Wristband company Kiband is making waves with their child tracker wristband and phone application. Basically, your child wears this wristband with a gps component inside. If your child wanders an unsafe distance away, your phone is alerted. The phone application will then lead you right to your missing charge. My initial thoughts are that this is a good idea. While certainly not original, I’m not sure anyone’s executed this concept in a way that would make it popular in the mainstream. Has Kiband done that? I’m not so sure.
NAA Wants Your Child To Wear His Medical ID Wristband
The National Autism Association wants to highlight the importance of your at-risk child wearing personal locator devices and medical ID bracelets. I came across one of their articles and thought it important to share. If you’re the parent of an Autistic child and you don’t think you could ever get them to comfortably wear a wristband, NAA is here to help. Here’s the tips they mention on their blog:
Vive Wristband Aims To Make Partying Safer
The Vive bracelet monitors your dehydration and alcohol levels while you’re out on the town. If it works well, then I can see this being a valuable asset. We’ve all got friends who have no idea how to self-regulate. Certain staffers here tend to reach this point suddenly, viscously and always while wearing a red beanie. I’m sure he or she would be a lot less likely to end up with a bouncer on their back or with a twisted … Read the rest »
Wristbands Used to Relay Baseball Signals
Baseball players in high school and college are now using wristbands to get signals from their coaches during games. Players wear wristbands with a coded grid of plays. To relay a play call all the coach needs to do is yell out (or hand signal) a three digit code to the player. Using the number code the player simply looks up the play on the wristband.
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Fashion Forward Bracelet Solves Woman’s Hair Tie Problem
Wearing an elastic hair tie around your wrist may be commonplace (and a necessity) with many women but it is certainly a fashion faux pas. BitterSweet Jewelry Company has come to the rescue with a stylish bracelet solution for this fashion dilemma.
