REKKIE makes smart snow goggles that put a heads-up display, friend tracking, and mountain statistics in a helmet-compatible goggle. The Cincinnati company pairs its goggles with a free iPhone and Android app, while its magnetic Spekter lenses let riders adapt to changing conditions without taking off their gloves. Its 2026 model is FCC approved and uses a glove-friendly control button, built-in goggle-to-goggle radio, and a battery rated for 15-plus hours in typical cold-weather use.
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Smith OpticsBorn from orthodontist Dr. Bob Smith’s kitchen-table experiments, Smith Optics makes performance eyewear, snow goggles, and helmets for outdoor sports. Smith’s first anti-fog, double-lens ski goggle led to a 1966 patent, and the company now cites more than 50 utility patents across six decades of problem-solving design.COLUMBUS, OH
CeeBaKInvented by longtime athlete and designer Jeffrey Jacque, CeeBaK makes a wearable rear-view safety device for bicycle and other micromobility riders. Its lightweight articulating Lucite mirror attaches to a companion glove, giving riders a broad field of view without mounting equipment to the vehicle. The company also offers riding gloves, including a weather-protective winter style.
Six15 TechnologiesFounded in 2012, Henrietta-based Six15 Technologies designs, develops, and manufactures head-up displays for demanding defense and industrial settings. Its rugged wearable displays grew from work with the Special Operations community and now support applications such as warehouse vision picking and hands-free field service. Six15 says its technology is backed by more than 20 patents and proprietary software and hardware, with products deployed alongside Special Operations forces worldwide.HENRIETTA, NY
StickTite LensesA ski-trip problem led New Albany’s StickTite Lenses to develop instant stick-on reading lenses that convert sunglasses, goggles, and other eyewear into bifocals. Co-founders Tom Curley and Mike Tripplet worked with a Battelle material scientist to create a patented polymer that is thin, flexible, reusable, and able to adhere to glass and plastic—even underwater. The lenses are designed in Ohio and manufactured in China.NEW ALBANY, OH