Archive for November, 2009
SunnyBag – chic solar power for the Business Pro
Sunnybag is a new line of exclusive shoulder bags with integrated, flexible solar panels made by Austrian company Ponsold.
The first model available is the ‘Business Pro‘, made of finest dark brown cow-skin leather and includes a 1600mAh Li-Ion battery pack, 2 flexible solar panels with 3 watts of power output, connectors to more than 400 [...]
DIY – illuminated textiles
Lynne Bruning expanded her DIY eTextile portfolio on Instructables with the ‘flexible LED eTextile ribbon array‘ project showing how to create a textile illumination layer in grid form which is light weight and highly flexible, making it ideal to integrate in garments with light up effects.
The basic concept is to form a array with ribbons [...]
Dr. Z Windbreaker jacket with iPod control from Zoo York
Zoo York’s range of apparel which are inspired by the New York City graffiti art and skateboarding culture jumped on the interactive fashion skateboard trend and released the limited edition, iPod controlling Dr. Z Windbreaker jacket.
Featuring the PANiQ eTextile control system from QIO Systems, the Dr. Z Windbreaker jacket comes in black, has waterproof [...]
Urban Tool – icaseBelt and ihipHolster for iPod and iPhone
Urban Tool, I like that name and their grooveRider shirts, has upgraded it’s famous carry gear for urban professionals with iPod and iPhone controls integrated into a multi functional belt and their trademark hip-holster.
Called the ‘icaseBelt‘ and the ‘ihipHolster‘, both products feature Fibretronic’s CONNECTEDwear controls. No need to take out your devices, change songs, volume [...]
Comfy warm ears with the Aerial7 Sound Disk Beanie
Winter is the time when beanies become an essential part of our wardrobe to keep our sensitive ears – and everything between – cozy warm. But covering up the ears makes it a bit cumbersome to use earphones especially the ‘over ear’ type.
Beanies with integrated speakers are one option which emerged just a few years [...]
Wearable power – Dancepants
Wearable, limitless power for ‘on the go’ personal deceives is the dream of many.
Batteries usually run out at just the wrong moment, in the middle of a phone call, while tweeting or when the motivational music is most needed.
A lot of research and experimentation is done to realized this dream but sometimes the simplest ideas [...]
Body Electronics
Wearable electronic is still in it’s early stage, make the first baby steps into the harsh world of commercialization but visionaries and researchers work already on the next big thing in getting electronics closer to our bodies, actually inside our bodies.
Having electronic implants is not new and some people depend their life on it with [...]
Amazing eTextile switch – the Bow
Riccardo posted on his blog on our newly launched talk2myShirt Connection an amazing on/off switch concept for eTextile projects: the ON_OFF Switch Bow.
I love this unique idea of translating a mechanical switch to eTextile electronics. Tie a bow like a shoelace and the switch is ‘ON’. Untie the bow and the switch is in ‘OFF’ [...]
DIY – iPod control in the handle of a bag
Aniomagic recently introduced the Magic Dock connector for iPod and iPhone control which offers a unique way to integrate remote control functions or the ‘i’ products into all kind of soft, textile based products.
To show off the potential of this Magic Dock connector and to inspire the eTextile community, Aniomagic made another little project around [...]
Hard Rock boom bag
Triggered by a question from one of our readers looking for a boom bag, I came across the Mini Boom Box Bag from Hard Rock Cafe.
It’s styled like a 1980s ghetto blaster, complete with speakers, controls and a cassette in the tape deck.
Simply plug in your iPod or MP3 player and groove to your favorite [...]
