TheTouch is a company that designed a unique electronic locket that is able to function as a feedback motor that matches a heartbeat. It mimics the rhythm of one's heart and connects that to the synced locket. In terms of design, the front of the pendant has a small display of an imperfect heart that represents each beat.
To capture the right rhythm, users are able to use the compatible 'Feel' app and place their finger on the back of the camera of the phone that covers the flashlight. The app also helps with recording heartbeats and it will require users to send to TheTouch Locket to upload onto their locket. It functions on a replaceable battery that can last up to six years.
Image Credit: The Touch
Key Themes Behind This Trend
- Rhythmic Jewelry
- Advancements in electronics can provide jewelry designers with an opportunity to create innovative jewelry that responds to the wearer's physiological signals.
- Connected Accessories
- Accessories such as TheTouch Locket demonstrate an opportunity to provide consumers with devices that offer emotional as well as functional benefits.
- Personalized Wearables
- TheFeel app's ability to measure and record a person's heartbeat offers an opportunity for wearable technology to become more personalized to an individual's specific needs.
Where This Applies
- Jewelry Industry
- The electronic components such as those used in TheTouch Locket could provide jewelry designers with an opportunity to create technologically innovative pieces that resonate with consumers.
- Fitness Wearables Industry
- Companies in the wearable technology industry can look to emotional wearables such as the TheTouch Locket to offer emotional as well as functional benefits to consumers' health and wellbeing.
- Tech Accessory Industry
- Connected accessories such as TheTouch Locket demonstrate an opportunity for the technology accessory industry to expand into new areas of emotional and physiological well-being.
