Being a Papparazzi in your on life!

Are you one of those persons that like to capture every moment of your life? If so…. Can you imagine a tiny, wearable camera that automatically captures pictures, locations, and other data all day, every day, giving you a searchable record of your life?

The Narrative Clip is the smallest self-contained camera device in the world, which records everything you do — one picture every 30 seconds, forever.  With its understated design and tiny size, you could wear it anywhere  and no one would even notice it. So you could go about your days as normal, and when you want to remember where you went to shop on Tuesday, or how was the weather last week, you just check through the photos on your smartphone.

The Narrative team had expected to have the camera on the market already, but the challenges in packing a 5-megapixel camera, GPS, an accelerometer, and storage space for up to 4,000 photos (along with a battery to match) into a 36 x 36 x 9 mm form-factor turned out to be more considerable than predicted.

Even though their initial name was Memoto, the owners changed it name to Narrative Clip due to patent issues. Regarding to this issue the VP of Marketing Oskar Kalmaru stated, "We've quickly grown to love the new name, Narrative, and it is one that describes what we've been trying to do all along –- help users tell the stories of their lives. We called the camera 'Narrative Clip' to reflect its attributes of being wearable, quick and tiny."

When asked if people really want to take pictures of their lives at a rate of two per minute?  The Narrative CEO Martin Kallstrom answered “It is creepy and interesting, it’s fun to explore your life in hindsight,” he said.

During the market research, people who have said they’d like to use the Narrative Clip include the parents of a kid with autism who has trouble describing what happened to him at school all day or the family of a man who lost his memory in an army injury and want to help him remember his days.

Even though there’s a big risk of being seeing as a novelty gadget that no one really cares about, the company is really trying to create value and stay on the market.

How well the devices will work and how useful they will be, no one will know until they are actually in users' hands, but if the idea strikes your fancy, you can preorder one now for US$ 279.00

Tile, Not perfect, but good way to find the lost thing,

I lose things all the time. My keys, wallet, and even my bike somehow find a way to escape my possession at least once or twice a week. Worse, there’s never a great solution to help me find the things I’m looking for. There’s no ‘Find My iPhone’ for a wallet, so whenever it goes missing, I’ll have to sift through my couch cushions or even call up one of my friends to see if I’ve left it at their house.

It’s not really a great solution, and it doesn’t always yield favorable results (like actually finding the item I’m looking for), but it’s the only good way I know how to find something I’ve lost. Recently (yes, recently), I lost my wallet again and I thought to myself that with an app for almost anything nowadays there must be a better way to find things I misplace.

Read this Main Features published by press below for more information.

Tile’s Features Include:

·       Locate and manage multiple Tiles on the Tile app, the accompanying iOS application

·       Easily view how far away you are from your lost Tile’s signal, within a 100-150 foot radius

·       When your Tile is outside of its Bluetooth range, use the Tile app’s Last Place Seen feature to discover where you left your item behind

·       Share your Tiles with family, roommates, friends or coworkers to make it incredibly easy for trusted acquaintances to help each other find lost items

·       Tile is secure.  Only you will be able to see where your Tiles are on your Tile app. The only way anyone else can ever see your Tiles on their personal account is if you explicitly share access.  Additionally, Tile never shares your location with others.

·       Login to your friend’s Tile app to find your lost Tile if you don’t have your iPhone or iPad

·       ‘Ring’ your misplaced Tile from your Tile app to make finding items easier

·       Find lost items at a distance thanks to Tile’s community network

·       No need to ever charge a Tile or replace batteries.  After a year, you will be reminded when to order a new Tile

·       Thanks to the Bluetooth Low Energy connection, Tile works completely wirelessly

Even dogs benefiting from wearable tech!

 Humans are not the only ones benefiting from todays booming wearable technologies industry. The Canine remote control lets you walk your dog hands-free from a computer.
A Dog can be your best friend, he listens to your commands and is faithful to you all your life. Not being able to walk him  might jeopardize your relationship. So what if the weather is really bad or you do not feel like taking your dog for a walk? Thanks to a pair of Auburn University researchers named Jeff Miller and David Bevly, you may soon be able to control your K-9 remotely from your computer.


So how does this technology work? 
All you have to do is strap a backpack system remote control system around your dog. Included in this pack is a wireless radio for communication, a GPS for location and command modules to relay instructions via sound and vibrations. While you are sitting all conformable on your couch your dog can go have his daily walk safely while acting appropriately. (does not pee on your neighbors lawn)
The Canine remote control was tested on trained search and rescue dogs and is 98 percent of the time effective. This technology will also allow trained dogs to search at dangerous environments for humans.

Couture Dress Projection

Got tired of a plenty of staff in your wardrobe that rapidly becomes out of fashion or doesn’t suit with each other?
French fashion designer Franck Sorbier solved this problem in his way in his collection Fall/Winter 2012-2013. He represented 14 dresses… in one!

