3d printing limbs
I think this is one of my favorite applications for 3d printing. Such excitement on their faces! Looking forward to the day when fanciful, colorful body enhancements don’t even get a second glance.
Temporary interactive tattoos
The ultimate “wearable”; smart temporary tattoos that have functionality. Seriously I think all the gadgets we currently carry – phones, trackers, health monitoring devices will very soon just be stickers that we attach to ourselves (or be woven into our clothing) – wrote about both of those before (http://lindaricci.com/body-stickers and http://lindaricci.com/quantifying-apparel). These are fascinating. Coming out of the MIT Media Lab, these temporary tattoos have different configurations: one iteration has an NFC chip embedded in it (allowing for interaction with nearby gadgets), another lets you use your finger to interact with your computer screen…made out of real
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Body Stickers
*This* is the future of wearables – the Fitbit plastic wristbands and other variants are merely temporary in between steps to discreet, personal stickers. No larger than a postage stamp and as thin as a human hair, these devices consist of an antenna and thinned near-field communication chip mounted onto a stretchable adhesive. Disposable, wearable anywhere on the body – these can be used wherever, and whenever is necessary. The implications for the personal data being gathered and shared with healthcare providers and insurance companies is another frontier in privacy, that personally I feel
Quantifying apparel
Fascinating work on invisibly embedding technology that measures us throughout the day (and night?)…someday wearables will be disposable, 3D printed textile-based “devices” that can measure whatever we, and our doctors deem important (or maybe…not so important; I call that navel gazing); then our pharma printers can supply us with our customized supplements and medicines to compensate for whatever we need.
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Fossil Group acquires fitness wearables maker Misfit for $260M
Good for them – great little product, and Fossil makes sense from a brand perspective. More info @ http://venturebeat.com/2015/11/12/fossil-group-acquires-the-fitness-wearables-maker-misfit-for-260m Automated post from Decahedralist Inc. – http://ift.tt/1N2nmAg November 13, 2015 at 03:59PM
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Opportunity Lost: NikeFuel, Gamification & Making a Difference
Nike+ & NikeFuel are beautiful examples of a brand living their values (Just Do It!) via technology and community. A new campaign by one of the biggest consumer brands in the world brings those elements into sharp focus by combining user’s NikeFuel points with love for their favorite college basketball teams. But they missed an opportunity to create something really special. A good friend posted on Facebook today, requesting his friends who were fellow alumni of his college to “pledge their Nike+ Fuel and get on board!”. As someone who has been working with
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