A Daily Mail
article caught my eye the other day frankly because it was simply
“weird” to associate a jacket with GPS navigation. The other element
that was very unusual is that the company was showing a woman wearing a
bright neon fuchsia jacket with white stripes around the lower arms to
promote their latest wearable creation. Hmm.. I liked them even before I
knew exactly what this jacket did.
Then I read that this jacket is a city-specific, location-enabled apparel. Wearable Experiments is
the company making this jacket happen. With a sensor located inside,
vibrations are given either to your left shoulder, right shoulder or
directly in the middle. These vibrations indicate which way to turn or
if you have arrived. And all of this low-level GPS navigation is
programmed by a simple app.
With this jacket I just might watch where I’m going and enjoy the scenery more without constantly looking at my iPhone.
And
now that the Navigate App is available for walking in Paris, Sydney and
New York, I just might hope on that red eye from Palm Springs to New
York and test one out! #tech4her
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