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Stress detecting socks
Researcher at ETH Zurich’s Electronics Laboratory develop a electronic stress assistant which will monitor stress levels in everyday life aiming to prevent burnout and depression more effectively.
Bert Arnrich, Cornelia Setz, Gerhard Tröster and their teams worked out indicators to determine stress levels, including the skin conductance on the fingers, the heart and breathing rates and [...]
iFashion – Apple hires wearable technology expert
Apple, one of the most innovative companies in modern history with an excellent track record of turning traditional business up-side-down seems to have set their eyes on the next business to transform: Fashion
The resent announcement circling around the Internet of Apple hiring a wearable technology expert in the person of Richard DeVaul could mean more [...]
Undercover music
We stay in the textile music area with today’s article introducing ‘Undercover‘ a blanket containing a system of 24 wireless speakers for the ultimate and intimate music experience.
Interaction Designer Dana Gordon loves to combine textiles with technology as her innovative portfolio of projects show.
The ‘Undercover’ music blanket is designed not only to listen to music [...]
Textile Synthesizer
While researching for last weeks Soundie DIY article I found the Textile Synthesizer made by Jeannine Han and Dan Riley at the Swedish School of Textiles, a highly interesting concept that transforms clothing into a MIDI interface.
Jeannine embed touch sensors, similar to the ones used in iPod and other touch screens into the textile. An [...]
DIY eTextiles – Soundie, a musical touch-sensitive light-up hoodie
Kanjun Qiu created at the MIT Media Lab for the High-Low Tech research group the beautifully designed Soundie, a hoodie with touch sensitive areas triggering sound and light effects.
The Soundie is Kanjun’s exploration into eTextiles and the LilyPad system. The result is the Soundie, one of the best demonstrator/prototypes I have come across in my [...]
Bargain backpack for techno girls
Device controlling bags have been around for a long time offering to those who got their hands-on experience with such bags a convenient way to operate the basics on cellphones, iPods and other MP3 player.
The growing number of interactive backpack styles give choices for function and taste. The function of device control on bags is [...]
Digital Gear Quiver with iPod Sound control
If you are one of the growing number of people who love to hike around the great outdoors whenever there is an opportunity you might know that having free hands is the best insurance to balance down a trail, cross water ways or venturing through dense Forrest vegetation.
At the same time you don’t want to [...]
Starlight Skirt
Shannon Henry, owner of the Polymath Design Lab transformed a hand-sewn tulle wrap skirt into a star light sparkling evening gown by integrating fiber optics and lights that change color in response to the speed and direction of the wearer’s movement.
At the center of the starlight skirt is a LilyPad which translates the motion sensors [...]
Technology enriched fashion design
Fashion design student Kristi Kuusk, currently studying at USP (University of São Paulo) is lighting up her creations – literally – by adding LED sparkle to a crocheted skirt.
The twist on Kristi’s design: the sparkle comes only to life when the skirt and a ring come together. Her concept of ‘miracles start to happen when [...]
Data logging Shirt
Sport enthusiasts know that sooner or later discover that parts or their body can not cope with their enthusiasm, leading to dislodged joints and painfully strained extremities.
Fortunately, wearable electronic and the inventive mind of Marcus Moche, Alexandra Morgan and David Schmidt, currently students at the Northeastern University College of Engineering, might provide a solution in [...]
