Archive for July, 2009
Illuminated flip-flops for the hot summer night parties
A lazy hot summer day search about ‘techno beach gear’ came up with LED Flip-flops, these not very healthy, according to some studies, but beloved beach footwear which can be seen on beaches right now in numbers only second to [...]
Wearable Electronic resources from The Netherlands
We are starting a category to introduce various initiatives and information resources around our beloved topic of wearable electronic. Our aim is to offer a starting point for anyone on the lookout for information around smart textiles in his/her neighborhood [...]
Sound generating Tuxedo
Inspired by the wave of illuminated clothing used by artists I looked around the creative wearable electronic community for other music related clothing. My search came up with the Accouphene Tuxedo created by Vincent Leclerc, Joanna Berzowska and the XS [...]
NeonString for illuminated fashion design
Triggered by a question from one of our dear readers about possible technologies usable to add light-up elements to clothing designs, I have been looking around if there is anything else next to Photochromic yarns or the glow-in-the-dark yarns which [...]
HealthWear – wearable electronic health monitoring
Venturing around research activities into wearable electronic another European funded projects got my attention: the HealthWear project, a collaboration funded by the Directorate General Information Society of the European Commission with the aim to deliver a service that provides uninterrupted [...]
eTextile DIY – Sensitive Fingertips
It must have been a busy time lately for Instructables member Pulsea aka Hannah Perner-Wilson who was heavily involved into the creation and launch of ‘How to get what you want‘ a excellent resource for eTextile enthusiasts and now she [...]
Pluggage, the kinetic and solar power harvesting luggage of tomorrow
Finally there is a way to make good use of all the energy we spend while lugging around our luggage: the Pluggage is using the kinetic energy we spend and sun power to keep your gadgets charged. The kinetic energy [...]
