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LED Gloves bring sun (LED) shine in your live
2008-05-17 14:25:00
Lux et Deco a French retailer of LED (Light Emitting Diode) jewelry and all kind of LED enabled interior accessories has added a unique product to their program, a LED Glove that put light into your finger tips. Pointing to something or someone gives a new meaning to the term ’shedding light on it’. The battery ...
More About: Accessories , Gloves

Burton Ghetto Blaster Feedback Pack
2008-05-16 13:59:00
Burton, well known for the fashion-street-skating-snowboarding brand and the very first brand that commercialized an interactive backpack added a BoomBag or Ghetto Blaster backpack to it’s range called: Feedback Pack. Actually, the Feedback Pack has been available since 2007 but Burton made a style makeover for a Spring 2008 launch with cool looking designs. The Feedback Daypack ...
More About: Accessories , Sound

The Original Hand-Talk glove
2008-05-15 14:14:00
We have posted a few days ago the story of the Hand Talk communication glove from a team of students at Carnegie Mellon University that translates American Sign Language (ASL) into speech via a cell phones running text to speech software. A great and useful looking concept that could help to bridge the communication barrier between deaf ...

Reebok NXT Speaker Backpack
2008-05-14 14:01:00
REEBOK, a top name when it comes to sport apparel and fashion is joining the list of brands who add interactivity to their products. Reebok’s first product in the Interactive Fashion segment is the NXT Speaker Backpack featuring a complete stereo sound system seamless integrated in a cool backpack design in Reebok’s signature style. The NXT ...
More About: Accessories , Boom

ONO Glow Sneakers for safety and fun on the run
2008-05-13 14:01:00
ONO Running demonstrates how glowing sneakers can provide safety and a bit of fun. These Glow sneakers have the potential to (r)evolutionize sneakers for runner. This may be a bold statement but I do believe the ONO Glow sneaker concept does add the high value of being more visible during running in low light condition ...
More About: Safety , Sneakers

Hoodie with Stereo Speaker
2008-05-12 12:30:00
A few days ago we had the story of the Hood.e running, a concept design that demonstrated the integration of speakers into a Hoodie. The creator Tim Dubitsky is looking now for commercialization partners. To my surprise and some search on the WWW, I did find a Hoodie with Stereo Speaker system integrated into the hood, ...
More About: Clothing , Jacket

DIY Wearable Electronic - Sew on some bling
2008-05-10 17:17:00
If you are working on a cool DIY Wearable Electronic project and want to add some bling to it, check out the latest Wearable Electronic DIY module from Aniomagic called the ‘mimeolight‘. This module must be one of the easiest ways to add some magic light effects to your electronic craft projects with customizable blinking patterns. ...
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Cool Noon Solar satchel for a hot summer
2008-05-09 15:30:00
Noon Solar starts selling the Spring/Summer 2008 solar bag collection. The first model launched is the Logan satchel which comes in three different finishings: the all leather Black Logan for $ 476.- the Midnight/Slate Logan and at the bottom the Chocolate/Olive Logan. The last two models go for $ 452.- each. Noon Solar is ...
More About: Bags , Accessories , Cool

HandTalk - interactive communication glove
2008-05-08 15:04:00
You might know the term ‘talk to my hand’ used in situations like “you’d be as well talk to my hand ‘cos I ain’t gonna listen to you anyway“. A group of engineering students at Carnegie Mellon University gave this term a twist and created a hand that talks. The students Bhargav Bhat, Hemant Sikaria, Jorge L. ...
More About: Communication , Interactive

Hood.e - a wearable sound hoodie
2008-05-07 13:00:00
BoomBoxes are something from the distant past (80s), BoomBags start to emerge in the market recently. BoomJackets or in this case a Hood ie give the ‘Boom’ a new twist of listening to music without blocking the ears completely to stay aware about the surroundings when out on the streets. The ?Hood.e? is a design concept of Tim ...
More About: Sound

Verb for Shoe ? smart, interactive footwear
2008-05-06 14:54:00
Footwear is getting another upgrade by offering multi dimensional interactivity to shoes for comfort and socializing in the real as well as the virtual world. VectraSense Technologies, a spin-off company from MIT ?the mother of Wearable Electronic?, launched the smartest shoe on the market called: ‘Verb for Shoe‘. As a pioneer in the field of computerized footwear ...
More About: Shoes , Footwear , Accessories , Interactive , Smart

