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Wake up delighted with the glo Pillow
2008-03-10 12:56:00 Would you like being waked up by light coming out of the pillow, gently increasing it’s light intensity simulating the natural sunrise? If you are tired being hit by an alarm clock that gives off a shocking noise you might want to swap your alarm clock with the glo Pillow . The glo Pillow is the brain child ... More About: Wake , Wake up
perCushion - the pillow to make phone calls
2008-03-09 12:02:00 Viennese design label URBAN TOOL is presenting again during this years CeBIT in Germany the innovative pillow that connects with the cell phone wirelessly via Bluetooth and enables you to pick up the call while relaxing on the soft and ergonomic cushion. Almost a year ago the perCushion made it’s first appearance at the CeBIT in ... More About: Phone , Calls , Pillow , Make , Phone Calls
Bargain hunting: O?Neill Ent and CommEnt Jackets
2008-03-07 02:34:00 Winter season is almost over but it’s the time you can pick up great bargains. One of such pick-up opportunity are the O’Neill h4 Wearable Electronic jackets. O’Neill launched the most advanced Wearable Electronic range for the Fall/Winter season 2007/08 with the h4 collection of Entertainment and Communication Entertainment Jacket s. The Ent. Jacket is specifically made for ... More About: Clothing , Jackets , Bargain , Comment
Reware ProFolio - Solar power bag for business
2008-03-05 13:19:00 Reware made a big impression in the solar bag market last June with the introduction of the Beach Tote, an outstanding practical and stylish beach tote with solar charging function. This year, Reware is giving the solar power to the business people that can only dream from being on the beach right now. The ProFolio is ... More About: Business , Power , Solar Power , Bags , Solar
High-Tech Craft: Why Sewing and Knitting still matter
2008-03-04 16:45:00 Why Sewing and Knitting still matter is the topic of a high profile panel discussion which is part of the SXSW Interactive Festival on Saturday, March 9th from 3:30 - 4:30pm in Austin’s Convention Center. Traditional crafts such as knitting and sewing are surging in popularity thanks to the growing Do-It-Yourself (DIY) movement. But living in ... More About: High Tech , Tech , Matter , Craft
Designing hybrid wearables - the Cat Bag / Cuddle Bag
2008-03-02 22:11:00 Last month’s workshop ‘Designing Hybrid wearables‘ at Mediamatic Amsterdam assembled a highly creative international team that came up with a unique concept for a bag using the Lilypad Arduino, Leah Buchely’s fantastic DIY e-textile system. The Cat Bag / Cuddle Bag made by Anouk Wipprecht, David Morgan (both Netherlands), Nick Lesley (New York) & Hans Gunter ... More About: Concept Design
Electronic Tattoo and the Power of the Human Touch
2008-03-01 16:09:00 talk2myShirt is always looking ahead to check what might be the next big thing after Wearable Electronic . One emerging trend might be, after technology has conquered our clothing, to bring technology under the skin according to recent works from researchers and other forward thinking folks. I have to admit this sounds a bit frightening especially for ... More About: Power , Tattoo , Human , Touch
Hussein Chalayan Haute Tech Fall Winter 08/09
2008-02-29 14:50:00 Hussein Chalayan is the favorite designer of talk2myShirt as you can see on the extensive coverage we have done of his exiting creations on the Wearable Electronic side of his collections. Chalayan is very consistent in proving again and again his love and artistic virtuosity in fusing high fashion with high technology. I was already ... More About: Winter , Tech , Fall
Day and Night solar power
2008-02-28 06:26:00 Researchers at INL (Idaho National Laboratory), along with partners at Microcontinuum Inc. (Cambridge, MA) and Patrick Pinhero from the University of Missouri, are developing a way to collect energy from the sun with a technology that could potentially cost pennies a yard, be imprinted on flexible materials and still draw energy after the sun has ... More About: Power , Solar Power , Solar , Night
QIO Systems and Cotswold Industries team up for a hot 2008 Wearable Electro
2008-02-26 14:43:00 2008 is getting a hot year for Wearable Electro nics, not only because Solar bags are a hot trend, not only because we have predicted this in our 2008 New Years forecast and the many other recent announcements made in the first few weeks of 2008 but because todays news might be dynamite with the potential ... More About: Industries , Team , Systems , 2008
O?Neill NavJacket video
2008-02-25 09:15:00 I found a video clip on YouTube about the NavJacket O’Neill announced in December last year which shows how this display on the jacket sleeve will work. If O’Neill is pulling this out of their sleeve later this year and offers the NavJacket for sale it might be one of the most expensive jackets but considering ... More About: Video
Textronics gives Smart Textiles and fitness apparel a new dimension
