeleton suit that it compares to Iron Man, and that is identical to Lt. Bill Cage (Tom Cruise) in Edge of Tomorrow. The exoskeleton is an upgrade of Hyundai’s lighter weight H-LEX (Hyundai Lifecaring ExoSkeleton) that was designed to assist seniors and disabled people with mobility problems. … [Read more...]
Fairy Tale Tech at the Met
Claire Danes was travelling light when she arrived for “Manus x Machina: Fashion in an Age of Technology,” the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s 2016 fashion extravaganza from its Costume Institute. Her fairy-tale princess dress, designed by Zac Posen and hand-sewn in organza and fiber optics, was stunning in the lights on the red carpet and even more spectacular in the … [Read more...]
Berlin’s Fashion Hack Day: Soldering Gun Wedding of Fashion and Tech
From April 29 to May 1, Berlin was the site of the “world’s first hackathon on fashion and tech,” a concept about whose more elusive particulars we are still a bit unclear. However, by means of some English-language reports, some Facebook pages, and in spite of Google Translate, we can now report the pith and substance of the event, beginning with the observation that Hack Day … [Read more...]
Can You Hear Me Now? Glove Converts ASL Sign Language to Sound
American Sign Language is a rich and complex language that takes time and effort to learn, just like any language. For people who are hearing impaired, ASL means being able to communicate with the world. Now, two undergraduates at the University of Washington have won the Lemelson-MIT Student Prize for a device that translates ASL to sound or text. Navid Azodi and Thomas … [Read more...]
Revolar: Personal Safety at Your Fingertip
Personal safety alarms have been around for a while in the form of whistles and loud audible alarms buttons, but they had a major flaw: you couldn’t be sure if there was anyone around to hear them, or whether the person who heard them would be someone who would help. Revolar’s button alarm, along with others such as ROAR for Good’s Athena, make sure that if you’re in trouble, … [Read more...]