Archive for January, 2010
DIY – dynamic EL wire graphic for T-Shirts
We have seen many examples of Electroluminescent (EL) wires used to decorate clothing or bags by simply having some strings placed as contour and a light up in a flashing pattern. Cute at times but not very stylish most of the times.
Not so the design as shown above which is from the latest issue of [...]
Haute Tech LED-coat
Dutch designer Wendy Legro uses light as style element in a coat design which radiates simplicity and minimalistic sophistication.
Her LED coat design features folds that open and close during movements. Inside the folds are LEDs which light up, illuminating the folds and the surrounding area.
One of the most beautiful textile light designs I have come [...]
Sound reactive nightgown
Voice activation is a function electronic devices like cell phones, GPS units and computer include in their feature list to make it more convenient to interact with them but clothing? Yes, clothing too, at least this is what Sarah Soriano, a new media artist with a love to electrify garments is proposing with the sound [...]
LFLECTive fashion accessories from Lost Values
Lost Values a UK based company founded by designer-maker Elena Corchero, added to their innovative, technology enhanced collection a beautiful looking example how a little technology that has been around for a long time in not-so-sexy-looking roadwork jackets into classy, stylish hats and scarves fit for the high-street fashionistas.
The LFLECT Woolly Hat and LFLECT Wooll [...]
Intimate Memory clothing
One of the differences between technology and fashion is the way inspiration for new designs are gathered. Technologists get inspired by looking in the distant future of Starwars while fashion designer draw a great deal of inspiration from the past. This is strictly generic speaking and I am not saying fashion designer are working on [...]
Talk to my glove
Interactive gloves made it back into our headlines. We have covered recently the more simpler but yet very useful, I might even say essential touch screen gloves without which we are running around with frozen fingers or with our inability to receive even something simple like a cell phone call.
Designer William Mazuel envisions a much [...]
DIY – sensible eTextiles
The countless variations of textile/knit/crochet sensors Hannah Perner-Wilson aka Plusea created provide a valuable toolbox and source of inspiration for the eTextile community.
Her recent focus on pressure and stretch/bend sensors made by knitting and crocheting offer a unique alternative to conductive stretch fabric sensors.
Although it is sometimes challenging to find conductive yarn and wool in [...]
iPhone chat with your unborn baby
Babies in our digital age grow up – literally – with technology even before they actually make their first appearance in our world. Babies still developing inside the womb use twitter to tell the follower-ship when it made another kick via the Kickbee maternity dress. Unborn babies listen to music via their expecting mothers Bellysonic [...]
Conductive Energy Textiles
Scientists at Stanford University, CA join the race for wearable power by developing ink from single-walled carbon nanotubes.
According to the scientists, everyday textiles like Cotton or Polyester fabrics can be electrified with an extremely simple “dipping and drying” process resulting in eTextiles with an excellent ability to store electricity.
Conductive ink impregnated textiles retain their flexibility [...]
Wearable Electronic event of the year – Smart Fabrics
Over the past few years highly interesting events around wearable electronic emerged or established themselves as a yearly focus point for the wearable electronic community/business.
One of the very first wearable electronic events is the Smart Fabrics Conference which first took place in 2005 in Barcelona, Spain. Since that day, Smart Fabrics became THE highlight in [...]
