Archive for May, 2009
DIY: Temperature sensing T-Shirt
Aniomagic a company dedicated to provide components and ideas to the e-textile community is constantly expanding their portfolio in both directions.
On the components side, Aniomagic recently added to their online shop a DIY Kit for the temperature sensing tapestry we introduced last year. The Kit contains everything you need to crated this unique, decorative [...]
Staying connected with the WiFi T-Shirt
talk2myShirt is on the way to a 4 week trip around Europe and will hit areas where Internet access is very spotty at times making it difficult to stay connected with the World Wide Wearable electronic community during those days.
Please be patient when we can not keep up with our daily posting but we will [...]
Interactive clothing – Stress relieve via Facebook
Interactive clothing seems to play a key role when it comes to blur the line between online and offline identities, between the physical and virtual world.
Numerous concepts have been developed over the past years, becoming more advanced and more realistic than ever. This is partly because the wearable technology advance rapidly and partly because our [...]
Space age Solar Backpack for the adventure trip
It’s the time of the year where people start looking into the far distance, into summer, sun and adventure. A friend of mine is getting ready for an extended trip through the wilderness. Reading his packing list I noticed a ton of spare batteries filling up the space of his backpack, adding considerable weight to [...]
e-textile DIY: Soft Circuit Merit Badge
Evil Mad Scientist Lenore over at Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories posted a cute little e-textile DIY project called: Soft Circuit Merit Badge.
The step by step instruction show how to work with the e-textile components, no soldering or programming is needed. A complete list of material sources round up this nicely made guide.
The soft circuit Merit [...]
Bicycle ridding with LEDwear
Venturing around the other the to enjoy the cooler evening air for a run outside the usual air-conditioned gym I couldn’t help but to think about the ‘Light for Life‘ project from Kempton I have posted a few days ago.
Cyclists everywhere doing the same as me, making use of the cooler evening. The scenario: I [...]
Anti Paparazzi Fashion
Connecting to our article from yesterday about protecting your privacy from unwanted photo shoots we looked around to see if there are other Paparazzi blocking fashion around.
The result: the ‘Anti-Paparazzi Clutch Bag‘ made by Adam Harvey, interactive designer, programmer and photographer in New York City.
He created an interactive clutch bag which fires off a bright [...]
Wearable electronic – See Through Camera Jammer
With cameras as small as a needle head and camera function added to almost every electronic devices we carry around, taking pictures in any location to record our life with every step.
But with most of our tools, they can be used for good AND evil.
Spies, voyeurs and other mischiefing subjects can turn those cameras easily [...]
Powerbrella – thin, flexible Solar power
Solar textiles might still be a bit far away but flexible, thin film solar panel material like Konarka a leader in the flexible solar film market is developing, provide a option to integrate solar power charging function into clothing and bags.
A smart and environmentally interesting product, the Powerbrella™ is the latest development Konarka is exploring [...]
Light for life: Glowing cycling jacket
We have elaborated many times before the benefits illuminated clothing has to increase the visibility for cyclists and runners during low light conditions.
Besides some commercially available products of illuminated apparel, this topic is also one of the favorites in the e-textile DIY community.
Instructables member Kempton just posted her beautiful variant of a illuminated jacket, the [...]
