#71

Yeah I don’t know what the issue is- I have no problem with stereoscopic photos/viewmasters, can see them fine and don’t feel sick. I’ve never tried a 3d film in the cinema after the tv experience in the shop, and the craze seems to have died out now.

I guess that’s the thing- companies would rather have a potential market of everyone, rather than automatically eliminating a chunk of people at the start who can’t see the 3d effect or find it makes them sick.

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#72

I’d like to mount a legal battle against it ruining my glasses, but they cost about £15 so…

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#73

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#74

Well clearly this is only because I have never been able to purchase this!!!

(Also I now live in a part of the world where you need to wear gloves about 5 times a year. Fucking stupid climate.)

#75

When I saw a news story about this recently, I thought it was an April Fools, but apparently true

#76

Just move to Tasmania.

#77

This has just reminded me that I did some copy last year for a “smart” backpack. It was controllable by the straps.

Not going to link to the product for obvious reasons.

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#78

So it had loads of buttons on the straps for doing stuff like making phone calls?

#79

It was pretty ambitious, but ultimately relied on being connected to a phone. To the credit of the designers, it had a huge battery life, which the phone could siphon. It was a nice backpack too, loads of pockets. Lots of swipe sensors on the straps to turn volume up/down, answer calls and stuff.

Just utterly impractical in real life.

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#80

Weird how more people don’t use edge now seeing as its basically just chrome with better privacy options these days

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#81

I did a bunch of work a couple of years ago for a water industry magazine (SO GLAM) and loads of it was about IoT sensors and how they were going to revolutionise water monitoring etc. Reckon that’s a good application. Smart kettles/fridges/ovens/doorbells can fuck off, though I actually do use the timer on my wasing machine thank you for coming to TEDx Cardiff

#82

My mental image was of these tbh, keyrings with stickers on that help kids remember steps for doing things, or checklists of what they should bring to or from school.

#83

Basically this, but for people who buy moleskin planners and drink craft ale.

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#84

I imagine the £5 plastic keyrings are of more practical use to their target audience of children’s SEN support and dementia patients.

#85

And almost certainly a better use of £5.

#86

Really really wouldn’t want to try to go through security in an airport with one of those if timing was tight!

#87

Edge is just chrome without the bit that lets Google spy on you.

If you’re already on Windows might as well stick to one American Corp looking through your meme collection.

#88

Haha definitely not!

Without giving too much away, I think the original idea was for cyclists (couriers in particular) to be able to safely interact on the move.

I’m not, and have never been a cycle courier, but I would’ve thought that stopping to answer a call would be the safest way to interact.

The actual design of the backpack was like Nathan Barley had been paid to hold a focus group for millennials, spent the money on sniff and made it up. Rustic futuristic.

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#89

Reminds me of this thing

which if you keep scrolling down has animated gifs of each of the features. It’s like someone noted all the little things that irritate you when flying and going through security but this is not a normal jacket you’d wear otherwise, it’s just a sort of crazy collection of gadgetry and ideas that end up being a complete mess. Even if you flew with one you’d still be faffing around with all the bits and have a jacket that’s about 3 times bulkier and more annoying that anything else you’d wear.

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#90

And yet, it still doesn’t have a pocket for yer Broon and a pocket for yer tabs

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