Archive for August, 2009
Smart ledBAG by Maria Roza Szczepanska
Industrial Designer Maria Roza Szczepanska created a beautifully illuminated handbag with a modular twist called the ledBAG. The ledBag lights up when opened showing a illuminated, shooting Space invader star-ship. I like the combination of the Retro themed Space Invader [...]
Crochet, the new DIT eTextile technique
The team at ‘How to Get What You Want‘ published recently eTextile sensors (pressure and tilt sensor) which a made of conductive wool using the Crochet technique to build electrically conductive traces and patches into Crochet work. Besides weaving and [...]
Sessions iPod ready, interactive Winter09 jackets
Action-sport apparel brand Sessions teamed up again with Skullcandy to continue it’s presents in the interactive garment segment with the launch of the Winter ’09 iPod ready jacket collection. The Foxtrot Herringbone Skullcandy Jacket for men features a military construction [...]
Pressure activated, Illuminated Fabric
Our next prototype introduction for the ‘Smart Textile Salon‘, a jointed European workshop organized by the European projects SysTex and Proetex comes from Riccardo Marchesi, Managing Director of InnTex, an Italian based textiles and textiles machinery company which is exploring [...]
iLED – the next wearable display
While OLEDs are the hype of today when it comes to flexible, bright and colorful displays able to be integrated into clothing, a team of scientist is already working on the next big technology which could change the rule of [...]
SHHH… Amplifying Textiles
Today’s sneak peek on the prototype which will be shown during the ‘Smart Textile Salon‘, a jointed European workshop organized by the European projects SysTex and Proetex on Sept 25th in Ghent, Belgium, is SHHH… Amplifying Textiles from German textile [...]
Illuminative Sonic Top
In our series of introducing the prototypes on stage during the Sept 25 ‘Smart Textile Salon‘, a jointed European workshop organized by the European projects SysTex and Proetex, we have a sneak peek at the Illuminative Sonic Top by Travis [...]
