Seven high-tech watches you can't buy...yet |
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First up is the iPod watch. Designed by Peter Burns, this concept watch is supposed to be a "10GB player with Bluetooth-enabled earphones." The clean design is enhanced by the lack of wiring between the player and earphones, "a sleek, efficient method of dealing with the increasing risk of misplacing the unit as the iPod gets smaller and smaller."
Now this one is quite interesting. The Monaco V4 concept watch from Tag Heuer "uses belts instead of gears," which creates a lot less friction than cogs driving one another. This watch has a miniaturized drive belt mechanism and is powered by a platinum ingot that slides back and forth as you move your wrist. (Click on the video to view the video uploaded by shenyrr.)
Okay. This is huge. Literally. This 7-ounce watch boasts a 2.8-inch touchscreen LCD display, SD card slot, Bluetooth, GPS receiver, WiFi, USB, and support for Linux or Windows CE operating systems. The sheer number of features makes the PC watch a very handy piece of tech, but I personally wouldn't be caught dead wearing it, though.
There's definitely more than meets the eye to this watch. It actually transforms into a cellphone! According to designer Manon Maneenawa, "You can slide the unit out of the wristwatch band, and with a triple-flip technique, extend it to use it as a normal cell phone. As a wrist watch, it has a speaker phone button that allows the user to answer the phone and hang up while driving. Or the user can combine the Triple Watch with a Bluetooth headset and carry on a wireless conversation that way."
Time for something amusing around here. The Backside Watch, designed by Open Concepts, is a watch meant to be worn upside down. "From one point of view this watch is not so comfortable for precise time measuring. If you put the watch on your hand and that brought you in good mood it means the life turned bright side to you!"
Now this watch is something that I'll shell out my hard-earned money for. This is called Timeflex, a nifty self-gumming watch sticks to your skin/clothes and can be rolled up like paper when not in use. Based on flexible screen technology, you control the menu via touchscreen.
Timeflex is powered by batteries so small they're invisible to the naked eye. How I'm supposed to recharge them if I can't see them is beyond me, but hey, at least if you're sick of people always asking you what time it is, you can just slap Timeflex onto your forehead so everybody can see the time.
From Tadiran Communications comes new video communication technology that delivers real-time images taken by helicopters on to a 3-inch LCD display. The display is mounted on a wristwatch-style receiver dubbed the V-Rambo and gives soldiers an aerial view of the battlefield with video beamed directly from drones at 30 frames per second.
Via TechEBlog
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I can't wait for these to come out!
the last watch shown is cutting the guys blood circulation off, by the looks of his hand. OH dear.
that belt watch looks beast