Archive for October, 2007
Boombox trend of the 21st Century
Who remembers the days where bigger is better? I am talking about the Ghetto blaster, the Boomboxes that people carried on their shoulders a blast out music in the range of 20 Watt and much more. This booming trend latest [...]
SKORPION Dress by XS-Labs
Garments that change shape have a similar magical fascination and garments the emit light. How big this fascination is has been shown by Hussein Chalayan with his Mechanical Dress, the Video Dress and his latest creation the Sparkling Crystal Dress. [...]
Wearable Electronic DIY project: digg-me Shirt
Our reader tamberg pointed us to the ‘digg me’ Shirt, a very well documented Wearable Electronic Instructables project and just the right stuff to write about at the end of the week when we switch to an more relaxed mode. [...]
The ultimate Wearable Electronic DIY Kit: LilyPad Arduino
Leah Buechley created in cooperation with Sparkfun the next generation of e-textile modules for the Wearable Electronic DIY enthusiasts: the LilyPad-Arduino set. To introduce Leah Buechely might not be needed for our regular readers and everyone interested into Wearable Electronics [...]
The magic of light: Sparkling Crystal Dress by Hussein Chalayan
Hussein Chalayan surprised again during the Paris Fashion week the audience with ‘Technology meets high Fashion’ by showing a Sparkling Crystal Dress. To underline his ability and willingness to challenge traditional aspects of fashion, Chalayan bended the rules a bit [...]
Solar Textiles, the next step to more eco friendly fashion
The Textile International Forum and Exhibition we posted about a few days ago introduced another revolutionary textile technology: the Solar Textile after showing us the Textile Oven. The Solar Power Textile is foldable and more suitable for integration into clothing [...]
WiFi Hotspot Fashion – the WiFi Detector Shirt
The WiFi Detector Shirt from ThinkGeek is the perfect outfit for fun loving, WiFi depending, always in the need to be online Web2.0-citizen. I love this shirt and I love this idea. Back in July, we had an article running [...]
