Archive for March, 2007
Solar Bags with Style for sunny days
Taking the risk to repeat ourselves, summer time is approaching as you might have recognized already.
And with it, lot of sunshine (we all hope). The best time of the year to think about using solar energy to help reducing global warming.
A very fashionable way to save our planet has been created by a new company [...]
Techno Fashion: Audio-activated DRESS from Heidi Kumao
Sound activates a series of LED lights on this dress. The louder the audio signal, the more lights light up. The LEDs are arranged in vertical columns on the front of the dress so that softer sounds light up the lower parts of the dress while louder sounds cause the entire column to be illuminated.
Heidi [...]
Wearable Electronic in Motion on CTIA 2007
CITA, the biggest Wireless Telecommunication Show opened it’s doors today and with it the highly anticipated Fashion in Motion Show.
CTIA has first organized a Wearable Electronic Fashion Show as early as 4 years back and establish itself as the forerunner and promoter of Wearable Electronic.
Fashion in Motion is a collection of the most [...]
Zephyr introduces the Bio-Harness smart fabric sensor strap
The ’smart Textile Village’, which is part of the CeBIT, had one more introduction of a new company and technology around Wearable Electronic.
A new fabric designed by New Zealand firm Zephyr offers information on heart beat, skin temperature, posture, activity and breathing rate with the Bio-harness, a ribbon of fabric worn around the chest.
Zephyr was [...]
Solar powered Backpack
Voltaic has a nice range of Solar Backpacks and Messenger Bags. This is no news but we wanted to bring the Solar range to your attention because summer time is approaching and with it usually more sunlight. That’s also the time of the year where Solar power harnessing will be most effective.
Do not forget [...]
Auto-snug clothing – really smart fabrics
It seems Philips is going into the fashion and textile business. First there was the ICD+ Jacket together with Levi, then the Lumalive textile display last September and now a really smart fabric.
Philips shows us a way which gives hope that the fitting-room fiascos will become a thing of the past ….. if this concept [...]
Wearable Electronic goes traditional – Lederhosen from Lodenfrey
Nothing is ’save’ anymore from Wearable Electronic. During the CeBIT in Hannover (Germany), a very traditional clothing maker shows in the ’smart Textile Village’, a special section of the CeBIT for Wearable Electronics, their contribution and exploration into the Wearable Electronic market.
Lodenfrey presents traditional German Lederhosen with a built-in MP3 player and mobile phone management, [...]
Pong T-Shirt
3G – geeky and great for the gaming enthusiast !
The Animated Pong T-Shirt got to be the geekiest T-Shirt ever, what better way to show your love of retro gaming than displaying an animated game of pong on you chest.
It’s a cool idea and we can imagine that on some accessions you might want/love to [...]
grooveRider Shirt for iPod and the perCushion from Urban Tool
Urban Tool, an innovative Austrian company dedicated to Wearable Electronic, shows their latest products during the CeBIT 2007 in Hannover (Germany).
We have posted about the iPod Shirt ‘grooveRider‘ some time ago but now Urban Tool launches worldwide a Limited 1st edition, according to their website, during the CeBIT.
The grooveRider iPod Shirt is the absolute [...]
CragHoppers Future Jacket for iPod
Another newcomer to the Wearable Electronic scene announced the latest iPod ready Jacket. CragHoppers introduces the Future Jacket that integrates the iPod seamlessly.
CragHoppers was founded in 1965 in Batley, West Yorkshire, building up a reputation for high quality outdoor clothing aimed at all-weather outdoor enthusiasts. The company specializes in design and manufacturing of outdoor clothing.
If [...]
