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Recon Jet Wearable Computer Sports Eyewear

Check It Out or Buy on Amazon (Paid Link) If you are in the market for a new pair of sunglasses and a tablet, the Recon Jet from Recon Instruments is what you are looking for with a wearable computer built onto sports smart eyewear. The Recon Jet is a stand-alone smart eyewear computing platform that uses a small high definition display to relay information from running applications to the wearer. Onboard the eyewear is a 1 GHz Dual-Core ARM Cortex-A9 processor with 1 GB of SDRAM and 8 GB of Flash memory storage, which is about the processing power of most smartphones. The [...]

SolePower Harvests Energy One Step at a Time

Mobile devices have definitely changed our access to technology but finding power when we are on the go can be a bit of a challenge. SolePower has looked at this problem, and they are finding power one-step at a time. SolePower is an energy harvesting and power storage solution built into a shoe insole. The device collects power as the user walks during both the swing and impact stages using mechanical linkages and generators to capture power. The power is stored in a battery pack that can be worn around the ankle or clipped to the top of a shoe. When your device needs juice, simply connect it to the [...]

The Garmin HUD Navigation System Keeps Eyes on the Road

Fighter pilots depend on their head-up display; looking down for a few seconds could mean life or death. As we are learning, distracted drivers looking at their cell phones and not at the road can have the same dire consequences. Garmin International is putting your eyes back on the road with the release of HUD, a head-up display system designed for smart phone navigation apps. The HUD system projects driving directions onto the windshield using either an included transparent film or an included reflector lens that attaches to the unit. Using Garmin StreetPilot1 for iPhone or NAVIGON for Android and iPhone, the device connects through Bluetooth and will display and [...]

Visual Device Charge Monitoring with a Practical Meter

Check It Out or Buy on Amazon (Paid Link) Smart phones and tablets have become a necessary part of daily life yet the biggest obstacle with these devices is downtime because they need to charge up. The Practical Meter from Power Practical is a power meter designed to optimize charge times so we can spend less time waiting and more time doing. The Practical Meter is an inline power meter that fits into any USB port and lets you know exactly how much power your charging device is receiving. The device has five LED lights representing one watt per light. When combined with their [...]

Button TrackR Finder Keeps You from Losing It

I hate losing it, whatever, "it" is. Car keys, a wallet, my backpack. It is not that I am forgetful; sometimes all of us have looked around the room and wondered where we left an item. Button TrackR, coming later this year, is going to end the hide-and-seek game for losing, "it". Button TrackR is a small bi-directional finder device that can affix to most items and is about the size of a quarter. It uses Bluetooth Low Energy technology and when combined with their TrackR app, can locate your lost items within 100 feet. Button TrackR helps you find your lost item by using the app to make the [...]

Pairasight Point-of-View High-Definition Streaming Glasses

Point of view videography usually involves holding a camera or attaching a small camera to a helmet or other headgear. The Pairasight Project is bringing point of view video capture and streaming to a glasses camera. Pairasight is a wearable dual five megapixel glasses camera system that looks like a pair of glasses. The platform is a light, convenient and a non-disruptive solution that finally solves the problem of having someone else miles away see and hear what you are experiencing. Pairasight can capture and stream 1080p high-definition video and audio wirelessly through a smartphone or other internet device and with two speakers, users of the Pairasight can even communicate [...]

Lumigrids Bicycle Light Shows All Terrain Conditions

There is no doubt having a quality bicycle light keeps you safe while riding at night. Lumigrids bicycle light not only gives you the visibility you need, it also highlights terrain differences on the road ahead. Lumigrids bicycle light was developed by Sichuan University's Department of Industrial Design with the goal of removing shadows cast from ordinary bike lights when they encounter a deformation in the road. Lumigrids projects an LED grid ahead of the rider that on a flat road will have perfect squares. When the rider encounters terrain that differs in height from the road, like a pothole or curbing, the grid deforms, clearly showing the rider the [...]

Quality 3D Printing with the 347-Dollar Buccaneer 3D Printer

3D Printing is becoming more and more mainstream yet the biggest obstacle to bringing it into everyone's home is cost. Pirate3D is about to change that with their Buccaneer 3D Printer. The Buccaneer for 3D Printing was designed to be easy to use, functional, elegant and affordable for everyday users who may not even know what CAD means. It comes ready to use out of the box with just a few set-up requirements that involve loading a material spool, plugging it in and detecting the device on your wireless network. Once fully set up, users can click their mouse and the machine prints the design. Pirate3D has made several designs [...]

Hovertrax is Fun Powerful Personal Portable Transportation

Self-balancing gyroscopic technology has spawned several innovations from the Segway to upright mobile robotics. Inventist has come up with another balancing innovation for personal portable transportation: Hovertrax. The Hovertrax uses gyroscopic technology and accelerometers to keep a person in a standing upright position while it transports them both indoors and out. Each side of the board tilts independently and based on the rider's foot movement on the platforms, they will move forward, backward, turn or circle. The system is powered by a lithium-ion battery that drives two hub motors and can be fully recharged in about an hour. It has a four mile range on a charge, a top speed [...]