Columbia Company Builds Winter Gloves that Control Smart Phones

The technology allows users to operate phones without taking off their winter gloves.

  A Columbia company has developed gloves that give skiers, bikers, or anyone trying to keep their hands warm the ability to answer their phone without ever taking it out of their pocket. The gloves, which use Bluetooth and touch-sensitive pads on the sides of the fingers, were developed to help motorcycle riders or skiers use their phones without ever having to remove their gloves, according to the company's website. Blue Infusions Technologies, based on Guilford Road in King’s Contrivance, is currently selling the winter gloves and motorcycle gloves for about $150/ pair on its Kickstarter page. One video posted on the company’s website shows a person cycling through Pandora songs on an iPhone while wearing the thick ski gloves, just by …

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Columbia Holiday Guide

Places to shop and things to do during the holidays in Columbia.

  Whether you live in Columbia or are visiting to do your holiday shopping, most people in the area know Columbia is a hub for major outlets. The mall is home to Sears, Lord and Taylor Nordstrom, the Apple Store and over 100 other stores. Shopping centers near Snowden River Parkway include a Home Depot, Wegmans, BJs Wholesale, Walmart and other major retailers. But the holiday season in Columbia is also filled with great events like Symphony of Lights and the Nutcracker on ice. Find out what's going on in Columbia for the holidays and for other shopping options, check out the Ellicott City Holiday Shopping Guide. Places to shop: Mall in Columbia – The mall is home to more than 100 stores. During the holidays the mall offers a festive …

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Mo-Mentum: Fitness and Exercise

How This Runner Overcame Morning Pains and Discovered Treadmill Gains

There are some advantages to coming in from out of the cold.

I consider myself an outdoor, all-season runner. I also harbor a deep dislike of treadmills. Layering for cold morning runs has gotten easier each year. Yet in the dead of winter there inevitably comes a day where I face the darkness and the windchill and my body (or my mind) says “No way.” One of those mornings came just recently. Enter my adversary: the treadmill.  My resistance to this machine stems from two things. I enjoy the variation that running outdoors in Columbia provides: the mix of hills and the flats, roads and trails that prepare me for almost any event. I love the look of Centennial Park and Lake Kittamaqundi, partially frozen and sometimes snow-swept. I enjoy running in a pack, both for motivation and camaraderie. I feel …

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Benjamin Bernier

9:47 pm on Saturday, January 22, 2011

Maureen, great article. I love the links you set up for various issues you raised in the story. I'm also not a big fan of treadmills, but I'm less of a fan of 15 degrees and windy. I totally agree that a treadmill can push you if you can keep yourself from pushing the down arrow next to pace or incline! Thanks again for the fun read and links, and I promise I would never call you "Treadmill Face…   more ›