Archive for July, 2008
Wireless PTT Glove
Oskar Palinko, a grad student at the University of New Hampshire is working on an interesting project: a glove based input for in-car speech interface. The wireless PTT (push-to-talk) glove has buttons inserted under the fingertips of the index finger [...]
Voltaic Generator selling now?
The much hyped Voltaic Generator Laptop bag, capable of delivering enough solar power to drive a laptop, seems to have a very slow start in hitting the stores. It’s been a very long time now that we see the ‘Shipping [...]
‘Crafted’ iPod and iPhone Jacket by Republic
UK high street retail chain Republic has released an iPod jacket in a cool looking Bomber jacket style constructed with metallic yarn to give it a unique crinkled appearance. The iPod Bomber jacket is part of the Crafted branded collection [...]
Gesture Jam Glove for Musicians, DJs or the next generation Wii games
We have covered gloves with light build into them, gloves that make your hand talk and gloves giving your hand eyes. The latest addition to our intelligent glove collection is the ‘Gesture Jam Glove‘, a creation of a team of [...]
Reconfigurable Soft Wall Lamp made from e-textiles
‘Soft Wall Lamp‘ is a unique e-textile concept created by Alex Kowal during the ‘Soft Circuits Workshop’, a class at NYU’s ITP program that was taught and developed by Kate Hartman. Hartman shared her knowledge of making soft circuits in [...]
Madonna wears a sparkling and twinkling Lucky Star cape on her Confession Tour
A fan of our blog and Madonna (Ras) pointed us to another ‘electrifying’ stage outfit. Madonna wears during her ‘Lucky Star‘ song a cape that sparkles and twinkles when she opens it, giving the lyrics of ‘Lucky Star’ an additional, [...]
Stretchable textile pressure sensors for better product design
Pressure Profile Systems, Inc. started in 1996 as a commercial spin-off from Harvard University to design, develop and manufacture high performance multi-element pressure and tactile sensing systems. Their latest commercially available product is the FingerTPS(TM) (Finger Tactile Pressure Sensing). Flexible [...]
