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Fitbit Tracks Your Fitness and Sleep

TheFuture — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 09:11:40 +0000

Fitbit is a very small device that motivates you to exercise and eat healthier to lead a healthy life. It is wireless, rechargeable and you can hang it easily wherever you want. Fitbit can track information about your activities for example, calories burned and steps taken etc. The collected information is wirelessly uploaded to Fitbit website where the person who is wearing this device can see the data and track his/her progress report. Person can also share data with friends, family and colleagues for healthy competition. Fitbit makes it easy to achieve healthy life.

Designer : Fitbit

Flaik Armband for Ski Adventurers

TheFuture — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 06:56:29 +0000

The Flaik armband seems to be a promising device for all you ski adventurers. The device has been named this year’s Australian International Design Award. At the ski slopes, the device records jump airtime using GPS system which is embedded in the armband. Apart from that, the device also keeps a tab on measuring the speed, distance, and altitude and not just automatically uploaded to the Flaik servers. Users can access this data any time via web-enabled device; this surely does push up your bragging quotient. The Flaik also takes care of the social and safety component as the same is included in the system that allows users to track friends and their statistics and also receive SMS when users wander beyond the resorts boundaries.

Designer : Flaik via Gizmodo

Twist Camera Self Powered Camera with Winding Mechanism for Power

TheFuture — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 06:02:45 +0000

The new technologies of digital cameras have become more and more complex, which leads to creating more sophisticated parts and more complex disposable waste. Based on that issue, Bryn Seymour and Jon Rothapfel tried to help creating self powered eco friendly camera. Inspired by other contemporary self powered devices such as radios and lamps, the Twist Camera is a small portable digital camera that uses a winding mechanism for power and would be capable of taking several photographs per cycle of the mechanism.

The Twist Cameras features are minimal with the view finder being a simple hole in the body for the user to look through, a knob to wind for energy, one button for shooting a photograph and a multi colored L.E.D. (Light Emitting Diode) for the user interface.

Photographs can be uploaded from the camera via a USB (Universal Serial Bus) plug that is hidden under the winding cap to a computer for further distribution and viewing.

It is intended that such a device could support resolution of up to 5MP with current technologies and find use in a range of diverse areas such as recreation, children’s products and third world use.

The self winding mechanism is also intended to highlight how the latest technologies can live in a more harmonious way with us in our society and hopefully make people aware that energy does not just only come from a power point.

Designer : Bryn Seymour and Jon Rothapfel