Archive for February, 2010

Soular Power Back-Up Packs

No, I have not made a typing mistake in the headline, Neon Green, a new brand joining the solar power bag market, named their soon to be launched range Soular Power Back-Up Packs. What can be seen so far from [...]


Wafer-thin plastic stores electricity

A recently published scientific development from researcher at the Imperial College London looks like another stepping stone towards wearable power. The scientists created a super-capacitor in a flexible form by sandwiching a glass-fiber layer between two layers of carbon fibers [...]


Compass Vibro Anklet – North Paw

North Paw is an anklet that tells the wearer which way is North. The anklet holds eight cellphone vibrator motors around the ankle. A control unit containing an electronic compass senses magnetic north and turns on and off the motors. [...]


weSearch – wearable electronic search engine

Today is a special day for talk2myShirt: we reached our 1000 posting. To celebrate this milestone we  add another, hopefully useful, feature for our reader and members. Looking back to 1000 blog postings also means looking back to countless hours [...]


Atlas Gloves – a DIY hand gesture interface

This weeks wearable electronic DIY project introduction is not very challenging on the eTextile part but it is one of the most outstanding projects I have seen around the interactive glove topic. The Atlas Gloves, created by Dan Phiffer and [...]


Interactive clothing gives goose bumps

No other product we own comes closer to our body, our skin sensory feelings than clothing and no other personal communication is more intimidate than a soft touch that triggers goose bumps or sends a tickle along the spine. Combining [...]


Not fashionable but functional wearable solar power

Wearable electronic is often associated with being not fashionable enough, looking ‘geeky’ and functional. I have to admit some commercial products and concept designs confirm this association but there is a growing number of commercial as well as concept designs [...]