Archive for July, 2008
e-Textile pants can improve the lifestyle for elderly
We have pointed out in the past ththe high value e-textiles and wearable technologies have to help improving the lifestyle of persons requiring medical treatment, rehabilitation after medical treatment and enhancing the life style of elderly persons by assisting declining body functions.
Without wearable technologies many of this persons are confined to rooms or stationary monitoring. [...]
Boom Bag from GRO Design
The most gorgeous looking iPod bag we have seen so far is the Boom bag, a design concept from GRO Design, a European design agency dedicated to create successful products for A-brands around the globe.
GRO’s Boom bag design study is part of an investigation on how to use loudspeakers in a more creative way.
We have [...]
iPod glove liner - a unique remote control concept
A brilliant idea for an iPod controlling glove liner based on magnetic contacts has been posted by YouTube member jdub765.
Each finger has assigned on of the five function needed for the basic navigation of an iPod. The ’switch’ is realized with small magnets in the gloves finger tip. When a finger touches the receiver for [...]
Voltage Bags control your iPod
What’s in your Bag? I am sure a lot of essential stuff and if you have an iPod, you should have an iPod protecting and controlling bag.
Voltage Bags, a Smart Fabrics Asia Pacific owned bag brand has top quality, gorgeous looking, iPod and iPhone controlling bags you will fall in love.
Made of high quality materials [...]
New style for talk2myShirt
Our frequent readers of talk2mySirt have noticed we have change the style of our blog. We did keep the base character the same but made a ‘fresher’, ‘brighter’ look and feel.
Our motivator behind the style change is to make browsing through our growing information data base as easy and convenient as possible. We moved all [...]
Fall 2008 Solar fashion from Noon
If you are still looking for THE solar bag, you can choose from an even wider range now. Noon Solar put out their latest and greatest collection of solar handbags for the Fall 2008 season.
Noon offers the most fashionable solar bags made from materials carefully chosen for their sustainability, longevity and beauty. As proof point [...]
Solar Buddy bag from Sakku
Solar bag manufacturer Sakku from Switzerland has added a new model to their Solar bag range called ‘Buddy’.
This little sunshine Buddy comes in many rainbow colors to match the bright and sunny mood of summer time. As in their previous solar bags, Sakku uses again recycled materials for the bags, offering 100% environmentally sound power/fashion [...]
EroGear Wearable Display Jacket
Extending our wearable display topic from yesterday, we found another amazing wearable display from a company called ‘EroGear‘.
But unlike to our story yesterday, EroGear is offering their wearable display integrated in any jacket of your choice.
Here are some of the impressive features EroGear is offering in their tailor made display jackets: a software package that [...]
DIY textile display - Embroidered LED matrix
Another amazing way on how to ’soften electronic’ or should I say ‘electrify textiles’ has been worked out by Leah Buechley, an Embroidered LED matrix providing a soft display for your next outfit.
Leah’s ‘proof of concept’ demonstrates how to create a textile display by using both sides of a fabric to realize a 2 layer [...]
Zegna high-tech fashion: Freeway Jacket with sparkle
Ermenegildo Zegna, the Italian menswear fashion house known for it’s Sports collection which fuses sport inspired design with urban style and technological innovations is expanding their Technology Style range with the ‘Freeway Jacket‘.
The ‘Freeway Jacket’ is designed to improve safety in urban outdoor travel situations. Integrated into the collar is an LED light [...]