Archive for April, 2009
Interactive, Talking Quilt
The ‘Talking Quilt‘, a co-creation between Fiona Carswell, designer of the shockingly-creative ‘Smoking Jacket‘, Alice Tseng-Planas, Kate Hartman, Kati London, Megan MacMurray and Nanna Halinen was developed for speech and learning sessions with a non-verbal, mobility-challenged young girl. But this [...]
Wearable Electronic science – Nanofication of textiles
At times, nano-whatever seems to solve all problems the world is suffering from. Nano has the sound of a ‘magic spell’ on it. No wonder that ‘nanofication’ of textiles was one of the first areas nano technology found early commercial [...]
Bare conductive – electrifying the body
Conductive body paint could enable us to interact with our continuously shrinking electronic devices not only via clothing but directly via our skin. At least this is the vision of the creator of ‘Bare Conductive‘: Becky Pilditch, Matt Johnson, Isabel [...]
e-textile DIY – Sensing Bracelet
Plusea has added another of her highly inspirational and very detailed e-textile instructions to her ever growing Instructables library, the ‘Time Sensing Bracelet‘ The Time Sensing Bracelet is a circular fabric potentiometer where a fictive time can be set by [...]
Haute Tech Neckties
Neckties are one of the few traditional fashion accessories for men although women take over this form of neckties as well. There a countless styles on the market and denying or not – a necktie is used to express the [...]
Wearable Electronic events in The Netherlands
Rotterdam based V2_ ‘Institute for the Unstable Media’, will host coming May highly interesting events around Wearable Electronic. On May 16-17 Mika Satomi and Hannah Perner-Wilson (aka KOBAKANT) will give a two-day workshop on DIY wearable technology. The workshop will [...]
Relational Pillow
Pillows, the type which are used for decoration, to soften up our homes, come in zillions of shapes, designs and styles to express personality, mood, dreams – every and any emotions we would possibly have. MIT‘s Ambient Intelligence Group members [...]