His collection became a bright blend of fashion and technology. It consisted of only two models — one in a black, fitted dress with an elaborate, pointy hat and the other with a simple, white ball gown.
While it may sound unusual for a high-fashion show to consist of only two clothing pieces, the white garment actually served as a canvas for projections, transforming the ensemble into numerous outfits.


Sorbier's inspired display was as much a fashion show as it was a piece of performance art or a theatrical light installation. The presentation followed the dark fairy tale of Donkeyskin, which entails the story of a king, a grieving widower, who has promised his late wife that he shall only remarry a woman of equal beauty, which turns out to be his daughter.
In an effort to avoid the marriage, the princess seeks the guidance of a fairy godmother who advises her to request the impossible — gowns that are the color of the sky, as bright as the sun, and the color of the moon.

                   To see this unusual performance watch the video below:

Impact of wearable tech in heatlh care industry

The wearable technology trend is beginning to take off and two big health organizations want to make sure that they’re not left behind.  In june, 2013, health technology company Qualcomm Life and California health system Palomar Health announced the creation of an incubator for exploring the applications of wearable computing in medicine.

Called Glassomics, the joint program, first reported by MedCityNews, will look at both clinical and consumer applications of health-related wearable technology. Although the name is clearly a nod to Google Glass, it sounds like the incubator won’t limit itself to Google devices.

In a statement, the companies said Glassomics is intended to encourage industry partnerships in research and development efforts and would encompass a range of uses, from patient data monitoring to augmented reality-enhanced clinical applications to genomic information mapping and visualization. The incubator will be housed at Palomar and will make use of Qualcomm Life’s 2net platform, which is the company’s universally-interoperable network for collecting and sharing biometric data from connected health devices.

As Google Glass hype has escalated, many have started pointing out the device’s many potential applications in healthcare, from making surgery more efficient to improving how doctors use and collect data in electronic health records to enabling better telemedicine. But, at this point, not much has actually been demonstrated. Glassonomics could play an early role in testing the limits of Google Glass and wearable technology in the medical arena and showing where opportunities and challenges may lie.

HOT!!! Samsung smartwatch!

Samsung Electronics Co Ltd unveiled a smartwatch on Wednesday that works as an accessory to its market-leading Galaxy smartphones, with a small screen offering basic functions like photos, hands-free calls and instant messaging.

The world's top handset maker hopes the Galaxy Gear will boost the appeal of its range of Android-powered smartphones, as it battles to maintain its supremacy in the rapidly saturating high-end mobile market against arch rival Apple Inc.

Its launch, timed to coincide with the start of the IFA consumer electronics trade show in Berlin, also signals that the South Korean giant is more than just a fast follower in innovation behind Apple, which is preparing to release a new iPhone next week but is yet to go public with any wearable devices.
"It will increase user experience with the Galaxy Note 3 and with this, we aim to create a new lifestyle trend, initially targetting young trend-setters and style icons."

























The smartwatch features a 1.63-inch (4.14-cm) screen as well as a basic camera, and will connect to Samsung's latest Galaxy Note 3 smartphone via wireless Bluetooth technology. It will make calls, display messages, record videos and snap photos, all while the user's phone stays in their pocket or handbag.

Smart Diapers....solution for parents!

“I was driving with my wife and daughter one day, when my wife asked if the baby had wet herself,” said Yaroslav Faybishenko, Pixie’s founder. “I realized she was sitting in data.”. This is how “Pixie Scientific” venture of smart diapers started.

According to the New York Times, this revolutionary diaper can detect possible urinary tract infections, kidney dysfunctions, and dehydration, as well as the more common indicator that the baby has pooped itself. Oppose to what you may think, the technology is not very complicated.  This diapers have a small patch at the front with four colored squares; each of them react differently when they are in contact with certain proteins, water content or bacteria. If an abnormal reaction occurs, the squares will change colors, notifying the parents that something might be off with their baby’s health.

In order to be able to read the diaper information the company has create a smartphone app that takes a picture, makes a precise reading, and can transmit the information to a physician. 

Even though the cost of these diapers will be 30% more than regular ones the owners of “Pixie Scientific” are very enthusiastic that it will become popular product.

On the other hand, some big companies as Huggies are working in similar products and they have already launched a device called "Tweepee" that clips to the diaper and alerts parents through smartphones when babies need to be changed and when diapers are running low.

EMILIANO....TAKE NOTE OF IT :)

Stay with Music!

The times of guys hanging out on the street with a cassette recorder have faded, but the idea to hang with music and share it with others is still alive. Thus, a small New York based design studio Ray Kingston Inc. has developed a wireless speaker that is able to be worn on sneakers.

