OFF Pocket Phone Case Blocks Wireless Signals: It Ain’t Too Much for Me to Jam

Designer Adam Harvey is obsessed with privacy. He’s come up with clothes that hide you from thermal sensors and x-ray machines, and an anti-paparazzi bag that ruins pictures. Recently he teamed up with materials consultant Johanna Bloomfield to make the OFF Pocket, a case that cuts your phone off from the world.

off pocket by adam harvey and johanna bloomfield

The interior of the OFF Pocket is lined with “metalized fibers”, acting as a Faraday cage that blocks Wi-Fi, Cellular, Bluetooth and GPS signals. It’s your phone’s tinfoil hat. Or tinfoil straitjacket.

Make sure your connection is secure and pledge at least $85 (USD) on Kickstarter to get an OFF Pocket as a reward. Or you could just power off your phone.

GoCuff smartphone fitness case

gocuffWhen it comes to cases for your smartphone, you know for sure that these are dime a dozen out there in the market. The thing is, how do you get a smartphone case that stands out from the rest of the crowd? The GoCuff could very well fit the bill perfectly – it is the first iPhone and Android fitness case of its kind that offers you complete and unhindered access to your phone with but a simple glance or touch. In a nutshell, the GoCuff is the new and improved sport cuff that will empower you to quickly and easily engage with your smartphone without missing a beat. It will be different from all of the other traditional armbands that you would come across, where placement at your wrist and its touch-sensitive screen would pave the way for a more natural method of accessing it when using fitness apps, GPS navigation, answering a call or even checking out the most recent text message.

Touted to be anatomically and ergonomically engineered for majority of us humans out there, it would not restrict your movement at all, since it allows for a full range of motion at the wrist, ranging from running all the way to pushups. Apart from that, it will also let you access your phone’s capability and data regardless of the activity that you are involved in via a PVC touch-sensitive screen. It does not matter if you are jiving with the iPhone, a handset from Samsung or HTC – they will all play nice with the GoCuff.

Should it actually gain enough financial backing from the masses, it will arrive in a trio of sizes – namely small, medium and large. Not only that, it will play nice with Strava, MapMyFitness and Nike+, while you can preview GoPro video and photo instantly using the appropriate app. The GoCuff will also be able to track elevation gain and GPS while you ski or snowboard, while doing away with the need for supplemental GPS on a motorcycle to boot. Should its Kickstarter goal be met, the production timeline for overseas markets would occur sometime in mid-Sept to mid-Oct 2013, and Kickstarter backers would ideally be able to receive their respective GoCuffs in early November.

Kickstarter Page
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Thanko – High-capacity 3,200mAh battery built-in thin smartphone case for Galaxy S4

Thanko - High-capacity 3,200mAh battery built-in thin smartphone case for Galaxy S4

Thanko has just released a high-capacity 3,200mAh lithium polymer battery built-in smartphone case for Samsung’s Galaxy S4. It’s only 17mm thick and weights 90g.

Using a microUSB cable, you are able to sync and charge your Galaxy S4 without taking off the battery case. When you charge your Galaxy S4 with the battery case on, the Galaxy S4 gets charged first and then the battery case starts getting charged next.

LED light on the battery case tells you the remaining battery level.

Price: ¥3,280 (including tax)
Color: black, white
Size: 74x148x17 mm
Weight: 90g
Charging time: Approx. 5 hours

Deff – Wooden protective covering for Sony Xperia Z So-02 – Japanese wood craftsmanship for your smartphone

Japanese precision craftsmanship is not reserved for electronics and machinery. In fact, traditional Japanese precision developed in other areas such as wood and metalworking.
Now, a bit of the old can be applied to the new.
Deff Corporation is releasing new protective “wooden plates” for Sony Xperia Z So-02 smartphones. Domestically grown and crafted, wooden coverings that have been carefully cut and detailed will be released soon.
The thin wooden strips each have unique real …