Archive for March, 2006
Koyono BlackCoat Work
KOYONO is making a bold approach to Wearable Electronics by launching on March 30, 2006 a range of Jackets in their famous BlackCoat line. The first Jackets designed for spring and summer use. So far, all the other Jackets in the Wearable Electronic range have been for the active outdoor and winter sports enthusiasts.
The BlackCoat [...]
Global Solar power foil
Global Solar has developed a proprietary process for manufacturing thin-film Copper Indium Gallium diSelenide (CIGS) photovoltaic (PV) modules. Unlike traditional solar panels that are rigid, heavy and fragile, Global Solar’s thin-film solar modules are lightweight, flexible and durable. While other companies produce CIGS on glass, Global Solar is the only company with CIGS on flexible [...]
Scottevest Solar Jacket
Scottevest lhas a range of Jackets (woman and man collection) that have a unique design that allows to attch solar panels to supplement the power of your protable devices.
The solar panels enable you to recharge your USB compatible devices on the go, either while wearing the jacket. The solar panels compliment the jacket’s design, so [...]
Burton – Motorola Audex Jacket
The Audex, Bluetooth-enabled jacket range was developed in cooperation of Burton and Motorola for the winter season 2005/06. It links a skier’s mobile phone and iPod with an embedded system operated via an easy removable control module on the jacket sleeve.
Stereo speakers are built into the hood of the jacket and a microphone is embedded [...]
Voltaic Solar Bags
The Voltaic™ solar bags are mobile power generators, designed to charge your devices without a power outlet, which makes them ideal for outdoor activities, travel and camping.
Just plug a standard car charger into the bag and recharge most small electronic devices including: mobile phones, cameras, two way radios, PDA’s, and MP3s. Note: it is not [...]
Heart Rate Monitor Sports Bra
The NuMetrex™ Heart Rate Monitoring Sports Bra uses unique textiles to sense and respond to the body. This sports bra is designed to give women the option to wear a strapless heart rate monitor.
The NuMetrex Heart Rate Monitoring Sports Bra works with the Polar WearLink™ Transmitter. It will also connect to most fitness machines [...]
O’Neill Solar Backpack
Sports equipment supplier O’Neill introduced in late 2005 a limited edition of this Communication-Entertainment Solar Backpack.
The CommEnt Solar backpack is one of three products created in collaboration with ElekTex smart fabrics. In the same range is also available the CommEnt backpack, essentially the same product but lacking the solar charging panels on the rear and [...]
SlopeStyle
Created by Moondial, the SlopeStyle Jacket concept is marrying the elements of extreme sports and urban couture with smart and high performance textiles.
SlopeStyle is a functional and fashionable athletic jacket concept and prototype. Digital pictures from a camera phone or PDA can be transmitted directly, or downloaded wirelessly from the internet, to a display embedded [...]
ElekTex
Eleksen is one of the first companies that entered the Wearable Electronic market with a commercial product. This product is a textile based sensor called ElekTex.
ElekTex is a highly versatile and innovative technology that provides the basis for a soft, flexible, and lightweight interface between users and electronic devices. This unique fabric structure can accurately [...]
The ‘Know Where Jacket’
Introduced during the CeBIT 2006 in Hannover (Germany) this month by Interactive Wear AG, the GPS/Galileo Demo Jacket knows where it is.
The Know-Where-Jacket has a mobile phone, an MP3 player, headphones, a microphone and a waterproof sleeve keypad as well as an emergency call button.
But one more feature makes this demonstrator unique: the integration of [...]
