gloves with GPS - doesn’t exist
Published on February 12th, 2008 in fitness, gps navigation, misc news
It is one of those design competitions where students with lots of free time creative minds make up design futuristic gadgets. This one is called Vie - after the French word for ‘life’.
Vie - which fits on your hand like a glove - is designed for those who go out running/jogging/walking in the dark and apparently is aimed at keeping them safe from harm with its color E-ink screen that can display your location on Google Maps thanks to its GPS receiver. And if you are serious danger here is what it can do:
send a stress beacon in case of emergency to all VIEmates in the vicinity, or even straight to the police depending on urgency. A sign of heart failure automatically sends a SOS to the nearest hospital.
There are of course other features built-in such as the bluetooth hand shakes to transfer information, one handed operation with tactile feedbacks as the interface, and even an online community. And why stop there when you have no limitations such as cost, power consumption, wireless networks, etc. Vie, somehow, is also a health monitor and a personal trainer. All this with a simple watch battery… via
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