29 Jun 2015
By Belle
Disney gets in on the wearable game and more: Quantified Self weekly links
Products
Disney Playmation wearable toys
Disney Playmation, revealed this week, is a new smart-ecosystem (think Disney Infinity but on heat) whereby a combination of smart wearable costumes, base stations, apps and toys create a virtual play environment for kids to get lost in.
The first franchise to get the Playmation treatment is The Avengers. The launch set, which will hit shops in October for $120, combines Iron Man’s Repulsor Gear (complete with Bluetooth and motion sensors) with a couple of action figures, a JARVIS base station and the AvengersNet App (iOS and Android).
Software
Spotify Taste Rewind, Web
Login with your Spotify account, choose 3 artists you love, and Spotify will tell you what it thinks your top 3 artist would have been in decades past.
News and articles
Scientists beam power to a fitness tracker via WiFi
Researchers from the University of Washington have charged a JawBone UP24 fitness tracker with nothing but ordinary WiFi. They noticed that regular, ambient WiFi was strong enough to power a variety of tiny devices, but only in micro-bursts. So, they inserted “noise” into the signals to keep the power levels steady without disrupting data transmission.
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