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WHAT NOT TO WEARABLE Top 5 Most Interesting Wearables at SXSW 2015
By Erin Askew, Art Director
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Digital cobbler using 3D printing tech to personalize
the fit of your shoe
5 FEETZ
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ERIN’S TAKE:
Not Wearable. I wouldn’t be caught dead in them. BUT it’s very possible that custom printed 3D shoes have a big role to play in the future.
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4 WRISTIFY
A bracelet that heats or cools you designed by award-winning designer Niccolo Casas
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ERIN’S TAKE:
Wearable. I like the sci-fi meets Slinky design. If I had one I wouldn’t have to fight fellow Comrades for control of the air conditioner.
WHY IT’S INTERESTING
• 16.5% of all energy consumption in the US comes from air conditioning and heating
• If the device stops one building from adjusting its temperature by just 1 degree Celsius, it will save roughly 100 kilowatt-hours per month.
• Invented by MIT students in an attempt to replace air conditioning and heating units in an energy efficient, cost effective way.
• It’s a thermoelectric bracelet that sends pulses of hot or cold waveforms to the wrist. This causes the wearer to feel cooled or warmed.
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3 KOVERT
DESIGNS
Designer jewelry with embedded chip technology to provide notifications through vibrations
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ERIN’S TAKE:
Wearable. Surprisingly not ugly at all, I would actually wear this!
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2 SOLEPOWER
A power generating shoe insole that can charge electronics.
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WHY IT’S INTERESTING:
• Did you know that 84% of people in Kenya have mobile phones, but only 14% of them have access to electricity
• Sole power harnesses kinetic electricity and uses it to charge a battery pack. This can be used to charge a phone or light a room
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ERIN’S TAKE:
Wearable. Now I can trek the Pacific Coast Trail and check my Comrade email the entire time
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1 TINITELL
A minimalist designed mobile wrist phone featuring a GPS tracker for kids.
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WHY IT’S INTERESTING:
• The Tinitel watch is a one button touch phone that allows a child to easily make phone calls
• The app allows parents to track and call their child
ERIN’S TAKE:
Wearable. I’ll never lose my imaginary kids again.
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HONORABLE MENTION
FITBARK
Fitbit for your dog! Track your dogs activity.
ERIN’S TAKE:
Not wearable. Knowing much play and sleep my dog is getting would be cool for about a week.
