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Welcome to the fucking future.

I feel like first, I should let you know that this is actually not a joke. The name? Fucking horrible, but the idea itself… pretty amazing aside from the fact that, in practice, you’d look like a fucking Star Trek ass loser from space. These are the insane machinations of designer Gopinath Prasana, and while the iBangle is not currently slated for production, there’s a good chance we’ll see something like this come to light.

It will retain all the usual functions of an iPod, effectively being an iPod shuffle on your wrist, with a scroll pad, wireless earbuds, and an air chamber on the inside of the wrist that can be gradually inflated so the device can fit snugly. No word on commercial jetpacks yet (although there is, staggeringly terrible music choice aside, this)… but it’s nice to see that we’re getting there.

At least you wouldn’t have to worry about dropping it.

The really interesting thing about the iWrist is that it completely bridges the gap for the iPod between MP3 player and fashion accessory must-have. The iPod will now literally be a bracelet, when you feel like wearing your time traveler outfit, I guess. White headphone wires are so last generation, loserz.

Indeed, one day soon, the halls of SoHo will echo with, “I have six iBangles adorning my wrists at all times, playing the best in electro dance, slow jams, indie rock, underground hip hop, first wave punk, and Madonna constantly. And I only drink Svedka, because it’s the official vodka of 2033, which is the year I was born.”

[Fashion Week Daily]