Webelow Wear

In today’s clips we learn about Disney going wearable, the now open-sourced Sony SmartWatch,  mind control projects using wearable technology, and a fellowship by Eyebeam for wearable fashion designers.

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Disney Gets Into Wearable Tech With The ’MagicBand’
The Next Web

Disney is introducing a new MagicBand device that ties into a new service that allows theme park visitors to make purchases and reserve experiences … The bands are a colorful wrist device made of rubberized plastic that will allow visitors to the park to tap on check in points to enable various experiences. The bands are adult and child-sized units with both Bluetooth and RF technology inside for long-range and short-range reading. The bands can be ordered online and come free with purchases of tickets or packages.

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Sony SmartWatch Now “Open-Sourced”
adafruit

Although the small device didn’t get too much attention from the tech fans when it launched … it may get a little more  … with Sony’s recent announcement that its SmartWatch has now become open-sourced.

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Review Sony’s Open SmartWatch Project

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The Power of the Mind: Five Amazing Projects Controlled With Your Brain
Fashioning Tech

Mind-controlled projects still seem like a novelty, especially since they often require one to wear clunky head-gear. If we look back at the earliest formal expressions of wearable technology, they too went through their awkward adolescent stage in development. With this mind, let’s take a look at five fascinating projects controlled by one’s brain waves. Because ultimately wearables like Glass will only work seamlessly if we actually don’t have to shout commands to our devices.

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Eyebeam Computational Fashion Fellowship 2013-4
Fashioning Tech