Archive for December, 2008

Solar Buddy from Sakku

Heated clothing is a hot item in our coverage at the moment especially helpful in the northern parts of the world but we should not forget another hot item – solar charging bags – useful and practical in the warmer [...]


Inspirational DIY e-textile sewing – wearable musical interfaces

This Saturday Zurich / Switzerland will see Hannah Perner Wilson and Mika Satomi unfolding their experience in creating interactive clothing during the workshop ‘Sew your own wearable musical interface’  which is part of the event ‘diy* —  Art and Technology Festival‘ . As [...]


Heated Glove Liners with a twist

Heating apparel have seen a big boost over the past 2-3 years with every year more companies come up with new solutions to take out the pain felt when outdoors for prolonged time in cold weather. e-Textile advancements in this [...]


Sew your own wearable musical interface

The event ‘diy* —  Art and Technology Festival‘ read: ‘do it together, the culture of collaborative art-making’ will host a workshop on Electronic Textiles to develop wearable musical interfaces. Hannah Perner­ Wilson and Mika Satomi will introduce workshop participants into the magic of e-textiles [...]


Fashionable heating jackets from Polartec

Heated clothing is hot in demand this time of the year but so far, heated clothing could not be really classified as fashionable, okay looking but fashion and fit was second to function = keeping warm. Polartec® is putting the [...]


Interactive Fashion from Korea

Korean fashion designer Kim Jin Hyung created a line of interactive clothing especially for women. Up to now most of the ready-to-wear interactive fashion designs have been targeted towards the male audience with some styles ‘transformed’ to women’s styles with [...]


Mysterious sparkle for your Table – LumiTable

As the daylight hours are getting fewer it might be a good idea to bring some additional sparkle into the festive time of the year into your living room. An expert is spicing sparkling up our outfit and living room [...]