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Regine August 5, 2004 wearable, wifi

Wearable hotspot detector

Hotspot Bloom by Karen Lee is a wearable artificial flower that sheds lights to indicate the availability of a wireless network. The colors are simulated through a tri-colored LED that is controlled by PIC chips monitoring the location for wireless nodes.

It is also an attempt to give recognition to open networks spread across New York.

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    hieronymus on August 5, 2004 at 3:30 pm

    The Hotspot Bloom is a beautiful idea. Is there any way I could buy one from you, or at least get more detailed information to ‘grow’ my own?

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    hieronymus on August 5, 2004 at 3:32 pm

    Ah, its not actually you — perhaps I should seek out Karen instead.

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    regine on August 5, 2004 at 3:46 pm

    I’m not sure you can buy it right now, it rather looks like a thesis project, but Karen Lee will take part in Spectropolis (http://www.spectropolis.info/)in New York at the beginning of October. If you’re lucky enough to be there, you’ll get more details about it.

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    designbysumo on August 5, 2004 at 5:25 pm

    Great Idea. I would suggest submitting a utility patent, or at least a provisional patent on your idea. I think this is very marketable.

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    ComeCorrect(.net) on August 5, 2004 at 8:38 pm

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    Mind Poop on August 6, 2004 at 12:51 am

    http://www.magicianb.com/archives/2004/08/_this_is_really.html

    This is really random, but I think this is totally sweet. A girl at Parsons (same school Debs is at) made a flower WiFi detector that lights up when there’s a network around. Talk about my kind of girl….

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    Hideous Pursuit on August 7, 2004 at 4:46 am

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    dan on August 7, 2004 at 10:51 am

    I encourage the designer to make something like this for sale to the general public. I think it’s a good concept that might be fun to implement..

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    Hautegear on September 1, 2005 at 12:08 pm

    Wifi hotspot flower

    No more staring at the LCD screen of your laptop while walking down the block to identify hotspots. (At least for the more feminine among us) Hotspot Bloom is a wearable flower that glows and changes color to indicate the signal strength of a nearby w…

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    networked_performance on November 3, 2005 at 2:47 pm

    AwareCuffs

    Off the Cuff WiFi Detection AwareCuffs, the 2nd item of the AwareFashion collection, inform the wearer about wireless hotspots in her environment. Just by glancing at the cuffs, a person can check if wireless LAN is available. Small light patterns…

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