Respect Authority

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. Read More ›