The Eurotech Zypad WL150 may look like some 1990s vision of a tablet, but that doesn’t mean it’s not cool. It’s a computer you wear on your arm. This thing is perfect for the medical field, among other uses. Plus it has kind of a retro Star Trek look which is always nice
The WL150 features a 3.5 inch QVGA resistive display, a Marvell PXA320 processor, a paltry 128MB of flash storage, 3G connectivity, WiFi and Bluetooth. The OS of choice is Windows CE 6.0. Now, you may have realized by now that this doesn’t have far reaching consumer implications. However, it is being marketing to a variety of industries, including the medical and law enforcement fields.
It will be formally released later in the year. The price has not been disclosed.
Posted in: Armbands, Bluetooth, Display, Eurotech, Wearable Computing, WiFi Detection
There are lots of vitals monitoring kits on the market, but only one that fits in the palm of your hand. Named for its diminutive size, the Gumpack was designed by an inventive Kansas State University student. And who knows America isn’t creating new stuff nowadays?!
This multi-sensor monitoring device that fits in the palm of your hand. That’s how small it is. It relays your vital stats to the doctor of your choice via the Internet. It even features a built-in camera and microphone for record keeping purposes. The Gumpack also has WiFi capabilities and a long-living battery. Oh yeah, there’s also medical sensors built in as well. An ECG and a reflectance pulse oximeter to start.
This miniature life saver is still in the concept stages, so don’t go to ..read more
Posted in: Camera, Vitals Monitoring, Wearable Tech, WiFi Detection
There are a lot of cool jackets in the world, but only one will control your entire multimedia live performance. The Vjacket does just that. The Vjacket allows you to send OpenSoundControl or MIDI messages wireless to the VJ program of your choice, letting you control video effects and transitions, trigger clips and scratch frames all from the comfort of your own jacket.
The jacket was created by Tyler Freeman and Andreas Zingerle, who embedded the jacket with 5 sensors. The 1 Softpot, 2 piezos, 2 bend sensors and 1 photo resistor combine to give you a rough and tumble live performance controlling machine. Oh yeah, it’s also a jacket.
It’s not available for sale yet, but you can watch a video of the Vjacket in action right here.
Posted in: Jacket, Wearable Computing, Wearable Tech, WiFi Detection
Brando Workshop has released another interesting product. WiFi Detection Cap finds 802.11 b/g/n signals. Using LEDs, one to show network availability and the other to show strength. The hat come is two varieties, a laptop design or a XM like design, and three colors: red, white, black). The two CR2032 batteries are included.Funny thing about this hat is that the wearer cannot actually see the activity while wearing it. Maybe this is an accessory to the Firebox WiFi shirt, or the ThinkGeek Wi-Fi shirt. Well for $14.00 it is a fun toy.
Posted in: Brando Workshop, Display, Hats, Intelligent Clothes, LED, WiFi Detection
We have come across yet another WiFi detecting T-Shirt for the fun loving, cool, techie Dad.
Flashwear continues to extend their animated T-Shirt line and now offers many different styles of their WiFi detecting T-Shirt collection ensuring there will be one style that suits you.
The t-shirt displays the strength of 802.11b & 802.11g signals of nearby wireless networks. The wifi detection and led is powered by a small battery pack which holds 3 AAA batteries. The light-up decal is removable to allow easy cleaning of the t-shirt.
Flashwear sells the WiFi detector T-Shirts for $ 47.48 directly via their online store.
Posted in: FlashWear, T-Shirt, WiFi Detection
Firebox.com finally has most sizes available for its WiFi detecting T-Shirt.The WiFi T-shirt is available at Firebox.com for $38.90.
Posted in: Display, Firebox, Intelligent Clothes, Light Emmiting Fabric, Shirt, WiFi Detection
WiFi Detecting T-Shirt’s keep getting more stylish. The last introduction of Thinkgeek’s Wi-Fi Detecting T-Shirt was already a great looking T-Shirt, it’s a bit geeky to wear but hey – life should be fun as well.
In case you want to have the convenient WiFi sniffing without reaching for your laptop, you have the option and go for one of those WiFi detecting bags we recently posted about.
The Wi-Fi Detecting T-Shirt searches for wireless signals in the 802.11b or 802.11g range and shows their signal strength in a Macbook stylized laptop image on the front of the T-Shirt.
The WiFi Detecting T-Shirt will be available for just £20.- ($39.-) from the end of January by firebox.com
Posted in: Display, Intelligent Clothes, Shirt, Techno Fashion, WiFi Detection
Finding a usable WiFi signal is becoming something more and more people want to do. Knowing if you are in a so called ‘hot spot’ means taking out your Laptop and checking if the signal is good enough to connect to the inetnet.
Thanks to the Soyntec Wiffinder bag there are now more convenient ways to make the hot-spot check. Previously we could check for wifi signals with the WiFi T-Shirt. Now we can purchase one of the newly launched Wiffinder bags from Soyntec.
Soyntec a Spanish company focusing on digital consumer electronics and computer peripherals and bringing together state-of-the art technologies with amazing designs, has started to launch a range of bags that have a WiFi sniffer integrated.
Integrating WiFi Detection into a bag is a smart idea, no need to clutter ..read more
Posted in: Bags, Soyntec, WiFi Detection
The WiFi Detector Shirt from ThinkGeek is the perfect outfit for fun loving, WiFi depending, always in the need to be online Web2.0-citizen.
I love this shirt and I love this idea. Back in July, we had an article running about the Hotspot Bloom from Karen Lee, a former student from Parsons School of Design. She created in 2004 a concept to use a wearable flower with an integrated color LED to indicate if and how strong a WiFi signal is nearby.
The WiFi Detector Shirt is bringing this idea now – finally – to reality. According ThinkGeek, the WiFi Detector Shirt will be available at end of this month for $ 29.99
Many times I have to switch on my laptop to see if there is any WiFi signal nearby only to ..read more
Posted in: T-Shirt, WiFi Detection