Handwear - the interactive glove
2008-05-05 15:47:00
We have seen gloves that control the iPod, that keep the fingers cozy warm in winter and that make phone calls. The next generation of gloves will have many more sensors integrated to control multiple wearable devices by lifting different fingers. This is at least the vision of RallyPoint, a recent MIT startup, which wants to ...
More About: Interactive , Concept Design

Give your feet the attention they deserve
2008-05-03 17:54:00
We have seen some hi-tech shoes lately so lets round of this week with another ‘technology meets shoe’ product, Alina Designs‘ LED lighted Dress Shoes. For women, shoes like handbags are something you can never have enough. They are bought based on emotions and only as a second thought on practicality. Let’s face it ladies - ...
More About: Feet , Give , Attention

Portable Light - Wearable Electronic for the Other 90%
2008-05-02 17:29:00
I am ‘borrowing’ part of my headline from an initiative of Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum in New York City which run last year an exhibition called: ‘Design for the other 90%‘. This exhibition touched on the fact that most cutting edge technological developments are accessible to only 10% of the world population while the other 90% ...
More About: Electronic , Solar Power , Portable , Light

Wi-Fi sniffing sneakers
2008-05-01 08:40:00
We have seen T-Shirts that sniff out Wi-Fi signals and show them on the chest. Although this might be too much geek for some it does have appeal to others (I may count myself to the ‘others’ category). There is the other option of a more discrete Wi-Fi sniffing integrated in bags as alternative to taking ...
More About: Sneakers

Smart Fabrics 2008
2008-04-30 12:37:00
For the 4th year running Intertech Pira is organizing the Smart Fabrics conference between May 5-7 in Charleston, South Carolina, US. Intertech Pira’s Smart Fabric conference is the most significant event of the year for the Wearable Electronic community and business. A long list of high profile speaker from leading Wearable Electronic companies and pioneers of wearable ...
More About: Events , 2008

Italian solar fashion from Ennio Capasa
2008-04-29 15:51:00
The magic or practicality of renewable energy provided by sun light and transforming it into electrical energy via solar cells has attracted Italian fashion designer Ennio Capasa from CoSTUME NATIONAL to create a range of high end - high tech Solar Handbags combining fashion, functionality and technology wrapped in Italian design. Fine strips of mini-solar panels ...
More About: Fashion , Bags , Accessories

Piezing gives the Power Dress a new meaning
2008-04-28 08:21:00
In the business world, Power -Dress means getting a ?professional looking? outfit, not to catchy, not to low profile. Your outfit should show you are in charge. In Wearable Electronic, Power-Dress has a different meaning, it actually generates power which in turn can be used to power Blackberries, iPhones and so forth. Point in case: Amanda Parkes? ...
More About: Meaning

Haute Tech Fashion Jeans
2008-04-26 12:33:00
The recently published ‘Keyboard Jeans ‘ by designer Erik De Nijs on Yanko Design is adding a new twist to the Interactive Fashion trend which is slowly but steady growing. Sure, the ‘Keyboard Jeans’ are easily labeled as ‘Geeky’ and ‘Nerdy’ pushing form far beyond function but is this not the case with many Haute Couture designs ...
More About: Articles , Tech , Concept Design

Solar Light cap gives shade during the day and light at night
2008-04-25 16:56:00
My first reaction seeing the 2CLight Solar Light cap was: oh no, again a funny cap with an add-on like a fan but looking a bit closer how the cap works I must say: the 2CLight Solar Light cap is a unique and useful product after all. The concept is simple but brilliant: a flexible solar ...
More About: Fashion , Night

Bellysonic - the iPod for unborn Babies
2008-04-24 16:26:00
If you wonder what I am talking about today - keep on reading. Bellysonic® is a soft speaker device that enables ’soon to be moms’ to share their music with the baby in the womb. The Bellysonic is the perfect way for an expectant mom to participate in their baby’s sensory development, and to enrich their ...
More About: Babies , Health Care , Ipod

