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Wristwatch Tattoo Lets Your Arm Tell Time When you hear the term wristwatch, you generally think of a timepiece that you wear on your wrist. Well someone is looking to change that definition. There isn’t a whole lot of information on his design, but I am going to assume for now that it is only a concept. The idea is a subdermal implant or “electric tattoo” that can function as a watch. It uses your natural kinetic energy for power (not unlike some watches out there) and somehow uses a wireless signal to sync up with an external clock to make sure it is correct. It only illuminates when you hold your wrist up to look at it. A very cool idea, if it could work.

URWERK’s New ‘King Cobra’ UR-CC1 Watch Inspired By 1960’s Speedometers Last year URWERK turned heads and weighed down wrists with their UR-202 Hammerhead turbine-regulated watch which, quite frankly, just looked really cool. And so does their latest model, the UR-CC1 codenamed the ‘King Cobra’. Now while it might not look as complex as the UR-202, the King Cobra’s 2 horizontal retrograde cylinders which are used to display the hours and minutes are actually the result of 3+ years of R&D and testing to ensure their rotation and fly-back action doesn’t affect the watch’s accurate timekeeping. The watch also features a honeycomb patterned rack (visible through a window on the side) used to rotate the minute cylinder that’s actually made from silicon via a photolithography process in order to keep it extremely lightweight but also very strong. Unfortunately there’s no pricing info for the UR-CC1 at the moment if you’ve already got your credit card in hand, but it’s easily another item ...

Louis Vuitton Tambour Mysterieuse Luxury Watch Louis Vuitton’s Tambour watch collection has enhanced with the adjoin of the Tambour Mysterieuse, a watch made of luxury gold and steel, but still in the immediately recognizable tambour drum outline, this completely mechanical watch deals in the horological magic stuff. Calibre LV115 is another addition in this series which has been developed, created and assembled in the workshop of this brand in Switzerland. This exceptional piece can reserve 8-day power and there is nothing redundant about the mechanical movement and healthiness stands in bleak contrast to its ephemeral nature. The hour and minute indicators generally placed on completely transparent mobile sapphire discs.

LG GD910 watchphone to go on sale in UK this August We don't know about anyone else, but we've been waiting on LG's GD910 ever since we first heard about it way back around CES. We've already heard that the watch / phone-loving combo would hit shelves sometime in July (that's now) in Europe, but it looks like it's going to be more like August -- at least in the UK. T3 says they've confirmed this with Orange (the GD910's exclusive carrier), and though the price remains unspecified, we're expecting it to cost somewhere between $1,000 and way-more-than-you-should-spend. We're not going to bother with the requisite Dick Tracy comments this time (though we'll freely admit we're somehow fond of the Warren Beatty disaster), but hit the read link for fuller details.

Pool-Mate watch packs built-in accelerometer to track laps It may not monitor your heart rate or double as a media player like some other devices for swimmers, but this new Pool-Mate watch from Swimovate looks like it should appeal to quite a few folks nonetheless, with it packing a built-in accelerometer to help you keep track of lap counts. That's apparently done by detecting the glide portion of your swim after each turn, which Swmovate says it's able to do with 99.75 percent accuracy in all pools longer than 10 meters. You'll also be able to use it to keep track of your overall time, average strokes per lap, speed, distance, and calories burned. Somewhat strangely, however, Swimovate says that the watch will only last for about twelve months, after which you'll actually have to send it back to the company to get the battery replaced. A bit of a drawback, to be sure, but the $114 price tag isn't too out of line, and you won't have to wait long to get your han...

Helix : A Pen and A Watch on Your Wrist Despite of the latest technological advancement in almost every sector of everyday life, people are still using the traditional pens to write down a letter, a note, to sketch and to draw something, etc. The Helix concept is driven by focusing on the key use of a pen and combining it with an innovative and practical functionality. Moreover, to reflect the pen owner’s identity was another point of the design process. Helix means twist-shape form, which is very much elaborated with the design of the product. The design of this concept is modern, simple and straightforward, and the color combination and the digital watch reinforced the modern image.

D-RISE M600i CELL PHONE WATCH As the IT developed, it’s not only the functions that have been developed. Smart phone are not the only choice for users anymore. Smart phone is not always having big shape, heavy and not fashionable. The development of this kind of gadget (cell phone) has reached the style aspect. If you need a phone that can supported your style, has many features, smart, and off course, look expensive, this phone could answered the question. ##CONTINUE## The D-Rise M6001 Cell phone watch is stylish, elegance, sporty, and smart. Those factors are combined into one cell phone. You can use it not only as cell phone, but as your watch too. Wait a minute, don’t be so rush. Let me explain the technology inside, so you will not be disappointed when you decided to buy it. D-RISE M6001 Cell Phone Watch supported with Bluetooth, so you won’t have a problem to send or to receive a picture. Camera provided also. Touchscreen will show how gadget you are to your friends. Music? Not a...

USB Watches Looking for alternatives to last year’s Watch with Hidden 4GB USB Flash Drive? MAybe one of the products in this new line of flash memory timepieces will suit you. ##CONTINUE## Stylish Watch USB Flash Drive is fashionable and elegant for you to wear it wherever you go. Watch is always a kind of fashion, but now, it will become more useful. The USB Watches over at the Gadget4all.com website are available in three different models: Black ($28), White ($26) and Blue ($33).

