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OftenBen  ·  2925 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: You know that smartwatch you didn't buy? Nobody else bought it either.

Where do I purchase such a beautiful monster?





rob05c  ·  2925 days ago  ·  link  ·  

http://www.amazon.com/Armband-screen-Multi-use-forearm-armband/dp/B00KC64JRM

If you want weird looks and social contempt, you could just go with a pink mohawk. Or Google Glass.

user-inactivated  ·  2925 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I was going to say "bah, that's nothing, go to the fashion show at SIGGRAPH some time", but it looks like they don't do them anymore. You miss out.

goobster  ·  2925 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Apropos of nothing, I was once commissioned by a magnet manufacturer to design a dress made of magnets for the PPAI fashion show. PPAI is where manufacturers show their "promotional products" - like pens and mousepads and shit that you can print your company name imprinted on - and they have a "fashion show" to show off wearable products. (Hats, t-shirts, safety vests, etc.)

The magnet manufacturer wanted to stand out, so they talked to me about making a dress out of magnets, so their products could be featured in the fashion show.

I ballparked the design and building of the dress at around $1500, and they balked at that. I did designs, renderings, drawings, etc, and the dress even transformed... the length could be changed by peeling off the lower skirts (since they were magnetic), the collar could be changed, etc.

It would have been a news story EVERYWHERE - not just at the convention - but they were too short-sighted to see the potential and canned the project.

Too bad. I would have liked to have seen that dress...