Archive for July, 2010
Wearable electronic againts pick pocketing
Imagine a pickpocket trying to steal your wallet but instead of getting your money he or she is in for a 220-volt jolt! We have seen before the use of high voltage shock clothing like the No-Contact jacket designed for [...]
DIY fabric PCB etching with salt and vinegar
‘How to get what you Want‘ is certainly the first address every eTextile enthusiast working or planning textile electronic projects. It’s full of amazing tips and tricks coming from Hannah Perner-Wilson, one of the sites main contributor. New techniques are [...]
Fashion meets Technology by Tine Beez
How technology can enhance fashion design has been nicely demonstrated by Tine Beez, a graduate of Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design with her ‘Fashion meets Technology‘ active wear collection unveiled last May. The inspiration of her collection [...]
Illuminated heels by Francesca Castagnacci
Illuminating clothing, footwear or other fashion accessories inspire a growing number of designer who explore the possibilities of active light elements for fashion. Italian-born fashion designer Francesca Castagnacci used the active light element as her inspiration to design Heels that [...]
Smart Textiles: Weaving with electronics
Most wearable electronic development we see today are made by attaching either permanently or removable electronic functionality. This concept has it’s usefulness in some areas but the ultimate break through in wearable electronic will be by fully integrating electronics into [...]
Electronic Fiber
Staying a bit in the fiber since field today’s article is about a development coming from Jian Feng Gu at the Huazhong University of Science and Technology in China. Mr. Jian Feng Gu and his team work on a simple [...]
Textile science: Fibers that can hear and sing
In the old days making fibers was a relative simple matter, creating yarn and weave them to clothes. But these days are numbered with the emergence of intelligent fibers and textiles. Fiber development migrated in our digital age to electronic [...]
