Gizmodo: bracelets

Turn a Sound Waveform Into a Bracelet

John Mahoney — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 17:20:00 EDT

While it's packaged as a way to talk your kids out of getting high via a WWJD-type bracelet (LAME!), the Sound Advice Project nevertheless makes a cool bracelet of any sound's waveform for $18.

Not that I'm trashing the whole "talk to you kids, keep them off drugs" message behind this project. They will still get your money when all is said and done. But this visualization of sound has wider applications. Especially if you're capable of automagically hearing a sound by looking at its waveform like I am. And the price is right. [Sound Advice Project via BBG, original concept by David Bizer]

Sleep Partner Acupuncture Bracelet Is Heavy On Snake Oil, Lacks Needles

Jack Loftus — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 17:00:00 EST

As far as we can tell, this watch doesn't actually stab your wrist at all, which is a shame, because anything that advertises itself as an acupuncture bracelet had better be breaking some skin. Which it doesn't, but there's a healthy amount of BS being tossed your way should you put it on and try to use it to get better sleep.

Touted as a "drug free" way to get some Z's, the Sleep Partner supposedly uses varying degrees of pressure to stimulate acupuncture points on the wrist.

Other magical properties include the ability to make $40 disappear from your wallet; as well as the ability to break soon after purchase and never work again.

The marketing materials suggest you don this bracelet 30 minutes before bed so it can normalize your body clock, eliminate insomnia, and knock you out just long enough so the Sleep Partner folks can clean out your place of residence. OK, you caught me. I made up the part about insomnia. [Expert Verdict]

Overpriced Re:Vision Bracelets Were Once Overpriced Camera Lenses

Jack Loftus — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 10:00:00 EDT

For the photographer with a sharp eye (for recycling) come these innovative bracelets from Australian designer Craig Arnold. Called the re:vision line, these premium-priced baubles are assembled using the discarded lens casings of some of the world's most well-known camera brands. (I swear I spotted a Minolta in there somewhere.) The bad news is that these hacked-up lens hand-me-downs are priced from around $175 to $250, and come complete with wear and tear from their previous owner. Certainly not cheap, especially when you consider that hacksaws, hammers and your friend's brand new Nikon D60—conveniently "borrowed for the weekend"—are so readily at hand on the cheap. [re:vision via Boing Boing]

Soda, Beer Can Bracelets Rock

gizmodo.com — Tue, 10 Jan 2006 19:40:12 EST

Want the ultimate hipster accessory for cruising the Lower East Side or Rittenhouse Square? Check out these bracelets made from old cans. For $80 you can experience the joy of repping a Tab bracelet, showing your dedication to diet soda from the 1970s. Or maybe you're a hipster beer drinker? Elsewares has you covered with a PBR bracelet, showing that not everyone can afford good beer like Guinness, and if you can, there is a Guinness one to show off how rich you are. Want one? Better order it fast. They're in such hot demand they can't be made fast enough, and that means inflation. You DID take ECON 101 back in college didn't you?

Product Page [Elsewares via Boing Boing]