Hex Heads & Smartypants

A great female character is Temperance Brennan from the TV series BONES, named after the main character's nickname. Bones is a forensic anthropologist and the team leader of the fictional Jeffersonian Institute, a federal institution that collaborates with the FBI, mirroring the real-life relationship between the FBI and the Smithsonian Institution. Each week she and her team solves a murder. One tiny detail that is awesome about the show is that the logo for the Jeffersonian (and the show's logo) is a HEX HEAD. I know this is a stretch to put on our blog BUT when I first noticed it, I got as excited as a kid getting cotton candy!

This is the fictitious Jeffersonian logo.

This is Bones wearing her lab coat with the Jeffersonian insignia.

And the show's actual logo includes the HEX HEAD too.

Sometimes, if you pay close attention, she even wears HEX HEAD earrings on the show!

Hex, Out in the World Doing Some Good

Found something called XY that helps you keep track of your stuff by putting a tag on the things you often misplace. Simply place a tag on each item you don't want to lose and the tag sends a signal to your phone or tablet. When the tagged item gets too far away from you it sends you a message letting you know you left it behind. Or if you wonder where it is, you can just look it up! Great idea.

And what shape did they choose to make the symbol of their great idea - the HEX.

I don't know if you noticed but this company doesn't actually exist yet. But it will thanks to their Kickstarter Campaign. Click the image above if you want to help and contribute to this great idea - you only have 17 days left.

And below is the video to see exactly how it works and who are the people making it. 

We contributed because we love ingenuity and we love the hex and this idea combines the two (also we lose our cell phone a lot.)

Good luck to the XY team!
Can't wait.