Category: Technologies
Wearable CO2 sensor
Following up on the release of the Smart Textile Saloon exhibition list released last week, I am collecting more information (where available) about the projects on stage. The wearable CO2 sensor, developed by Tanja Radu, Cormac Fay, King Tong Lau [...]
Human Synthesizer – textile display from Philips Lumalive
Philips Lumalive commissioned a new promo video for their LED based light emitting textile technology. The video, called ‘Human Synthesizer‘, made by made by Jasmin Jodry from th1ng, visually explains the benefits of transforming garments into communication platforms via the [...]
NeonString for illuminated fashion design
Triggered by a question from one of our dear readers about possible technologies usable to add light-up elements to clothing designs, I have been looking around if there is anything else next to Photochromic yarns or the glow-in-the-dark yarns which [...]
Give your T-Shirt a color charge
Connecting to our article about color changing embroidery thread based on the Thermochromatic principle using bright light for the color change, we found another interesting, color altering embroidery thread based on the glow-in-the-dark technology. Glow-in-the-dark products contain usually phosphors, a [...]
SolarStrap – wearable solar power module
Finland based Suntrica is a young company exploring the possibilities of thin, lightweight solar panels as wearable add-on solution for clothing and bags. An interesting idea as such self-containing add-on module allows to quickly and easily move it from one [...]
FIR – Far Infrared clothing
It might not seem to be the best time of the year to talk about heated clothing but I learned recently about an advanced textile technology, the Far Infrared (FIR) fibers which are not only used as textile heating elements [...]
Change the color of your clothing with the power of the sun
Summer has formally started in the northern hemisphere bringing with it long, sunny days. The right time to introduce our readers to another chameleon fashion technology, this time reacting on UV (ultra violet light) coming so plentiful from our sun. [...]
