This Light-Up Jewelry Flashes Coded Signals Between BFFs
Charlotte Joyce Kidd — October 7, 2015 — Tech
The Gemio smart friendship bracelet is a piece of connected light-up jewelry that can be customized over and over again. The accessories send coded messages between friends and respond to what's happening around them.
Friendship bracelets are an age-old tradition, usually traded between preteen girls to mark an unbreakable bond. This Gemio light-up jewelry takes that concept and adds a layer of technology that allows friendship bracelets to actually be a tool of communication between young adolescents as well as a high-tech, customizable accessory. Using the Gemio app, the bracelets can be transformed, displaying different patterns and light-up jewelry displays on their LED surfaces. They respond to gestures and to colors in their environment -- whether flashing a different pattern for a high-five or a wave or even coordinating themselves to their wearers' outfits.
Best of all, the light-up jewelry can be programmed through the app to communicate with other Gemio bracelets. For example, a pair of best friends could tell their bracelets to flash three times when the other one is approaching.
Friendship bracelets are an age-old tradition, usually traded between preteen girls to mark an unbreakable bond. This Gemio light-up jewelry takes that concept and adds a layer of technology that allows friendship bracelets to actually be a tool of communication between young adolescents as well as a high-tech, customizable accessory. Using the Gemio app, the bracelets can be transformed, displaying different patterns and light-up jewelry displays on their LED surfaces. They respond to gestures and to colors in their environment -- whether flashing a different pattern for a high-five or a wave or even coordinating themselves to their wearers' outfits.
Best of all, the light-up jewelry can be programmed through the app to communicate with other Gemio bracelets. For example, a pair of best friends could tell their bracelets to flash three times when the other one is approaching.
Trend Themes
1. Connected Jewelry - The rise of connected jewelry opens up opportunities for personalized and interactive accessories.
2. Smart Wearables - Smart friendship bracelets demonstrate the potential of wearables to enhance social interactions and communication.
3. Customizable Accessories - The Gemio bracelets showcase the demand for customizable fashion accessories that can reflect individual style and preferences.
Industry Implications
1. Fashion Accessories - The fashion accessories industry can explore incorporating technology and personalization into their products to attract tech-savvy consumers.
2. Wearable Technology - The growing field of wearable technology can incorporate social features into their devices, opening up new possibilities for interactive wearables.
3. Communication Tools - Communication tools industry can consider integrating wearable devices that enable nonverbal, coded communication to enhance social connections.
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