SUNGLASSES: A must this summer! It’s a known fact that everybody looks better in a good pair of sunnies and we love these statement glasses which will make sure you stand out from the crowd this year. The shape of these glasses are what we love most, they will fit pretty much any face shape perfectly due to the rounded shape.
Sunglasses, €250.00, Will.I.Am Collection @ Gina B
Sunglasses, £20.00, Topman
TRUNKS: These days it seems there are almost more types of swimming trunks going around for men than there are bikinis for women… men are swapping long for shorts and plain for bold prints and colours to make sure they catch an eye or two when they’re at the pool.
Trunks, Vilbrequin, €180.00
Trunks, Asos, £24.00
9D TV
If you’re not into going out all the time, or even if you are, there is a new phenomenon that might change your mind. The University Of Sussex has recently been awarded £1 million in order to research and create a television which uses 9D… yes you heard it right.
If you thought that technology had made it when they created 3D TVs, you were wrong.
Scientists have created an Ultrahaptics box that works alongside a normal TV, which blasts air onto your hands in order to generate emotion…
The box will send short, sharp bursts to your thumb, index and the middle of your palm to generate excitement and slow, moderate blasts to the outer palm and little finger.
And now the team are working on technology which will emit smells and work on your sense of touch, the result will be a 9D TV that combines vision, sound, touch, smell and the five tastes – sweet, salty, sour, bitter and umami.
Dr Marianna Obrist, who led the work at the department of informatics at the University of Sussex in Brighton, Essex, said combined together they could bring all of our senses into the experience of watching television.
The aim of this technology is to make TV more immersive… shows like Antiques Roadshow might even become exciting.
And that’s not it… scientists at the university believe that similar technology can also be used to better communication between parent and baby or long-distance relationships. What better way to connect with a loved one than to feel like they’re actually in the room with you!
If all goes to plan then the TV and technology should be available in just five years.
