B&O PLAY Creates “Sensory Spaces” Music App With Danish Band Mew
B&O PLAY by Bang & Olufsen has teamed up with the popular Danish band Mew to release a brand new music application called Sensory Spaces. The music experience, which is being officially rolled out to the public August 2013, will allow music lovers to “navigate through musical rhythms, beats, vocals, and acoustic metrics in an physical dialogue that will lead up to Mew’s next single.” The famed luxury audio brand is hoping that Sensory Spaces will build a newfound appreciation for sound, while setting higher standards for meetings between brands and bands.
Get a Shareable Photographic Memory With Memoto Lifelogging Camera
If you like the idea of Google Glass snapping photos through your eyes but don’t like the aesthetic look, check out Swedish company Memoto. Taking the idea of recording one’s everyday life, Memoto has created a unique Lifelogging Camera that snaps thousands of photos as you go about your daily activities. The small wearable camera essentially outsources your memory so you don’t have to lose anything from any given day.
Commemorating iOS 7 Reveal: The iPhone Through the Years
If there’s one thing Apple is good at, it’s unveiling new changes to their products right after you finally got used to their latest offering. You can pretty much bet on the fact that a few months after you finally buy the latest iPhone, Apple will reveal an update you must have. Today in San Francisco the megabrand announced a new operating system for iPhones and iPads that will completely change how the touchscreens look. Before we tell you all about it though, let’s take a look at the iPhone through the years, from the first one in 2007 to the current trendy piece of luxury technology.
Ping Vest Updates Your Facebook Status With Set Movements
If you’re the type who has a hard time going ten minutes without checking Facebook on your app-riddled smartphone, the Ping social networking garment was made for you. Designed by Jennifer Darmour for her Electric Foxy brand, Ping is a hooded vest/wrap that connects you wirelessly to your account no matter where you are, meaning it’s even easier now to clutter your friends’ wall feeds with needless information about your day-to-day life.
Google Glass Bans Pornographic and Facial Recognition Apps
Google Glass has been dominating tech news for a while now but even more so these past couple days as Google has been making additions to developer policies, the most recent being to ban pornographic material and facial recognition programs. The glasses aren’t even available to the general public yet, with a vague release either later this year or early 2014, and people are already angry over what they can or can’t do with the luxury gadget.
Scuba Dive While Staying Dry With This Submarine Camcorder
While many people love to scuba dive, getting up close and personal to some tropical fish, some of us may find the idea of breathing underwater to be incredibly uncomfortable and panic-inducing. If you consider yourself a part of the latter group, you might be thrilled to learn that you don’t actually have to put a wetsuit on to dive underwater — you can have the Submarine Camcorder do it for you.
President and CEO of Hasselblad, Michael Hejtmanek On New Lunar Camera Launch
These days, most of us take the existence and use of a camera for granted. We can take good pictures on our iPhones, BlackBerries and any type of Smartphone. For those who want to take pictures with other cameras, there are many digitals and digital SLRS that take fine photos. But taking pictures with one of those cameras vs. taking pictures with a Hasselblad are two different experiences entirely.
Vertu Finally Offers a $9,600 Smartphone That Doubles as a Concierge
UK-based Vertu is widely recognized as one of the world’s leading luxury phone manufacturers and at $9,600, their newest offering the Ti marks their first foray in the realm of smartphones. As their pinnacle phone, the Ti is powered by Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich (don’t ask me why it’s called that) and features a polished Titanium case and a slew of apps and portals that set it apart from other Android phones. Not only does the phone apparently work wonderfully, it’s pretty easy on the eyes too.
Hide From Government Surveillance By Wearing This Stealth Wear
While we realize this is perhaps technically a fashion story, given the unique qualities of this particular collection of um, er, garments, but we felt it more appropriate for our techie audience. So without further ado, we present Adam Harvey’s Stealth Wear collection. Specializing in wearable technology, Harvey designed Stealth Wear as a response to the question of privacy in the face of authoritarian surveillance, an issue that has flared up with the use of militant drones.
$150,000 McIntosh x John Varvatos Custom Built SoHo Audio System for Auction
McIntosh, makers of the world’s finest audio systems, has donated the headlining item for this year’s Stuart House Benefit staged by John Varvatos, taking place place at the designer’s boutique in West Hollywood on March 10. The McIntosh x John Varvatos Custom Built SoHo Audio System and Factory Tour Experience, valued at $150,000, is available to bidders online now through March 21 via luxury charity auction site Charitybuzz.