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04-01-2014, 10:15 PM
Twitter Flies Into Wearables With Helmet and 'Custom Aviary Interface'
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It was only a matter of time before Twitter (https://twitter.com/mashable) flew into the lucrative world of wearable devices, but few expected the company to make this kind of statement — and on April Fools' Day, ** less
The company an**unced a new Twitter Helmet on Tuesday, a wearable device that engulfs the users entire head while simultaneously allowing them to "interact with the world around them entirely via a custom aviary interface," according to a company blog post (https://blog.twitter.com/2014/coming-soon-the-twitter-helmet).
See also: 12 Simple April Fools' Day Pranks (http://mashable.com/2014/03/31/simple-april-fools-day-pranks/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
The device also allows users to tweet with a simple "pecking motion" of the head, and costs just $139.99 despite being made of high-quality materials like impact-resistant, oleophobic-treated glass Read more... (http://mashable.com/2014/04/01/twitter-helmet-april-fools/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
More about Twitter (http://mashable.com/category/twitter/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss), Wearables (http://mashable.com/category/wearables/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss), April Fools Day (http://mashable.com/category/april-fools-day/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss), Social Media (http://mashable.com/social-media/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss), and Gadgets (http://mashable.com/gadgets/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Mashable/~4/Fh79_tql1qQ
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It was only a matter of time before Twitter (https://twitter.com/mashable) flew into the lucrative world of wearable devices, but few expected the company to make this kind of statement — and on April Fools' Day, ** less
The company an**unced a new Twitter Helmet on Tuesday, a wearable device that engulfs the users entire head while simultaneously allowing them to "interact with the world around them entirely via a custom aviary interface," according to a company blog post (https://blog.twitter.com/2014/coming-soon-the-twitter-helmet).
See also: 12 Simple April Fools' Day Pranks (http://mashable.com/2014/03/31/simple-april-fools-day-pranks/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
The device also allows users to tweet with a simple "pecking motion" of the head, and costs just $139.99 despite being made of high-quality materials like impact-resistant, oleophobic-treated glass Read more... (http://mashable.com/2014/04/01/twitter-helmet-april-fools/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
More about Twitter (http://mashable.com/category/twitter/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss), Wearables (http://mashable.com/category/wearables/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss), April Fools Day (http://mashable.com/category/april-fools-day/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss), Social Media (http://mashable.com/social-media/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss), and Gadgets (http://mashable.com/gadgets/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Mashable/~4/Fh79_tql1qQ