IO-Jacket with MP3, mobile phone and GPS

 

Several gadgets in the market can only be used manually but this gadget will not only give the facility to enjoy but also user can wear it. Lodenfrey, a famous traditional clothing designer from Germany recently introduced a new school IO-Jacket during the CeBIT last month. The IO-Jacket includes mobile phone, MP3player plus an inbuilt GPS. The jacket is based on Interactive-wear’s ‘Know-Where Concept Jacket’ with the integrated MP3 player and a Bluetooth mobile phone interface which is operated with the sensitive touch control pads. This is the standard configuration for a decent wearable Electronic Jacket.

The IO-Jacket has hybrid GPS technology called GPSoverIP developed by a German company with the same name. This technology allows you to access every people who are wearing this jacket even they all are inside any building where normal GPS does not work.  The person wearing the jacket will also see those people that are wearing the IO-jacket via the touch control pads and will be able to get the location of those people too. Wearer can upload the real time data through their mobile phone to a website. 10 jackets have been produced by the company so far but only one was sold at the auction of eBay and others have been made for commercial purpose.

If you buy the IO-jacket then you will get an additional bonus from Vodafone. Vodafone is sponsoring the GPS locating and uploading free service for 2 years. According to the Lodenfrey, the production cost of this dashing good look jacket is 3,700 Euro and the retail price would be even more.  The fully featured jacket offers various advantages like tracking the person, trap the location of someone and plot the adventure ride on Google earth but it could be little risky in the wrong hands. No doubt, it is most unique gadget across the world.

Who needs a caddie when you have SkyKap?

 

If you are interested in golf gadgets and more specifically GPS accessories, look no further than SkyKap.  SkyKap LLC are the leading innovators of golf GPS accessories with several products in the pipeline and patents currently pending.  The technology within their latest product utilises voice recognition linked with sophisticated GPS golf course mapping.   Specifically it is known as the SkyKap Advisor, a hands-free GPS system that is activated by voice recognition all built within the brim of a typical golf hat.

What sort of help can this be to golfers? Well the SkyKap Advisor can provide accurate responses to a golfer’s questions or commands, for example it may give distances to the green or hazards such as bunkers. This course data must be downloaded from the internet to the SkyKap via a computer and the supplied USB cable. If the data is not available, then information can be mapped on the day of playing and then uploaded to the database so other keen golfers can enjoy.

Retailing at only $300 from rangefinders.com, this gadget seems very useful and guaranteed to improve your round of golf. If you are still undecided, check out the youtube video if it in action:

 

Callaway Golf GPS upro mx

 

With an estimated 100 million plus golf players worldwide it is not surprising that golf gadgets are being designed to try and help players improve their handicap (is that the right phrase?, please leave a comment and correct me if not).  Having played only a few rounds of golf before and swung a club at the driving range, my knowledge and ability to play golf leads a lot to be desired. However, I can spot a gadget that would help my game when I want to.

Today’s golf gadget is called Callaway upro mx, which is an improved golf GPS system from its original.  Let’s just explore the uses of the GPS for golf before going into the features.  Firstly using the GPS will allow an accurate determination of distances from current ball lay to the flag, from this data the correct club can be selected. Secondly, some holes may have hidden hazards that may not be seen from a current position, the GPS can help you identify these positions and avoid them. The benefits of the two features are that it reduces risk and guesswork from the player, leaving them to concentrate on just swinging the club.

The Callaway upro MX is really easy to use. Utilizing modern day technology the upro MX has a full color Multi-Gesture 2.2” Touch Screen display correlated to Optical Finger Navigation technology to easily navigate the menus and data contained within its memory. Specific data includes high resolution aerial images of golf courses only ever seen before on TV during official tournaments.

A further feature to this golf gadget which makes it a must for up and coming golfers is its pre-loaded extensive database of golf courses of which there is more than 25,000.

Check out the youtube video below:

[Source: Callaway]

GPS Homing Device

 

I am only posting this gadget because I feel I could have done with it today when I was out shopping.  Have you ever been out to a large shopping complex and completely forgotten where you parked you car, then having to spend the next 20 minutes walking round (with your shopping bags) looking like a complete idiot? Well I have. This GPS tracking device could have saved me so much time and hassle.

Utilizing an advanced GPS receiver chipset which provides the high degree of accuracy required for GPS systems, the GPS navigation device is able to guide you to a predetermined location. On the face of the device is an easy to read digital compass directing you along with providing the distance to end point in yards, miles, meters or kilometers.

How could I use this? Well if I had parked my car I could have plotted the location and the GPS homing device would have shown me the way; OR I could have looked at the “memorize the car park number”.

Available: Hammacher

Price: $79.95