Lightwave: a rave bracelet that will enhance your night

Twas a wise man by the name of Maxi Jazz who once professed that God was in fact a DJ. And as it turns out, that wiry topless vocalist may have been right all along: a state-of-the-art wristband has been invented that allows DJs to control their audience's feelings via wearable technology.

Used at last at March's South By Southwest, those at a Pepsi sponsored music event were given a Lightwave wristband that fed real-time data back to the DJ. The information was used by the performer to adjust the lighting and track selection, enhancing the audience's experience.

The bands monitor movement, sound levels and most crucially, temperature. “That’s a very important metric, because when people get hot they get uncomfortable,” Lightwave founder and CEO Rana June told BizBash. "So if you can know that in real time and change the actual environmental conditions, you can improve the attendee experience.

“The underlying goal is to provide deeper, more meaningful insights about what’s happening beyond someone with a clicker saying 1,000 people walked in,” June said.

According to Dazed and Confused, the system can also be set up so that a bass drop, for example, could be unlocked when the intensity of the crowd peaks over a certain threshold.

While it's early days for the product, reports of the trial Pepsi event sound somewhat more regulated than a normal rave. Try and control the crusties losing their marbles at 6am on the last day of Bang Face Weekender and that'll be a true feat of technology.