Real-Life Instagram Camera on the way?

It was a concept last year, but this time it doesn’t look like a conceptual design but a real-life Instagram camera – to be called Socialmatic. Socialmatic and Polaroid is planning on releasing this device next year – a camera where you capture, choose filters and posted them up to your social media or print it out directly.

Technical specifications include: an Instagram icon-shaped body, lens, touchscreen and printer. According to Antonio De Rosa, CEO of Socialmatic: “We are so proud to work together with C & A and Polaroid, giants of digital photography. It’s been a long and difficult negotiation but we were strongly motivated to reach an agreement to create a small revolution in digital photography. This mix of Hardware and Software, together with our brand new photo social network will fill the gap between virtuality and reality.”

[via Techeblog]

read more...

Dewalt iPhone 5 Case with Measuring Tape

For those who are doing events, design, carpentry or advertising, this might be handy for you. It is the Dewalt iPhone 5 case that comes with a measuring tape. It is still under concept, and its done by Psychic Factory (looks like a Korean design company). To all designers out there, please get yourself a measuring tape, borrow one from people around you is a disgrace  More pictures after the break.

[via YD]

read more...

GDC Hook Knife

The GDC Hook Knife is designed to lives on a keychain and can be used to quickly cut yourself out of a piece of clothing, seatbelt or other safety strap, should you ever get stuck in a tight spot.

Seat belt is not 100% safe, in some accidents, victim just got stuck on seat belt – so at that critical moment, you just need something to cut the belt off and you know that seatbelt is pretty tough (some mechanic even use to pull up an engine). So if the unlucky who got stuck, this GDC Hook Knife will be handy. But if you were to compare, of course it is safer to use a seat belt than not to use.

$11 each and backed with Gerber’s Lifetime Warranty.

read more...

BikeSpike

Just to give your bike an extra protection than just bike locks, you can attached the BikeSpike onto your bike. It is a small device that attaches to your bike via a custom water bottle holder. It features a GPS chipset, cellular antenna, and accelerometer – which lets you monitor your bike’s location using a phone or computer, digitally “lock” your bike and get a push notification if it’s moved/tampered with, automatically alert contacts in the event of a collision, and it also monitor stats such as distance, speed, and favorite courses. Price at $150+

[via Uncrate]

read more...

Lumoback lets you sit or stand straight

Lumoback is the first posture sensor and mobile application to support healthy backs. Strapping it around your waist, its posture sensor will gently vibrates when you slouch from your lower back, reminding you to sit or stand straight. It is compatible to your iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad via Bluetooth – download the app and connect it and it will track your movements wirelessly and gives you feedback. Priced at $149.

LUMOback is highly sensitive at measuring lower back spinal posture. In most cases, poor lower back posture such as slouching, leads to poor neck and upper back posture. By correcting lower back posture, LUMOback will help correct many cases of poor neck and upper back posture. However, there are cases in which poor neck and upper back posture occur in isolation without abnormal lower back posture. Future products from LUMO BodyTech will address these less common cases. With a single sensor solution, the lower back location addresses the majority but not all cases of poor spinal posture.

read more...

GIGS.2.GO Disposable USB Flashdrive

As USB drives these days are really cheap so I think that is why Kurt Rampton and BOLTgroup have come to the idea of making this GIGS.2.GO, a credit card sized pack of 4 USB drives. Just tear a gig if you need and its recycled paper body makes easy for labelling. More pictures after the break.

[via gessato]

read more...