Is it just me or is the internets getting boring now that we've seen the death of web 2.0 ? Is it time to look further afield for cool, interesting digital lifestyle stuff? Maybe the next big thing is going to be about taking connectivity and internet apps and applying them to other things like objects (digital picture frames etc) and clothes.
There's a company called Cute Circuit that makes wearable technology. They have one project which is a tshirt that can send ((hugs)) from one person to another via bluetooth/ mobile.
It's a bit like the Nike Airs Marty McFly has in Back to the Future 2 - totally brilliant but nothing like that has ever appeared - in fact we are going backwards with trainers - it's all about the old skool styles.
Like the tshirt says: "This was supposed to be the future. where is my jetpack, where is my robotic companion, where is my dinner in pill form, where is my hydrogen fueled automobile, where is nuclear powered levitating house, where is my cure for this disease"
Maybe people need to start thinking beyond the PC and beyond the web to really do something interesting these days?
Nice blog BTW.
Liking the look of the new Hyundai wearable mobile: http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/16/hyundai-shows-off-w-100-watch-phone/
Bring on the body gadgets I say...
Posted by: Liam | 16 October 2007 at 10:44 AM
thanks Liam yeah its all about the body gadgets
Posted by: jamescoops | 16 October 2007 at 06:00 PM
Can we have a hover board now please?
Posted by: JohnB | 30 October 2007 at 09:33 AM
Here is something else for your mobile!
www.togz.se
Posted by: Ola | 05 March 2008 at 10:08 AM
There was (and sometimes still is) a new-wave Christian band called Daniel Amos (or DA) that had a song c. 1982 called "It's the Eighties, Where's Our Rocket Packs?" So this T-shirt...spontaneous remote creativity...great minds think alike...or some kid who found his uncle's old album collection? Who knows.
Posted by: Mark Kelly Hall | 15 August 2008 at 08:11 AM