FATS sneakers show how fit you are
2008-04-23 16:23:00
A group of students from the Utrecht School of Arts (NL) explored wearable electronic by adding interactivity to shoes. The result of this projects is the FATS shoe. FATS stands for ‘Fitness Achievement Technology System‘ and not as you might assume for ‘being fat’. The idea of the FATS shoe concept is: the shoes reward physical performance ...
More About: Show , Sneakers , Fats

Retro style Wearable BoomBox for your iPod
2008-04-22 16:20:00
We had an article on talk2myShirt last October speculating about the revival of the BoomBox trend of the 80s in form of bags and backpacks with speaker and amplifier integrated to hook up to our 21st century small audio players like the iPod. Sure enough another option is coming to the market via iWorld with a ...
More About: Ipod , Bags , Style , Retro , Boombox

Pillow with heartbeat - My Beating Heart
2008-04-21 16:23:00
The list of interactive pillows is getting longer with the My Beating Heart pillow, a pillow that has its own heart beat. My Beating Heart is the invention from Yury Gitman and has been available since 2005 but out of whatever reason I only ‘discovered’ it today. Why should a pillow with it’s own heartbeat be of ...
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Shirt Buttons transformed into a Wearable Remote Control
2008-04-19 06:26:00
Remote controls in clothing are around for a couple of years now, offered by different companies but they look almost always the same: five or six function buttons lined up into one row or a circular shape with a ’stick’ in the center. We haven’t seen much of a design/style creativity for textile or soft keypads in interactive fashion although I do think the underlying technologies would ‘permit’ or should I say ‘enable’ the design of different shapes and styles. A refreshingly new design concept around a wearable remote control from designer Tobi Kim might change the way fashion designer will see future Interactive Clothing designs. The soft electronic device called ‘Multi-Chalk‘ is designed to slip on anything with a button. It can be designed to compliment your outfit and style. Multi-Chalk is envisioned by Tobi Kim as a ‘universal remote to control anything and everywhere with the push of a button‘ that can be pro...
More About: Remote Control , Shirt , Control , Remote , Buttons

Vital Jacket - the future of Heart Monitoring
2008-04-17 16:13:00
The Vital Jacket ® is an intelligent wearable garment that is able to continuously monitor electrocardiogram (ECG) wave and Heart Rate as used in medical environment, high performance sports and fitness. The company behind this futuristic Jacket/Shirt is Biodevices, S.A., a spin-off from IEETA (Institute of Electronics and Telematics Engineering of Aveiro / University of Aveiro, ...
More About: Health Care , Future , The Future

Hot Bargain: Soundwave Backpack
2008-04-16 15:16:00
We have covered G-Tech products numerous times, no wonder they have a large selection of iPod and Audio bags in their program so it was fairly easy to find a hot bargain: the Soundwave Backpack with integrated soft speaker technology from NXT. Reason for me to look around for Audio Backpacks: I noticed today quite some ...
More About: Accessories , Bargain

Ergoskin: Interactive Underwear
2008-04-15 15:33:00
We have seen Interactive Clothing and Interactive Bags, that’s right in the center of talk2myShirt. Today we add another interactive garment: Ergoskin the Interactive Underwear . Ergoskin is the creation of Talia Elena Radford Cryns, a student of the University for Applied Arts, Industrial Design, in Vienna - Austria. Ergoskin is a type of functional underwear with ergonomic ...

Book preview: Fashionable Technology
2008-04-14 14:30:00
Usually we do book reviews but today we are ahead of time and bring a book preview. Reading the description of Sabine Seymour’s upcoming book - ‘Fashionable Technology : The Intersection of Design, Fashion, Science and Technology’ I went straight ahead for a pre-order. Sabine Seymour offers in her book an up-to-date look on the interplay between ...
More About: Preview , Book Reviews , Book

Wearable Antenna
2008-04-12 16:01:00
The idea of Wearable Antenna s is around for some time but I have never seen someone actually developing or even producing this type of antenna, that is until today. On my restless search for Wearable Electronic news I found a press release from Pharad, founded in 2003 to develop innovative and wearable antenna technology primarily for ...