FATS stands for Fitness Achievement Technology System. Designed by students at the Utrecht School of Arts in the Netherlands, FATS are a pair of shoes that feature LED lights and embedded motion sensors that alters the color and appareance of the shoe when movement is detected. A glass fiber yarn woven on the outside reflects the light from LEDs, offering several different visualizations by running or walking. The purpose is to motivate kids to get off of the couch and start exercising. Interestingly, secret visualizations can be unlocked depending on the amount of exercise the child has accomplished.
Ever wanted to sneak alcohol into, say, school? Into work? Now you can with Reef’s Dram Sandal. The Dram Sandal features a polyurethane encapsulated canteen in the heel with a screw cap. You can smuggle your booze anywhere! Of course, made by Reef, the sandal should fit very comfortably while walking around, as it sports contoured compression-molded EVA footbeds. It is also water proof, so it’s safe for beach use. The only problems I see with this are:
1. Drinking from a sandal that you’ve been wearing all day is pretty gross. I wouldn’t wanna smell my feet while I’m drinking.
2. You’ll be getting disgusting looks from observers. But, hey, I doubt you’ll care as soon as you’re buzzed.
The Reef Dram Sandal costs $40 - $46 depending on your foot size at Amazon.
This tie makes a great gift for engineers, computer scientists, and fans of gadgets and technology in general. The circuit board pattern is printed on the fabric, but the lights in this design are fully functional, and flash in a variety of patterns.
I don’t think I’m brave enough to wear a tie like that in public, but I wouldn’t mind wearing one to work, say, on Halloween or something. In case you’re wondering, the “circuit board” is printed onto the tie. It’s just cleverly placed LED lights with the controller hidden in the rear pocket. $60 at Enlighted.
Ahh, another shirt for the attention whores. The T-Sketch features an white board-esque panel on the front of the shirt that when written on activates a back light illuminating the message. So, now you can write any geeky message that you cleverly come up with on your chest. Hopefully, your attempt at coolness pays off. The back light can be adjusted from a gentle glow to an irritating pulsing strobe — which is perfect for clubs. The message panel can also be conveniently wiped clean, should you wish to remove or edit your message.
The T-Sketch T-shirt is powered by a lightweight battery pack that takes 2 AAA batteries. £29.99 ($60) at Thumbs Up UK.
The T-Qualizer t-shirt has an embedded sound sensitive equalizer that can dynamically react to sound, thanks to its Electro Luminescence panel and wide spectrum sensor that is able to detect a music’s rhythm, frequency, and beat. Pretty cool. The shirt is powered by a lightweight, durable, battery pack that can withstand a wild night out.
Perfect for the attention whores. Watch the T-Qualizer in action, with some Lupe Fiasco track:
Etsy seller UrbanPrincess has a 5.5 x 75 inch long Super Mario themed scarf for sale. It even includes two pins: a mushroom and ? box for you to attach anywhere you like, on the scarf or on your clothing. You decide. $175. Yeah…I’m sure it’ll keep you nice and warm, but I live in sunny southern California, so yeah, for that price it’s not practical.
UrbanPrincess also has another Mario themed scarf, featuring the 1-Up mushrooms ($150). She even has a Pac-Man themed scarf as well ($40).
The Lovecraft t-shirt by At-elier is a rather unique shirt that if you look closely, you should see an outline of a skull.
At first, I thought the shirt’s black lines were some sort of 3D stereogram. Boy, did I waste all that energy. If you can’t see the skull, try sticking your face closer to your monitor. The image disappears the further away you are.
The Lovecraft shirt costs $59.00 AUD, that’s approximately $55 USD. Available at People Like Us Collective.
Not quite a reality, the Tron Hoodie (actually called “The Electronic Gladiator”) is was up for vote at Threadless. So, if you want to make the Tron Hoodie a reality so we can all purchase one go vote now!
Looks awesome, though. It even glows a light blue in the dark.
The helmet design to be printed on the hood looks like this:
