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A few days ago we wrote about the HandTalk glove designed by Carnegie Mellon students. We also thought that was an original concept. False. Turns out in 2001 the concept was created by Ryan Patterson.Patterson imagined this concept while sitting in a restaurant and seen a def patron having a ...
ONO Running brings us a cool concept. Its a fashionable tech sneaker that has a glowing heel. Its a tasteful balance of cool and competent. The glowing heel provides safety and visibility in low light scenarios.The inventors of the ONO Glow sneaker Matt Galica and Elliott Temkin learned from their own experiences ...
Reebok has just introduced their first product in the Interactive Fashion segment, the NXT Speaker Backpack which features a complete stereo sound system integrated into a cool backpack design in Reebok’s signature style backpack line.The backpack features a NXT flat panel stereo speaker that blends into the design while delivering impressive audio quality powered. The speakers ...
Stressed and Depressed brings us a stereo integrated hoodie solution. Since the hooded sweat shirt is one of the most versatile things in the closet. How wonderful to have stereo sound too.This Hoodie is using NXT’s SurfaceSound technology designed into a Stereo Speaker Insert module which can be easily clipped directly ...
With the growth of solar textiles, awareness has grown as well. These practical garments can be useful to more then just the trendy consumer. Addressing this issue, a team at KVA MATx under the lead of Sheila Kennedy , Principal at KVA MATx has developed a concept using textiles with integrated flexible solar ...
Noon Solar is back again with a new line of cool satchel bags. The first model launched is the Logan satchel which comes in three different finishings: the all leather Black Logan for $ 476.00 the Midnight/Slate Logan and at the bottom the Chocolate/Olive Logan. The last two models go for $ 452.00 each. ...
A group of engineering students at Carnegie Mellon University, Bhargav Bhat, Hemant Sikaria, Jorge L. Meza and Wesley Jin demonstrated their project ‘HandTalk‘ a sensor equipped glove that translates finger and hand gestures into spoken words. This project got off the ground to enable the communication between deaf persons and persons that do not ...
Now this is not your typical glove. Its not heated, waterproof, or even fashionable. RallyPoint calls it the ‘Handwear Computer Input Device‘ (HCID), and it has integrated push buttons in the four fingers other then the thumb. There is also an additional sensor on the middle finger to act as a mouse ...
Remember in Back to the Future, when Marty has those automated Nike shoes? VectraSense Technologies is making that tech closer to reality. Verb for Shoe is dynamic shoe, which is not a first for them. Back in 2000 they created the first computerized shoe.Verb for Shoe features 2 inflatable balloons ...
Alina Designs‘ LED lighted Dress Shoes feature 3 LEDs, red, green, blue. These primary colors can be mixed to create numerous color combos. A single AAA battery can power these super bright LEDs for about 12 hours. A tiny computer controls the LEDs in each shoe to give 5 basic modes ...
It is common for tech companies to hire promotional modeling professionals when launching a new gadget or product.
