These hilarious cat gloves make their wearer's hands look like kittens wagging their tails with every swipe of a smartphone.
The smartphone gloves can be used to send texts or browse the web even when it's chilly outside. They're made of conductive material so that touch screens can sense their movements. But the truly unique part of the cat gloves is their use of this technological feature to create an animated design concept. Each cat glove features an animated cat with its tail extending along the index finger of the glove. When the wearer swipes at their smartphone screen, the cat gloves wag their tails.
The cat gloves come from Fellisimo, a Japanese apparel company. Proceeds from the cat gloves will support Fellisimo's cat rescue organization.
What's Driving This Trend
- Novelty Tech Accessories
- Companies can capitalize on the popularity of unique and creative tech accessories such as the cat gloves to attract younger consumers to their brand.
- Animated Clothing
- Animated designs could be incorporated into other types of clothing, such as sleeves or pant legs, to create a new type of fashion statement.
- Animal-inspired Tech
- As this product has shown, there is a market for animal-inspired tech products, which could be explored further in the form of phone cases, laptop sleeves, or other wearable tech.
Who This Affects Most
- Fashion
- The fashion industry could benefit from incorporating tech features into everyday clothing items to create a new type of wearable fashion.
- Consumer Electronics
- Companies in the consumer electronics industry could explore creating more unique tech accessories to appeal to a younger demographic.
- Animal Welfare
- The success of these cat gloves shows that animal-inspired products can be a successful way to fundraise and support animal welfare organizations.
