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QR Code P8TCH – Wearable Web Link

by Jay Garrett on July 29, 2008

This patch is no ordinary patch.

It is a patch for the more, can I say, Geeky of us :)

The makers bill it as something akin to ‘a TinyURL you can wear’, allowing people to scan the QRCode using a phone and be pointed to any web page you define – I think that is truly fab!

I am considering some for this site as well as possibly putting one in the release pack of one of my bands new album………..

This is the tech bit:

The QRCode is permanently set to a Swiss URL – p8t.ch/somekindofuniqueidentifier.

You have control over this URL, and can change it to redirect to a site of your choice as often as you like.

So, people can use a QRcode reader (available for the iPhone, Nokia N series phones and the like), scan it and be sent to anything you choose – your blog, your YouTube channel, you get the idea.

$20 From P8TCH

 

via ShinyShiny

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Embrace My Hoody – Embraceme

by Jay Garrett on May 23, 2008

embrace MEI’m quite a romantic kinda guy but can’t get with those broken-heart pendants where each of the couple where half a heart and that kind of silliness.

This, for me, comes under the same catagory.

It is an ”ultra-soft hoodie with a pattern made of silver conductive fabric.”

This means that when two people wearing the embrace-me hoodies huggle the energy is transferred and a pattern on the back lights up while a heartbeat sound is emitted – classy.

If this was made as a company uniform or something then the hugs-per-day would go up and office parties could be self-illuminating – but at $480 to $600 per pair I can’t see it some how.

OhGizmo

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Volt-Couture. The Piezoelectric Dress

April 29, 2008 Click to read more →

In the world of geek-chic, solar-powered dresses are so ‘06 daaaaahling!
The ladies in the know are all about piezoelectric material, just check out the rather natty Piezing.
Designed by Amanda Parkes, this piece of couture is set to steal the show at the 2ndSkin expo in San Francisco.
The outfit features electricity-generating fabrics around the joints of [...]