Spy camera video watch: Recording Your Moment with Hidden Mobile Camera If you are thinking to evaluate your employee by recording your interview without bothering and intimidating them, then you just need a gadget which is able to record audio and video scene. You’d better check this out. A gadget you might need to do spy video and audio recording. It is a Spy camera video watch. ##CONTINUE##An audio and video recording built in a very cool and stylish wrist watch. This metal is designed with classy and modern style for you who active and dynamic. This watch will allow you to record your interview in AVI format. It is possible for you to store a huge file of video and audio recording up to 8 GB with built in microphone. This little tiny camcorder will make you easy to get moment that you want. Rechargeable Li-ion battery built in this watch enables you to take a long recording moment. Besides recording events you can use this watch as 8 GB flash drive storage. This watch is designed w...

Concord C1 QuantumGravity watch We're still trying to wrap our heads around some of the indecipherable verbiage the company has used to describe it, but it looks like Concord's C1 QuantumGravity watch is at last very much real, and one step closer to actually being available (to a very select few). As you can see above, while there's still a few finishing touches remaining, the watch itself is pretty faithful to all those early renders that the company has been teasing us with since January, right down to the magical "fluorescent nanoparticle liquid" that's used to indicate the life remaining in the 3-day power reserve.

Hyundai's MB-910 watch phone gets priced and dated Remember Hyundai's MB-910 watch phone that we spotted around this time last month? How could you possibly forget, right? That masterpiece / atrocity is actually coming to market, and Mobile Gazette has it that the bugger will cost around £200 ($281) when it lands sometime in Q2. As for specs, we're told that it'll boast tri-band GSM connectivity, Bluetooth, a 176 x 132 resolution touchscreen, 128MB of storage, USB 2.0 and the obligatory time-telling mechanism for good measure. Too bad it's closer to "heinous" than "halfway decent."

Kogan Bluetooth GPS watch If we have one word of advice for folks looking to get into the tech game (that is, besides "why bother?") it would probably be "set the bar low." Don't try to change the world with an unlocked 3G Android handset until you've mastered the basics, like maybe a netbook or, better yet, a watch. Of course, it would be a bit much to expect a true visionary to stop short of a humble timepiece. To this end, Kogan's rebranding that old Mainnav chronometer, the one that packs Bluetooth, a GPS receiver, a temperature sensor, speedometer, pedometer, altimeter, and Google Earth functionality into a package that most of us would probably rather not be seen wearing in public. Available for AUS $129 (about US $85).

LCD Bluetooth Vibrating Bracelet Brando tried here, it really did, but the crucial omission of a watch just kills the deal for us. Still, for those nowhere near ready to give up their Sea-Dweller, the LCD Bluetooth Vibrating Bracelet makes for a perfect complement. Essentially, this here piece of jewelry pairs up with your BT-enabled cellphone in order to display caller ID information and vibrate whenever someone rings in. If you're tied up at the moment, you can simply hit a button on the bracelet that will reject the call and potentially kill friendships. At $49.90 , though, we'd hope the whole "stainless steel" claim is true -- wouldn't want any yellowing going on at this price point, now would we?

LG's G910 watchphone Know what comes with exclusivity? Price gouging. Word has it that Orange's little European exclusive on LG's touch-screen G910 watchphone with HSDPA data will result in a £1,000 / €1,144 price per . That directly translates to about $1,500 but, as these things generally go, it will likely be priced closer to $1,000 (without tax) whenever it lands Stateside . With contract, however, you'll be handing over £500 and then £40 per month for what we suspect will be the next two years. Such is the life of the early adopter.

Kisai Sensai watch I am not sure if you've noticed, but choosing a wristwatch just might be the most difficult decision a man or woman has to make in their entire life. If you just keep hemming and hawing, why not add a little more confusion to the mix with Kisai's Sensai? This lightweight piece is constructed from high grade aluminum , and it supposedly uses " positive shapes and negative lines " in order to create a face that's impossible to ignore . The LEDs beneath the metal tell time in code, a process that reportedly takes between eight and ten decades to master. Thankfully, instructions are provided in both English and Japanese , though native Yiddish speakers may have some difficulty piecing it all together. Purchase at your own risk.

Samsung teases wrists with GT-S1100 watch Samsung came to MWC this year with a timeline showing its nearly decade-long history of designing and selling watch phones -- and interestingly, the rightmost entry in the timeline was dated "2009." We couldn't get any solid information on the GT-S1100, but like LG's GD910, the device features a full touchscreen, Bluetooth, and a speakerphone (probably a good thing for a phone you can't put up to your ear without getting a lot of odd looks).

LG-GD910 3G Mobile Phone LG-GD910 is designed as a wrist watch . There is a 1.4 inches touch screen for touch-tone dialing in the watch dial. Support WCDMA and HSDPA network (wite speed :7.2Mps at least) Built-in webcam and you can start a video call Blue tooth, MP3 player and a speaker Waterproof