Archive for October, 2007

Quiksilver Sonic Impact speaker case: fashion for your iPod

What do we get if a clothing company does a make over of an iPod speaker set? A high quality sound system for the iPod wrapped in a soft and hip looking packaging called the Sonic Impact Speaker case.
It’s not the first time Quiksilver softened the electronic as we have seen with their range of [...]


Spyder Adult Groove Backpack hits the mountains

Spyder’s Groove Backpack is in store now and ready for you to get up the mountains and race down with the tunes following you, loud and clear. This saves you valuable breath you need for your boarding. No need to shout out to all the novices on the slope to get out of your [...]


Quiksliver’s U-Ramp Snowboard Jacket controls your tunes

Quiksilver has added to their backpack line with sound shell in the 2007/08 range a Snowboarding jacket that let you control your tunes easily while racing down the hills.
The U-Ramp Snowboard Jacket has soft switch buttons in the left sleeve that can be operated even with thick gloves on your hands.
There is no mention [...]


Scrolling text LED T-Shirt

ComputerGear is selling a LED T-Shirt that gives you another option to personalize your wardrobe.
You can express yourself by beaming up right on your chest whatever message you want to give to the rest of the world.
With buttons on the back of the LED display you can enter 6 different messages. The first message [...]


H4 iPod Backpack from O’Neill

O’Neill has finally launched a dedicated Website for the H4 Wearable Electronic range. A beautiful site, you have to have a look at it.
We will bring updates of the H4 Jackets over the coming days, a preview of it is already available on our blog here and here and here.
There are two Backpacks in [...]


Never get lost again with the Trailblazer GPS Jacket from BladeRunner

BladeRunner, a clothing manufacturer from UK that specializes in equipment for the police and security services has launched recently the first school uniform in slash-proof Kevlar. Considering the situation nowadays in some schools and on the way to the school, this might not be such a bad idea as it might sound initially.
The latest [...]


Sexy LumiTop illuminates you in style

LumiGram® designed a collection of illuminated, sexy tops that promise: your nights will never look the same ….
LumiGram uses Italian’s Luminex unique light emitting fabric which has as its light element fiber optics woven into conventional textiles. We have posted about Luminex here and here and here.
Unlike light sources such as LEDs or EL [...]


Garments that Sense with SmartLife Technology

SmartLife® Technology Limited, a UK based company founded in 2003, has designed and developed a garment based system with integrated sensors for sport, personal health and wellbeing monitoring.
In sports, integrating sensors that collect data about a wearers body conditions help elite athletes (but also you and me) to optimize the training and performance.
The same [...]


LED Hat gives a new meaning to … Hats

I have to lift my hat, so to speak, to wu-lee for the creation of the LED Hat. This concept of Wearable Electronic might not fall into the latest fashion trend but I do admire the creativity that motivated wu-lee to make this demonstrator.
You can find on this Site more details how wu-lee designed and [...]


Gaming vest with a punch

The gaming community is out in force (at least on the Internet) about a product that snugly fits into the Wearable Electronic space: a vest for computer game players that let them feel physically if they get hit or stabbed or if the get a punch.
The product in question is named: 3rd Space Vest, developed [...]