Introducing the Headbuddy, a sports band for Apple headphones...

Apple's headphones are great. Stylish, iconic, there when you need them. But we like to run and our Apple headphones don't.So we went about creating a simple and affordable solution that meant we could use our existing Apple headphones in a more effective way while running.

The result was the Headbuddy. Just loop your apple headphones into the sports band and you're ready to go. The earbuds are held securely in such a way that retains the sound quality whilst providing a surprisingly comfortable fit, one that is arguably more comfortable than the traditional way of using earbud headphones.

Works great with the new Nano or shuffle. Just clip on and go.

The Headbuddy is made from super strong, flexible, polyamide plastic. It is 3D printed in this material and each one is printed specially when ordered. The channeled design allows the cable of the Apple headphones to wrap around the frame and the earpiece slots hold the ear buds tightly. The flexible design fits overs the ears and holds snug to your head feeding the remainder of the cable down your back or over your shoulder. 

The Headbuddy is specifically designed for iPod and iPhone headphones. Others might work, we haven't tried all of them yet!

You can buy the Headbuddy here on Shapeways

NIKON 1

Last week Nikon launched a new camera. The Nikon v1 in their Nikon 1 range. The first of their mirrorless range of cameras.






























When the camera was announced at a Nikon press release last week I initially didn't pay it much heed as I was hoping for a refresh of their Pro DSLR range and I considered this a let down as I wasn't interested in their new consumer cameras or "gimmicky" new mirrorless technology.

A week later whilst reading a review of the Nikon V1 and J1 on DPREVIEW here I realise what I had missed before. Forget about the technology and the specs and mirrorless system. Look at the camera. Nikon has created the most beautiful cameras I have seen in a long long time. For years, the market has been flooded year upon year with countless compact and mini cameras. ALL THE SAME. Every camera maybe a different shade, but all released in a rainbows worth of colours. Who wants that? I used to make a point of knowing everything there was to know about all the new cameras that came out. All the new cybershots, the newest IXUS on the block or the latest Olympus tough camera, even owned a few of them. Don't get me wrong though, modern compact cameras are amazing. I was blown away with one of the latest sony's when playing with one recently in a sony centre. The spec list was unbelievable. It made me think, why didn't my Nikon Dslr have some of those features, but then thought that they were really gimmicks appealing to consumers who really don't know anything about cameras anyway and would be sold by their new shiny having WIFI or BLUETOOTH or GPS..... anyway, I'm just ranting at this point.

Where was I? Oh, the Nikon V1.

C.A.T - City Aquatic Transport

The C.A.T, City Aquatic Transportation concept by designer Cal Craven of Curve Creative was featured on Yanko Design and has since also been featured on various other blogs as you can see here. More can be read about the design by checking out the projects page on our own site Curve Creative