Triposo Travel Guides Turns to Crowd Sourcing to Fund its Vibrating Belt

Earlier today and not on April 1, tech blog GigaOM covered the new Indiegogo campaign of travel guide company Triposo. The campaign seeks to raise $10,000 for a Travel Belt, which the company describes as "the most inconspicuous piece of wearable tech."

As described on the Indiegogo site and in the video, the belt works with Triposo's Android and iOS guide apps to direct users to their destinations via a series of notifications delivered through buzzes in the wearer's belt. Looking for the Louvre? That buzzing feeling on your right side is telling you to turn right. Can't find the Empire State building? That's not a stranger poking you beneath your belly button.

Skift reached out to Triposo with the question "really?" to which Richard Osinga, Triposo COO said "It's real."