When your shoes can guide you to a desired destination, why do you want to narrow your eyes to a small screen?
British artist Dominic Wilcox created a pair of wingtips to do so.
Inspired by Dorothy ruby slippers in The Wizard of Oz, this shoe is equipped with global positioning chips that are activated when high heels are clicked together.
Once the wearer\'s chosen destination is uploaded via the USB port, the LED light on the left shoe toe points the wearer in the right direction, while the tip of the right shoe gives the reading progress.
\"Technology is not shouting;
It\'s an additive that makes shoes more useful, \"said Wilcox, who is in talks with several companies to get shoes to market next year.
While Wilcox\'s work may never exceed the curiosity of the Art Gallery, the emergence of miniature, low-level works
Cost sensors and LED modules set off a race between tech giants and startups to deliver wearable products that track where you are, what you see and how you feel.
Intel expects most people to eventually wear three to eight items embedded in sensors and computers.
The chip maker has introduced a new range of processors for small devices such as smart watches.
Through its risk ARM, Intel has invested in Recon Instruments, a Canadian manufacturing technology company.
Headdress of athletes.
As part of the push for wearable devices, the company also poached talent from Nike and Oakley.
Mike Payne, director of Experience Design at Intel Labs, said: \"We will see wearable devices in various parts of the body . \".
Sales of wearable devices that can connect to the Internet or use mobile phones or tablet apps will grow from $8.
Shane Walker, analyst at IHS Global Insights, said nearly $6 billion last year from 30 billion to 2018.
While much of the discussion around wearable devices is focused on big-
Google Glass and the much-anticipated company plan (
Although not confirmed yet)
From Apple\'s iWatch, several startups have sprung up to profit from all the excitement. San Francisco-
Innovalley-based companies say they have licensed their version of Wilcox GPS shoes to sports apparel maker Puma. It is working with Telefónica to create a motorcycle helmet that is connected to a smartphone so that if the wearer has an accident, it can send an alarm to the police and relatives.
Heapsylon, a startup based in Redmond, Washington.
Will launch a T-soon-
Shirt and sports bra with heart rate monitoring function.
The clothing retail price is $59 and will be sold in stores by the end of the year.
\"It is comfortable and can be washed, and it provides real
David Vigan, chief executive of data.
Others in the field don\'t pay much attention to functionality, they pay more attention to novelty.
Roosegaarde Studios, which has offices in the Netherlands and China, has produced a dress called \"intimacy,\" and when it senses her being aroused from a change in a woman\'s heartbeat, it becomes
Founder Daan Roosegaarde says he has sold some clothing to private art collectors and he has also received phone calls from fashion companies.
\"We have been working on jumping out of technology from the computer screen to be part of the clothes you wear,\" the designer said . \".
For those who can\'t pay tens of thousands of dollars for a show --
Through clothing, the United StatesK.
CuteCircuit will launch a mini skirt embroidered with LED lights that can change color through the iPhone app just in time for the holiday.
Francesca Rosella, creative director of CuteCircuit, said: \"All aspects of our lives are digital, but fashion is stagnant in the Middle Ages . \" The company produced stage costumes for singers Katie Perry and u2.
Light is unlikely-
At Macy\'s or Nordstrom, up clothing will soon take up the aisle.
Electronics have a nasty habit of shorting when cleaning and putting in a dryer, says Jennifer Darmour, a wearable device expert at Seattle consulting firm Artefact.
Power and battery life are still obstacles.
It will take several years for manufacturers to come up with the economies of scale needed to bring high prices
Technology clothing within reach of the people.
\"Think about the market being where brick machines were a few years ago,\" Darmour said . \".
\"We still have a long way to go before we enter the iPhone era.