Dole Has Created the “Wearable Banana” With LED Peel (Yes, You Can Eat It Too)
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You know what I always hated about bananas? That you can’t wear them.
And you know what sucks most about running? Not having a banana while you do it.
Thank GOD Dole has remedied those terrible problems. For the Tokyo marathon, two runners will have “Wearable Bananas” strapped to them that will monitor their speed, distance and heart rate, and display it on the peel in real time. Then, when the race is done, the banana gets eaten.
I wonder if adding value to the peel this way is meant to dissuade runners from tossing it under the feet of their toughest competition. There are a lot of things I wonder about the whole concept, in fact.
But a wearable banana exists now. And nothing will ever be the same again.
h/t Skip Garcia via Digital Trends
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