Make It Wearable Challenge

The finalists for this year’s Make It Wearable Challenge by Intel include devices such as an activity tracking sports necklace, a baby health monitor, and a kinetic sensor for skiing. While all of these are interesting, none of them are breaking new ground in the way one of the other finalists is: Nixie. Nixie is a tiny wearable drone that is worn on your wrist like a bracelet. The device, powered by Intel’s Edison chip, recognizes when it is unleashed from your wrist and then flies into the air. It then senses where you are, flies up, and takes a selfie using the integrated camera. The device then returns to you so that you can replace it on your wrist. With how many people I have seen placing their smartphone on a pole to get a slightly better selfie, I hazard to imagine a world were something like Nixie becomes commonplace. The winner of the Make It Wearable Challenge will be announced November 3rd and will receive $500,000.  Head past the break for a video about Nixie.