2008-02-23 06:48:00 Textronics Inc. the innovator and creator of the NuMetrex fitness apparel collection is giving the term ‘Smart Textiles ’ and Heart rate monitoring for training, fitness and health care a complete new meaning. Textronics has been recently awarded a patent for its textile-based electrode system by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office. The patent is for stretchy ... More About: Fitness , Apparel , Dimension
Bargain hunting: Spyder Groove Backpack
2008-02-22 14:28:00 Spyder’s Groove Backpack is a gorgeous looking pack, sleek yet sophisticated style, one of my favorites from the interactive bag department. The interactivity is an on-board sound system, the whole front side is a large speaker working on the ‘exciter’ flat-speaker technology from NXT. This stealth sound system fits perfectly into the Groove’s overall design. The ... More About: Bargain , Hunting
Eleksen gets a new home by QIO Systems
2008-02-21 11:32:00 A few month ago the future of Eleksen and with it its ElekTex textile sensor technology that has made a huge impact in the Interactive apparel business in 2006/2007 was very uncertain to say the least. The first re-emergence of Eleksen and its technology was in form of an acquisition of its assets and business by ... More About: Home , Systems
Solar empowered Fashion
2008-02-20 14:55:00 Fashion with function comes always to my mind if seeing those flexible solar panels in Bags and sometimes (like yesterday) even in Jackets. Functional Solar Fashion is certainly the correct description when looking at the Noon Solar bag (on the left) where form and fashion is fused by solar power. Voltaic (on the right) comes to my ... More About: Fashion
Zegna Solar-JKT spotted in the wild
2008-02-19 10:11:00 Zegna announced in June last year the introduction of the Solar -JKT as part of the Zegna Sport range for Spring/summer 2008. We still have Winter time but Zegna started selling the Solar-JKT in their shops in Hong Kong for around $ 1,050.- Not a bargain but Zegna is all about quality, style and innovation and not ... More About: Fashion , Jacket , Wild
i-XPS SoundBox from Hercules protects your iPod from the elements
2008-02-18 10:54:00 In anticipation of a soon approaching summer, our product introduction today is a splash-proof case to protect your iPod while on the pool or beach or everywhere your iPod could get unwanted contact with water. The i-XPS SoundBox from Hercules is a splash-proof SoundCase that acts as a speaker thanks to the integrated NXT speaker technology. Powered ... More About: Ipod , Elements
DIY project: Soft-circuit LED Bracelet
2008-02-16 10:41:00 Keep it simple yet effective is the tag-line of the DIY project ‘Soft -circuit LED Bracelet ‘ available for inspiration and do-it-yourself production by Instructables.com The creator of the instructable, REACTIVEFashion, shows a quick and easy way how to make a sparkling fabric bracelet without the need of a solder iron. The bracelet is build in a similar to ... More About: Project , Corner , Circuit
The Wi-Fi Detecting T-Shirt is ready for the action
2008-02-15 12:58:00 Finally, Firebox.com has the Wi-Fi Detecting T-Shirt in stock and ready for ordering, that is - all sizes except S and XL which will be available again by February 19. Too late for my Valentines gift but anyway, this über-hip-cool tee might not be my first choice for a Valentines gift after all - they don’t ... More About: Action , T-Shirt , Ready
Wearable Power: Nanotechnology could power up your Shirt
2008-02-14 10:27:00 How convenient would it be if your gadgets like cell phone and MP3 player would get their charge from your clothing. Never forget to charge them over night just drop them in the pocket head off to the office, school or wherever and they will be re-charged. A team of U.S. scientists think we are within ... More About: Power , Articles , Nanotechnology , Shirt
RedLine iPod Sound Bag - the coolest MacBook bag on the planet
2008-02-13 14:35:00 Staying on the musical side, we have another great product to introduce, the RedLine iPod Sound Bag to enjoy listening to Kanye West from your iPod connected to this first class Mac Book case via the ‘magic sound’ speaker from NXT. That’s music in our ears in every aspect. The Sound Bag has a stylish design and ... More About: Ipod , Bags , Planet
Kanye West features LED jacket during Grammy Award
2008-02-12 13:59:00 Top rapper Kanye West collected four Grammy wins Sunday night during the Grammy Awards in LA. The most striking (for our blog) is the stage outfit Kanye was sporting, a jacket with animated light effects on each side of the front. I do love Kanye’s music and I do love the fact that Wearable Electronic is taking ... More About: News , Jacket , Features
Wearable Power
2008-02-11 08:14:00 Wearable Power is a hot topic in the Wearable Electronic field. A recent announcement made by a team of researchers at the University of Michigan puts this topic back into public view. Their concept, a Electricity - generating knee brace is a wearable mechanism that works much like regenerative braking charges a battery in some hybrid ...