Ray Kingston Inc., who initially concentrated on the interplay between fashion accessories, urban art, and music created a device that can be easily paired with mobile phones and iPads through Bluetooth. The battery-powered Sneaker Speaker is held in place with either one or two straps, which can be moved into different positions around the wearer's ankle.

At the same time, when not being worn, it can be connected using a stereo jack thanks to AC input.

The founder of the young company, Ray Kingston, worked for fourteen years as product designer at Sony. For his first independent project he decided to use street-art as a way to express emotions, feelings and life struggles.

This is how he describes the device:

“The Sneaker Speaker is the first creation within a new trend in which various forms of street-art are combined, both visually as well as musically. This fashionable and unique design speaker is originally developed for providing inspiration during creative processes. Never before were we able to bring our favorite music with us in such a way, that it reflects our identity whilst sharing it with others”.

TECHNOLOGY & SPORT: Adidas Adizero F50

It was never so easy to track your speed and distance during the training!
Specially for sport addicted and tech adoptable people Adidas invented and launched a new family of product with a technology miCoach SPEED_CELL.
The Adidas miCoach SPEED_CELL is a clever little gadget that combined with the MiCoach Soccer app should give athletes and novices alike some added motivation to exercise even more than usual.
http://micoach.adidas.com

The chip measures the average speed, maximum speed, number of sprints, distance, steps and stride rates of the user at any time. Average speeds and maximum speeds are recorded every second and every five seconds respectively while distance is also tracked at high intensity levels. All the more impressively, it easily stores up to 7 hours of information so there’s no need to sync it up too frequently. It’s a very clever piece of kit.
Intelligent technology isn’t much use if it’s not easy to use though. Fortunately, the Adidas miCoach SPEED_CELL is very simple to set up. Once synced, there are two choices as to how to attach the Adidas miCoach SPEED_CELL to a shoe. With the relevant Adidas boot (such as the Adidas F50 AdiZero) or any shoes where you can clip it.

TECH & FASHION

Talking about wearable technologies we mostly mean techs expressed in accessories as watches, glasses, jewelry, etc. Why would we never think about casual clothes or evening gowns?
This was the question that inspired Hussein Chalayan to create his magic collection, the performance of which reminds more illusionists’ than fashion show.
Collaborating with an engineering firm called 2d:3d, he created prototype dresses with embedded motors, microcontrollers and microswitches.
Thus the show hosted dresses that have a moving neckline, can become more revealing and dresses that can zip and unzip themselves in a variety of ways.

The director of 2d:3d commented the work on the collection:

“Basically, the dresses were driven electronically by controlled, geared motors. We made little pads for the models. Within these containers we had all the battery packs, controlling chips-the microcontrollers and microswitches - and little geared motors. The motors we used were tiny, about a third of the size of a pencil and nine millimeters in diameter. Each of the motors had a little pulley, and the pulley was then attached to this monofilament wire which was fed through hollow tubes. Running everywhere, carrying these little cables, each doing its little job, lifting things up or releasing little linked metallic plates. There was a huge amount of stuff going on beneath the clothes”.

Not yet wearable but already desirable by millions of women worlwide these dresses certainly changed the world of haute couture.

The next big thing

Per Wikipedia, wearable technology is clothing or accessories that incorporate computer and advanced electronic technologies. The design incorporates practical functions and features, but may also have a purely critical or aesthetic agenda.

Analysts from Credit Suisse suggest that wearable technology is going to be the next big thing in the technology space. Their latest data on the topic note that it could amount to a $50 billion dollar industry in the next 3-5 years. That pales in comparison to the much larger smartphone or tablet markets today, but imagine the possibilities. What if all of the sudden you could dictate text messages to a wristband while seeing a visual display of responses on the inside of your bluetooth enabled glasses. Google Glass is taking us there sooner than we think.

Currently the wearable tech space is focused on the health and fitness sector. The report, which is referenced by several sources on the web (but hard to find in it's original form) comes out of their semiconductor analyst desk. Think, the processing chips for this new sector will have to be innovative, affordable, and durable, hence these analyst's interest. On the Credit Suisse website they go into some of the potential uses and sectors which wearable technology could have an impact. In brief, the marketing potential and information that your clothing could share with the designer or manufacturer may soon be limitless. Auto or health insurance companies might build technology into your seatbelt to track your use of it, speed, etc.

Wearable technology certainly isn't new. GPS watches have been around for a while. The head gear worn by the Predator in the 1987 Schwarzenegger classic is a perfect example of wearable technology. This shows we have been dreaming these things up for generations, but it seems as if it is about to become mainstream.

In the coming months we'll share with you many innovative examples of products and ideas that you may see or wear in the coming years. Stay tuned! In the meantime watch out for Predator.