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The wristwatch has been through several evolutions since it first became a popular fashion accessory more than a 100 years ago. From mechanical to electronic movements, analog to digital faces, the wristwatch has been reinvented several times over, but the basic design has endured for a century because of its elegance and usefulness ‘at a glance.’ Motorola's vision for Moto 360 was to celebrate that history as they reimagined the wristwatch for the future.
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Google has announced Android Wear, a project that extends Android to wearables. And they are starting with the most familiar wearable—watches. Going well beyond the mere act of just telling you the time, a range of new devices along with an expansive catalogue of apps will give you useful information when you need it most, straight answers to spoken questions, the ability to better monitor your health and fitness and your key to a multiscreen world.
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Mon Oncle is a reinterpretation of the classic concept of a barbecue. Closed, it’s an elegant briefcase with character and a vintage feel. A briefcase with a surprise. As, open, it is a portable tabletop barbecue: innovative, hard wearing and very useful. Mon Oncle can be used at home, on the terrace or balcony, or take it to a picnic. It is easy and quick to dismantle, clean and storage.
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In 2012 tado° launched its intelligent heating control system to market in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. One year later sales began in the UK and other European countries. tado° helps households to save on the necessity that uses the most energy: in an average UK household, heating the building accounts for over 66 percent of energy use. This is where tado° steps in – the heating app makes use of modern, smart technology to automatically prevent energy from being unnecessarily wasted.
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ION Eyewear has developed the WeON Glasses, the first glasses capable of interacting with smartphones and tablets through a Bluetooth 4.0 chip. These glasses look almost identical to standard eyewear. But they have a LED light, visible only to the user, which lights up in various colors and with different flashes to indicate what is happening in the electronic device. Through the application available for Apple (iOS) and Android, users can choose when and how LED lights turn on: to indicate an incoming call, a new chat message, an email or SMS, an event in any of the user’s social networks, a meeting alarm, etc.
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ONA has announced the Berlin camera bag, a limited edition bag specially designed for the Leica M-System and created to celebrate 100 years of Leica photography. The Berlin is handcrafted with full-grain leather and is designed to accommodate one Leica M-System camera, two to three lenses, an iPad and small personal items. The signature Leica red interior is fully customizable and padded with premium closed-cell foam. The Berlin also features a zipped organizer pocket, a convenient removable top-grab handle, red rivet accents and a streamlined back pocket.
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Surviving the unexpected is about being prepared, and the Bear Grylls Survival AO Folding Knife exceeds the standard. Few people know more about survival than Bear Grylls, ex-British Special Forces officer, experienced mountaineer and respected survival trainer. Taking advantage of Gerber’s decades of experience and Bear Grylls’ adventure knowledge, the Survival AO folder gives its user the ability to engage with the surroundings in perpetual survival mode.
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Kolelinia has announced the first commercial release of Halfbike, a new kind of personal vehicle designed with the user’s experience in mind. Its combination of cycling and smooth assisted running provides a remarkably quick and fun way of urban travel. Its innovative rider position, at the same time both upright and higher, gives you a new
perspective on the city.
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As an ode to summer nights, s'mores and weekend adventure seekers, the Sanborn Canoe Company created the Sanborn Firestarter Kit. Included in a small burlap package is their Cedar Firestarters, a Marble's Match Safe and even a little cedar kindling to give you a good start to a great campfire. Handmade in the Sanborn woodshop utilizing scrap cedar salvaged from the paddle-making process.
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Nothing feels quite as refreshing after a 10-mile hike as a hot shower, but good luck finding a YMCA in the backcountry. Enter the Zodi Extreme, the hot shower of choice for backcountry use. Ideal for logging road campers and hunters, the Extreme is extra-durable, with a rustproof stainless-steel water tank and a powerful 10,000 BTU burner.
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