When was the last time you ‘felt’ the beat?

Humans are just hard-wired to love bass. No I don’t mean those EDM lovers, I mean all humans. We’re psychologically built to love low-frequency sounds, because bass notes are the first things we ever hear. In the womb, we hear muffled noises of the world outside. We hear the gentle thumping of our mother’s heartbeat. Music is something we hear. Bass is something we feel.

I repeat, Bass is something we feel, not just hear, so it goes without a doubt that music heard on average speakers, sounds average. Play that same music at a concert and you’ll feel the sound in your chest as your body thumps to the tunes. Now needless to say, you can’t have the concert experience at home. You can buy a good speaker with a sizeable subwoofer… or you can just wear a subwoofer on your wrist. Yeah! The Basslet by Lofelt is a miniature bone-conducting subwoofer that you wear on your wrist. Funded successfully on Kickstarter just a year back, the Basslet is already seeing mass acceptance especially by the VR community. It truly provides an immersive sound experience even with the most average speakers or headphones. Generating vibrations ranging from 10 to 250Hz, the Basslet helps you truly feel the bass. The vibrations traverse up your arm and into your body (it isn’t just a vibrating component strapped to your wrist). The Basslet connects wirelessly with any audio source you may have and delivers the super-low frequencies to your body with zero latency while your ear picks up the remaining frequencies, allowing your entire self to feel sounds… Not just hear it. Musical applications aside (and there are so many!), just imagine having the Basslet strapped to you as you play Need For Speed or Call of Duty. You’ll feel the car’s raw horsepower as you revv up the engine, or the massive anti-tank gun as it thud-thuds away at the enemy. You’ll never want to experience audio any other way!

Designer: Lofelt

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Pavlok Wristband Shocks You Awake

if you really have trouble waking up to a conventional alarm, maybe you should try something different. Perhaps you need something like the Pavlok. It’s wearable accessory that you control using your smartphone or tablet computer, and can be used to deliver a small electric shock. When combined with the Pavlok Alarm app, it can be used to wake you from even the deepest of sleeps.

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Just slip it onto your wrist when you go to bed. When it’s time to wake up, it will vibrate gently. But maybe that’s not enough. So it can also sound an alarm or even give you an electric shock. That should definitely get you out of bed. The Pavlok can also be used to break bad habits, in the same way that a shock collar works on dogs.

If you want a hands on recount of what it’s like to wake up to the shock, Brian Heater of TechCrunch tested the Pavlok as an alarm:

It’s…intense. It’s not painful, exactly, but it’s a bit more of a jolt than I was anticipating. Honestly, it’s not my preferred method for getting out of bed in the morning, but until someone builds a smart alarm clock into a puppy that will lick my face until I wake up, it’ll have to do. And besides, this is Pavlovian conditioning we’re talking about here.

Some people need a jolt to wake up. I think I’ll pass.

[via Neatorama]

Pocketbands Let You Carry a Key and Cash on Your Wrist

Let’s say you go out for a run and you don’t have any pockets? Where do you put your keys? Some might hide their keys outside of the house, tie them to their shoelaces, or use a jangly key bracelet, none of which are great solutions. Well, now you can solve this problem with Pocketbands 2.0, a wristband with a hidden pocket for a key.

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Pocketbands has a slim design that offers a quick and stylish way to hold your keys, cash, and other small items. The bands are made from a stretchy, 100% surgical-grade silicone that’s comfortable to wear while working out. They’re also big enough to hold a FitBit One or FitBit Flex activity tracker.

They aren’t just for running either. They come in handy for anyone who is active, whether you like surfing, biking, skating, swimming or whatever. They come in four sizes and in a variety of cool colors. You can pledge $10 for one Pocketband, or you can get a 3-pack for $20.

[via OhGizmo!]

Wristboom Is a Bluetooth Speaker for Your Wrist

Wristboom is a Bluetooth speaker that sits on your wrist. You can do stuff like stream music to it, or take calls. Unfortunately you can’t start any calls though, because there’s only one button, and that just turns the device on and off, and accepts incoming calls.

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Also, it is big and bulky. Pretty ugly too. I guess grandmothers wouldn’t mind it. As dumb as this thing looks, those with limited mobility will likely find it useful. Some people have trouble getting to that phone that’s ringing in the other room after all.

Wristboom is currently raising funds for production over on Indiegogo, and a pledge of at least $20(USD) will get you one of your own. If it ever becomes a reality this will be great for older folks.

[via SlashGear via OhGizmo!]