Sensoria Fitness Smart Socks

Wearable is all the rage right now. Most (all?) big brands are working at full throttle to bring us SmartWatches and smartGlasses that will once again reshape the way we interact with computers; and you need only look at the success of fitness tracking devices and services to realize more and more people are joining up to this data gathering generation that wants to know everything about everything - including how much they walk, run, sleep, etc. What you might not have expected would be for the smart-mania to reach... socks. Indeed, we now have SmartSocks available, like these Sensoria Fitness in Indiegogo.

These socks bring to the public something that until now was only available to professional athletes: a way to accurately measure the pressure you put in different parts of each foot. Although it only tracks three areas in each one (unlike those high-resolution systems we see on sports documentaries) it's more than enough to detect if you're stance, walking, running, is off balance - possibly preventing you from serious injuries down the line.

You can wash the socks just like any other, and at $59 for three pairs, it isn't really that expensive (some running socks cost more that that... while being completely "dumb socks". These socks communicate with your smartphone via a bluetooth anklet bracelet that attaches magnetically to the socks, and also has a range of sensors to track your movement. A basic kit can be yours for $119 dollars, which is about the same you would pay for other tracking devices.

Skycam Falls Down During Game

One would think the time to fear the sky falling down over our heads was long gone, but for american football players, it seems there's a new reason to wear protection helmets.

During a game, a SkyCam - a camera rig suspended by cables over the playing field, which allows the recording of spectacular images from its vantage point, and zoom along at up to 13m/s (nearly 30 mph) - came tumbling down... barely missing the Iowa sideline player Marvin McNutt!

Looks like players will have to keep an eye up high in the sky from now on... just to be safe. :)

Airbag Inflatable WetSuit for Surfers

If you think keeping your head out of the water is easy, you should talk to people like Shane Dorian, big wave surfers that often are forced down under gigantic waves - hoping they'll somehow be able to resurface before they drown.

Not wanting to go without a fight, Shane contacted Billabong to see if they could create a wetsuit that could be instantly inflated and bring him to the surface should anything happen.

This wetsuit is still being tested, by I figure it won't be too long before it will be commercially available and a big life-saver (literally) to lots of people facing the ocean in their daily lives.


Billabong V1 Wetsuit from Billabong USA on Vimeo.