If you thought that nothing in the world could be better than eating chocolate then it is time to get a jacket. No, really. Of course, we aren’t talking about slipping on any old jacket here. Eating a bar of chocolate while wearing your old bomber jacket or satin windbreaker isn’t likely to lead to an enhanced experience. No, what we are talking about here is the Cadbury’s Joy Jacket. This is something which the sweets company had commissioned Hirsch & Mann to develop. The idea of the Joy Jacket is simple but rather wonderful;...
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Ties are great for a number of reasons although none of them spring instantly to mind, to be honest. However, one thing they aren’t generally bought for is negotiating public transport routes. Well, things are about to change in the exciting world of neckwear for passengers, with the arrival of the rather fine Tokyo Metro Map tie from Bluebelland. It looks like just any other tie at first glance, with a style which we believe lets the wearer blend in perfectly in the Tokyo underground train system. This is just as well, as that’s pretty...
Wigs have been incredibly useful to many people over the years but could they be the future of wearable technology? It seems unlikely that a toupee could be the next big thing but that is what the, ahem, bigwigs at Sony seem to think. A device they have considered making has been called a SmartWig and Sony has already filed a patent for it. It should really be called the Sony Syrup, we think. While this might seem the like the ideal accessory for a follically embarrassed gadget lover, our more hirsute readers don’t need to despair. The...
It was about time, wasn’t it? We are almost into 2014 and the world has cried out for a pillow or piece of clothing which changes colour for quite some time now. Well, cry out no more. The Meiji University in Japan is the home of the new LightCloth. A group of researchers there have managed to come up with a fabric which changes colour on demand. It is woven from a number of fibre option lines which allow the furnishing and clothing items which use it to – gasp! – change colour. Change Colour with a Pen or Laser Pointer Sunao Hashimoto...
So, you are on the beach with your flip-flop sandals and you have a raging thirst but nothing to drink. We’ve all been there at some point. A serious design flaw in most types of beach wear is that it provides you with few decent and hygienic places to store drinks. You’ve never thought of putting some refreshing liquids in your footwear before now, have you? A Secret Stash of Drink The frankly unlikely combination of sandals and drink is now possible due to a product called the Reef Dram Sandal. The idea is simple; when you are feeling...
Summer might have come and gone yet again but what if you still get a bit hot under the collar at work? Anyone who has to wear a shirt and tie to work knows that this kind of gear can result in feeling a hot and sticky by the end of the working day. Who is going to help you have a happier and cooler time while you in your office working away? That’s right; Japanese inventors of weird gadgets. From the Land of the Rising Sun comes the USB powered necktie clip cooler. It is sold online for $32, which works out as about £20, and has got...
With smart technology being added into so many different things these days it was only a matter of time before someone starting messing with our blooming socks. The people behind this new idea are from the US and the firm is called Heapsylon. The great thing about these smart socks is that they err, well, basically they help you monitor your balance and way of walking. Now, you may not have realised that your balance was an issue you needed to keep more of an eye on but these socks are here to tell you differently. They can be used when...
We have all been in the situation where we have got home and realised that the pair of jeans we just bought looks ludicrous on us, haven’t we? It is easy to get flustered and confused in changing room hell but thankfully there is now a gadget which will help you find the perfect jeans every time. It is called Me-Ality and it is really rather clever. It works by scanning your derriere and your legs and working out which of the jeans which are in stock would be best suited to you. This is done using radio waves to take your measurements...
It is always good to see technology being used to fight crime, and that is exactly what is being done in India right now. The country was shocked by a recent brutal rape case and an aeronautical engineering student called Manisha Mohan decided to take action. Using her technical knowledge she and friends Rimpi Tripathi and Niladhri Basu Bal came up with a solution which should help to protect women in the future. The solution comes in the form of a bra which gives out an electric shock of 38000kv to anyone who grabs it. This amount of...
The recent weather has been a real downer but has at least provided great conversation material (it’s kind of our thing in Britain). It has also provided ample opportunity to test drive some new winter technology and over the past three weeks we’ve looked at touchscreen gloves. We’ve been to Iceland and back in the meantime too, narrowing down two of the best pairs in the process. Agloves – Gloves with a silver lining Smart phones are great but come with a major winter hindrance because most won’t play well...