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talk2myShirt talk2myShirt Wearable Technology is reaching out to the world of fashion and style. If you are interested and like to stay informed on the latest developments and products of Wearable Electronic clothing and accessory items, please visit our Blog. We also have a Articles
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
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
Snowboarding style with the ROYAL iPod Jacket from Surfanic
2008-02-02 09:50:00 A new brand entered the interactive fashion world, Surfanic which offers stylish iPod enabled snowboard jackets. Surfanic is a young UK based company that started their business ‘because the world was already full of super-cool and over-priced snowboarding brands and decided to create a brand which stood for style, functionality and fun at very affordable prices’. Their ... More About: Ipod , Jacket , Style , Royal , Snowboarding
Valentine?s Day gift - the Dynamic Love Shirt
2008-02-01 06:39:00 It’s February, the month of love and Valentine Day where gift giving is as important as love giving. ThinkGeek might have just the right Valentine’s Day gift for you, the Dynamic Love Life Shirt . ThinkGeek calls it 8-Bit Dynamic Life Shirt which they derived from computer games where your life is typically indicated in bar form. ... More About: Gift , T-Shirt
Load the sun into your bag with Sunload Solar power bags
2008-01-31 11:00:00 Sunload a Germany based company that puts sun in bags has already a nice range of different Solar bags starting from the Messenger models available in many different color combination to the Business bags and trolley up to the briefcase with solar panel. But there is more coming out of Sunload as they announced new models ... More About: Power , Fashion , Solar Power , Bags , Backpack
High Tech meets High Fashion - Computational Couture
2008-01-30 07:59:00 This Wednesday, January 30, fashionistas and techies will come together in Boston?s Museum of Science where SEAMLESS takes place, a fashion show that fuses cutting-edge style with the latest advances in technology. 20 selected, emerging designer teams from around the globe will send down the catwalk ?computational couture? that push the boundaries of wearable technology. Models wearing ... More About: Fashion , High Tech , Tech , High , Couture
Heated gloves for your cold fingers
2008-01-29 10:28:00 Cold fingers rule at the moment, at least in the northern hemisphere. Waiting for the bus or train, skiing or snowboarding in the mountains, your fingers are the first hit be low temperatures. Let?s have a look again to the heated glove market if there is a warm alternative to cold fingers. Sure, using good quality ... More About: Cold , Gloves , Fingers , Heated
Catch the sun to glow during the night
2008-01-28 08:11:00 Mountain sports outfitter VAUDE from Germany shows at the ispo winter 2008 an interesting concept they developed for high end Outdoor Jacket s, the Hybrid Performance System of its new Argon Line. The Argon line is the most performance enhancing clothing concept for alpinists: all layers are perfectly fine-tuned to each other to reach the highest level ... More About: Night , Catch , Glow
Intelligent Textiles and Clothing - book review
2008-01-26 07:20:00 Integrating intelligent textiles into clothing is an exciting field as you can see by checking out our blog. Over the holiday season I had some spare time to read a book titled: ‘Intelligent textiles and clothing’ edited by Dr Heikki Mattila, Professor of Textile and Clothing Technology at Tampere University of Technology, Finland. This is one of ... More About: Book Review , Textiles , Review
Wearable Electronic manufacturer WEEL Technologies
2008-01-25 04:40:00 After the transfer of Eleksen to Peratech, another transfer in the Wearable Electronic space took place to strengthen the design and manufacturing base of interactive fashion: WEEL Technologies has successfully completed a management buy-out of the Wearable Electronics company FITRIGHT Industrial which has designed and manufactured Wearable Electronic components into Apparel, Bag and Accessory products ... More About: Manufacturer
Skullcandy H2O LINK Hydration Pack with Speakers
2008-01-24 06:25:00 Skullcandy’s H2O LINK Hydration Pack with integrated Speakers is already around for some time but it seems justified to beam it up as another option for iPod yielding hikers, bikers and other outdoor fans. This ultra-cool backpack keeps you hydrated and entertained on those long trips. The build-in water bag holds 72 ounces in a ... More About: Backpack , Link
Not everything is fine and shiny - Burton Audex iPod AMP Backpack
2008-01-23 07:52:00 By all the enthusiasm for everything Wearable Electronic here on talk2myShirt we do not forget that not everything is perfect. Our post today is a reflection of reader feedback we got which we value very much. We do not have any relations to the companies who’s products we introduce on our blog and we do not ... More About: Ipod , Backpack , Fine , Burton , Shiny
iConnect Pillow for a cozy sound
More articles from this author:2008-01-22 06:30:00 Although the ‘i‘ in the name of the iConnect? Pillow might imply it works only with the all time favorite iPod, it is actually not the case. The iConnect? Pillow works with everything that has an 3.5mm headphone port which 99.99% of all portable audio player have. To manage your expectations, this speaker pillow like many others ... More About: Sound , Cozy 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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