Workshop - Designing Hybrid Wearables
2008-02-09 11:33:00 Designing Hybrid Wearables is an action-packed three day workshop organized by Mediamatic, Jean-Baptiste Labrune and Dana Gordon will look at clothes and jewelery and their potential as personal mobile platforms for social interaction. Held between Feb. 19-21, 2008 in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, this is one of the first workshops in Europe around the Lilypad Arduino ... More About: Designing , Workshop
UV Intensity Bikini
2008-02-08 09:17:00 We get into the sun again and have a look to another UV related product from Solestrom. Solestrom’s main product line is swim wear, specifically bikinis and the Solar Tote we have introduced recently is a ‘one-off’ product using their love for sun. Why? - The unique feature of the solar bag, a UV indicator can be ... More About: Bikini
Valentine ElectroPUFF Lamp Dimmer
2008-02-07 11:53:00 Looking for a unique and creative Valentine gift from the Smart Textile department? If your answer is yes keep on reading. International Fashion Machines Valentine ElectroPUFF? Lamp Dimmer and, for the creative folks, the Valentine ElectroPUFF? Craft Kit give light switches a new meaning. The ElectroPUFF? Lamp Dimmer is a plush touch sensing light switch with extraordinary, ...
The worlds first communication glove: Swany G-Cell
2008-02-06 07:20:00 Glove manufacturer Swany, known worldwide as an innovation leader for high-tech sports gloves and Texsys GmbH, a Research and experimental development company from Germany presented during ispo winter 2008 the next generation of Interactive Fashion in form of the G-CELL?, a glove with integrated Bluetooth cellphone link. This revolutionary glove has a microphone and speaker integrated ... More About: Communication , Cell , Worlds , Gloves
Valentine Day - Give from the Heart for the Heart
2008-02-05 07:58:00 NuMetrex offers the perfect Valentine gift under the tag line: Give From The Heart For The Heart . Benefit one: NuMetrex will donate $5.00 to the American Heart Association for every red or razzleberry sports bra purchased during the month of February. The American Heart Association, which organized the National Wear Red Day on February 1 to promote ... More About: Sports
SmartSwim Solar Charger Beach Tote
2008-02-04 06:26:00 Solestrom, a Swimwear brand using cutting edge technology for swim wear fashion, joined the Solar Bag trend 2008 by offering for the coming swim and summer season their version of a solar bag: the SmartSwim? Solar Charger Beach Tote . The solar charging part is fairly simple, using a water resistant solar panel with 1.5 Watt. ... More About: Bags
Threads - Wearable Art Fashion Show
More articles from this author:2008-02-03 12:04:00 Threads: Wearable Art Fashion Show is presented by _gaia in conjunction with Jersey City Museum. The show will take place at the Jersey City Museum on Sunday, February 24th, 2008. The event, which is free and open to the public, will highlight the work of 20 artists and designers who are combining non-traditional materials and/or ... More About: Fashion Show 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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