gloves
Phones
This Rugged Motorola Corporate Has Buttons You can Actually Click While Wearing Gloves
1:30PM Brian Lam | Despite this giant corporate phone’s ruggedness, push to talk, camera and barcode scanner, it is unremarkable. But I am excited to see it has buttons you can use while you wear gloves. Rare! [Motorola via BGR] More »
Design
iPhone Glove Battlemodo
4:40AM Mark Wilson | The iPhone is great, until, one frosty day, you realise its capacitive touchscreen doesn’t work through gloves. So we tested three pairs of iPhone-friendly gloves to decide which were best. More »
Design
Measurement Gloves Give Construction Jobs the Finger
1:20AM Mark Wilson | There’s never a ruler around when you need one, but these measurement gloves can conceivably clip to your jacket to always have on the job (you know, like mittens). More »
Peripherals
Apple’s Patent for iPhone-Compatible Gloves: Forgotten, Thankfully
6:45AM Gizmodo US Edition | There’ve been a lot of gimmicky gloves made to deal with capacitive touchscreens like the iPhone’s, but it turns out Apple had patented one of their own way back in 2007. More »
Gadgets
Special Forces Fireproof Modular Glove System Now For Normal Rich Guys Too
12:15AM Kit Eaton | Before you ask “why would I need fireproof gloves?” it’s just one feature of this glove system from Outdoor Research that’s in use right now by the military in Iraq, including special forces chaps. They can also handle extremely cold and hot environments, and the outer layer is made of a specially abrasion-resistant “wolverine” material. And that just sounds cool. The inner layer is of super-stretchy nomex-based stuff that’s super-stretchy for an ideal fit, and the whole idea is that you mix and match internal and external components to three or four layers to meet your needs. They’d better be some specialist needs though: these babies’ll cost you $US1,100. [Wired] More »
Games
Everlast Wii Boxing Gloves Will Knock You Out
1:40AM Sean Fallon | Indeed, Nintendo and Everlast have tag-teamed in the retail ring to knock you out with these new boxing glove accessories. And while you’re down they plan to steal your wallet—because this is an obvious attempt to milk gamers for every last cent. The gloves are available for $US30, but I think I’ll be saving my pennies for the return of the Power Glove. [NYT via Kotaku] More »
Gadgets
Freehands Gloves Shield Your Soft Hands from Mild Winters
11:00AM Gizmodo US Edition | Freehands gloves are a cute idea: uncover the thumb and forefinger so you can operate capacitive touchscreens, like the iPhone’s, without removing your gloves. Past touchscreen-capable gloves (like these and these) have some sort of attachment on the outside of the glove so you don’t have to expose your fingers. I’m singularly qualified to explain the problem here, because unlike the other Giz writers, I’ve lived in Canada.
Random Stuff
Aevex Heated Gloves Make You King of the Mountain
2:00PM Wilson Rothman | Surprise, the reason your ski jacket doesn’t have a heater in it is because nobody likes lugging around the car battery required to keep it running. But Aevex has harnessed the stored energy of lithium-polymer batteries, form shaped them to fit snugly inside a glove to deliver 4-6 hours of finger baking. Best of all, the way the textile works, it actually allocates heat only where it’s needed in your hand. More »
Gadgets
Portable Pianist Sounds Dirty, But Makes Sense With These Fingertip Keyboard Gloves
9:00AM Jack Loftus | There’s no definition for the word worthless in the Hammacher Schlemmer dictionary, so these Fingertip Piano Gloves are “ingenious”; a portable subway piano concerto waiting to happen. Each glove plays an entire octave in the key of C, and the final three notes in the scale are achieved by pressing down on the palm. The gloves connect to a wire that connects to a speaker, which allows the whole family to enjoy. They ship on October 17 for $US70, but the epic symphonies your little one will make using these five-fingered feats of engineering will be priceless. Or not. Ever strangle someone in the key of C before? [Hammacher Schlemmer] More »
Peripherals
