I thought this temperature warning screen—which says “iPhone needs to cool down before you can use it”—was a funny fake. Turns out it’s completely real:
According to designer Duck Young Kong–probably the best name ever in the history of best names ever–his Lunar Baby Thermometer is great because “it eliminates the need to insert an external tool while holding them in a still position” since it uses the “common and natural behaviour of putting your hand on the forehead to measure internal heat of their body”. It’s a good idea. Until somebody tells you that the forehead may not be the best place to measure temperatures.
You’re sitting there freezing your arse off and someone comes up to you and says “cold enough for ya’ today?” then laughs. If you have ever been in this situation you know how annoying it can be. Thanks to the temperature sweater you can reply by extending your arm, pointing to the temperature gauge on your wrist that is clearly displaying 2 degrees Fahrenheit, then turn up your hand and extend your middle finger. [Generate Design LE via RGS]
The Atmos 561 Clock, made by Jaeger LeCoultre and designed by Mark Newson, is powered entirely by changes in temperature and sits inside a block of crystal for good measure. According to The Watchismo Times, a change in temperature of one degree celsius can power the clock for two days.
Finding out when you’re ovulating (assuming, you’re among the Giz readership with ovaries, and trying to have a baby) may be a lot easier thanks to this upcoming DuoFertility device. Designed by Cambridge Temperature Concepts, a spin-off by Cambridge University PhD students, it consists of a small stick-on patch device that goes under your arm, and a handheld reader.
The main complaints about the current Nike+ Gear aren’t that it doesn’t do a good job keeping track of how far you run, it’s that it doesn’t measure stuff like heart rate, body temperature and other factors runners care about. Nike hears you. Their latest patent for upcoming Nike+ gear expands on the current concept and features all kinds of sensors over a person’s body, even possibly adding a GPS receiver so you can automatically map out the path you took on your run.
