Have you ever tried browsing text messages on your iPhone in the freezing cold? Your phone might work fine, but with your hand in a glove, you will find yourself “out of touch” with your digital friend. Apparently, I’m not the only one feeling that way in Winter – the Toronto company “Glider Gloves” had the ingenious idea to manufacture gloves from a conductive material that will allow you to continue using your touch-screen devices without having to take your gloves off. Business as usual.

Devices such as the iPhone register a finger’s position by the alteration it causes to the current that is permanently being passed over the surface of a touch screen. A regular glove prevents a finger from being registered, while a glove made of conductive yarns will allow for a normal touch experience. This is why the company’s Saleem Najerali with his numerous contacts in the clothing industry tracked down the conductive materials, had prototypes of the gloves made and then manufactured.

Since the launch in September, the company has already sold about 4,000 pairs of gloves and is now being sold by Wind Mobile, Rogers and Telus stores.
One caveat: The gloves will only protect you up to -10 C.