iMerciv Inc., a Canadian startup, earlier this month launched an Indiegogo campaign for the BuzzClip, a small wearable designed to help blind or visually impaired people avoid obstacles in their path. The US$50,000 they are looking to raise will allow them to finish off development and get a first production run going. Everything from construction signs, barriers, promotional signboards and overhanging tree branches can […]
Concepts
Concept Sunday: Minimalistic Watchin’ smartwatch user interface
While many traditional timepieces distinguish themselves with a number of complications, a number strive instead for as simple design as possible (not that we have featured many here on EyeOnMobility. The same cannot be said for smartwatches where the race is on to pack as many features in a bid to stand out from the competition. But what if a […]
Concept Sunday: ERGO smartwatch concept
Sharp last year unveiled a new technology called Free-Form Display that allows them to give displays any shape they want and lo longer restricts them to rectangular shapes. Sharp highlighted the benefits of the new technology for the automotive industry but also the mobile space, suggesting we could soon see “wearable devices with elliptical displays.” The ERGO smartwatch concept by Jeabyun […]
Concept Sunday: Three wearable contactless payment devices for 2020
Visa Europe earlier this year asked five design students and graduates at Central Saint Martins, an art and design institution in the UK, to imagine how wearable contactless payment devices might look and work in 2020. Three concepts were presented this week at the Visa Europe Technology Partner Forum in London. With Visa having recently mandated that all all point […]
Concept Sunday: Vision Pro Watch 3 revealed
We did not have to wait very long for Hass.T to give us a better look at his Vision Pro Watch 3 luxury smartwatch after he teased us last month. It is billed as “my own answer to the Apple Watch, LG Watch Urbane, the Moto 360, in fact, all of the smart wearables you can buy.” The Vision Pro […]
Concept Sunday: Modular Project OMNI smartwatch
While Project Ara’s modular smartphone has been delayed to 2016, the Blocks modular smartwatch is weeks away from its big crowdfunding kickoff. It promises to give us the ability to build our own smartwatch using a core module and link blocks that come together to form the bracelet. But others are also thinking about modular smartwatches. Project OMNI from UK’s Thinkable Studio is […]
Concept Sunday: Cancelled “value-tier” Moto 360 concept
Motorola this week unveiled its new Moto 360 Collection. Last year’s smartwatch has grown into a line consisting of three different models. Along with a new 46mm model, there is now a smaller 42mm model and a more rugged model, the Moto 360 Sport, geared at more active users. Under different circumstances, there might also have been a cheaper model geared […]
Concept Sunday: Fitbit Redesigned
IDC’s report that Apple took second place in global wearables shipments in Q2 2015 was not welcome news for Fitbit and others. While it remained the top wearables manufacturer this past quarter, it may not do so for much longer. While consumers are not likely to abandon fitness trackers any time soon, Fitbit may have a harder time convincing them to […]