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TOUCHY Human Camera: The Truman Show IRL, Only Bulkier

Range — Mon, 07 May 2012 16:00:53 +0000

Are you using your smartphone to Instagram and Tweet photos all over the place? Get into the 21st century, thanks to TOUCHY, Eric Siu’s wearable camera that captures images from the perspective of its wearer.

Eric Siu, from Hong Kong, has conceived a new kind of tactile camera and he’s named it TOUCHY. It was developed while he was a resident artist at the Ishikawa Oku Laboratory at the University of Tokyo in Japan. The TOUCHY camera sits on top of the user’s head, blocking out his sight with oversize shutters until another person activates it. Only while the wearer is touched will the camera capture images, once every ten seconds, leaving them blind when not touched by another human.

Think of TOUCHY more as a social experiment than an actual product concept. The device itself is quite bulky and rather ridiculous looking, but it definitely makes you think about how we broadcast our lives on the web, thanks to smartphones, at the same time being more and more self-absorbed in our gadgets while we walk around.

[via designboom]

o.d.m. Sunstich LCD Watch: Portable Solar-Powered Sundial

Range — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 12:00:25 +0000

We here at Technabob have a thing for cool digital watches, and here’s another to add to our collection. The o.d.m. Sunstitch watch is solar-powered and features a display that is reminiscent of the shadow of a sundial. The whole face of the watch is single LCD display, with the solar panel presumably hidden behind the face. The overall effect is a muted and minimal.

This watch was designed by Michael Young for Hong Kong-based brand o.d.m., known for its creative and reasonably priced watch designs. The Sunstich watch has no buttons and comes with a touch-sensitive screen. By tapping on specific sections of the face, the functions of the watch can be triggered. It’s also got a battery backup in case the sun doesn’t shine enough.

There’s no word yet on the release date or price of the Sunstitch, but if you’re interested in one, you might want to keep an eye out on o.d.m.’s Michael Young collection here.

[via Moco LoCo]

JC/DC Gummy Me Watch: Wear an Extraterrestrial Rabbit on Your Wrist

Range — Sun, 07 Aug 2011 14:14:40 +0000

If you love (or loathe) Jean Charles de Castelbajac’s funky watch designs, then check out these unusual new watches from JC/DC that look like rabbits. Once you take them off your wrist, they look like they might hop away.

JC/DC collaborated with Hong-Kong-based watchmaker odm for this design. It’s called the Gummy Me watch, and is supposed to combine an E.T. with a rabbit. These toy/kitsch inspired watches look like something kids might wear, but JC/DC doesn’t design clothes for kids. The time can be told by staring into E.T. rabbit’s eyes. There’s also a backlight that’s activated when you press the side of the rabbit’s head.

These funky watches come in black, white, red and blue, and ship in a package that resembles a test tube (or some sort of alien transport chamber). They cost $85 (USD) each over at the ODM store.

[via The Trendy Girl]

Brando Cockroach Necklace Flash Drive: Who Wants to Wear One?

Lambert Varias — Mon, 18 May 2009 12:09:24 +0000

Brando, producer of gadgets that are mostly devoid of sense, is at it again with their latest flash drive, the “jewel bug necklace flash drive.”

Look at all the shiny plastic. Brando is kind enough to include a chain so that you can make a necklace with the bug as its pendant, although why anyone would do so is beyond me.

On second thought, it’s not half bad. But still, why a cockroach? Nevermind. If there’s one thing I can say about Brando, it’s that they’re consistent. Consistently weird. The jewel bug necklace flash drive is only available at 8 Gb capacity. It’s for sale for $33 USD at Brando’s online store.

[via Everything USB]