MetaFilter posts tagged with bluetooth

Garmin's Edge

mathowie — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 19:54:29 -0800

Garmin, the well-known navigation company also makes bike computers. Today they unveiled a GPS-enabled bike computer that adds bluetooth to pair with your phone (and piggyback on your network connection). The resulting product video featuring Garmin's pro team riders is a little Hollywood and a little silly showing riders competing virtually against each other but paints a pretty impressive picture for real-time stats, weather, maps, and data sharing among cyclist friends. More at Wired's Gadget blog and a complete review at the DC rainmaker cycling site.

Excuse me, I think my forearm is ringing.

tugena13 — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 12:08:23 -0800

The ultimate in nerdy tattoos? "Jim Mielke's wireless blood-fueled display is a true merging of technology and body art. At the recent Greener Gadgets Design Competition, the engineer demonstrated a subcutaneously implanted touch-screen that operates as a cell phone display, with the potential for 3G video calls that are visible just underneath the skin."

Islamic Courting

gman — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 12:14:25 -0800

Back in May, an Egyptian professor found a loophole to allow an unmarried female to be alone in the presence of a man. All she has to do is breastfeed him 5 times. Radā is a technical term from Islamic jurisprudence meaning "the suckling which produces the legal impediment to marriage of foster-kinship". Now the good people over at Haase & Martin have come up with their own way to get under that burka.

Wiring an Intelligent World

digaman — Mon, 19 Jun 2006 10:16:54 -0800

What is ubiquitous computing or "ubicomp," other than a geeky buzz-phrase for smart objects, "things that think"? In his provocative new book Everyware (freely excerpted here and here), interface designer and MeFite Adam Greenfield provides a thoughtful meditation on one of the digital world's most resonant hopes for the future, encompassing everything from pervasive RFID-chipping, Orwellian surveillance, and a humbly practical magic wand to a "coming age of calm technology."

This is so bad it hurts

grateful — Thu, 18 Aug 2005 07:44:32 -0800

Bluetooth Star Trek Barbie. She also has the bonus distinction of also being USB-enabled. [via]

Wireless Blues!

Bugbread — Tue, 02 Aug 2005 16:58:52 -0800

Wireless bluetooth headset. Now you can listen to your tunes wireless and with oddly colored teeth! Bonuses including pushing your ears to change songs, like that guy in Empire Strikes Back.

Sony-Ericsson officially endorses upskirt photography

chrismear — Sun, 20 Mar 2005 16:11:32 -0800

Sony-Ericsson officially endorses upskirt photography. (Flash, SFW)

"If you see some bright lights at about the height of your ankle, you'd better watch out."

Bluetooth Christmas Tree Redux

Mwongozi — Sun, 02 Jan 2005 17:17:00 -0800

Remember the Bluetooth Christmas Tree? Here is what it received:
Modem users or Broadband users - Quicktime

Bluetooth Christmas Tree

Mwongozi — Mon, 13 Dec 2004 08:33:28 -0800

The Tate Britain Christmas Tree
Every year the Tate Britain art gallery invites an artist to design a Christmas Tree to put on display. This year, artist Richard Wentworth has incorporated a bluetooth receiver into his tree. Files sent to the tree, or uploaded via the web, will be "unwrapped" online on Christmas Day.

9 out of 10 Dentists Find This HOT... and ironically named

tittergrrl — Tue, 20 Apr 2004 16:25:19 -0800

I don't bite....haaaaaard. Making the commuter train ride more interesting: Bluetoothing for anonymous sex. Called Toothing (message board, may be NSFW), randy Brits are using the wonders of technology to find themselves a bit o' fun after a long day's work. Just set your wireless device to discover other nearby devices, send out the 'standard greeting' and get ready to get bizzay. Why do it? Well, the Toothing FAQ says it all: "It's fun! And exciting! And you can meet some wonderful new people and make proper friends. " Well, of course! And don't think it's just a British thing, Toothing's goin' international! So, reach out... reach out and touch someone. Don't forget to floss!

True blue

brettski — Tue, 04 Nov 2003 05:57:01 -0800

Bluejacking is the new craze (according to the BBC) of sending random strangers within range unsolicited messages on their mobile phone via Bluetooth.

The last computer you'll ever own.

harmful — Wed, 07 Mar 2001 14:18:18 -0800

The last computer you'll ever own. With the entertainment industry pushing electronics manufacturers towards closed, proprietary hardware, how soon will we be limited to strictly "renting" media, serives, etc.?