Archive for February, 2012
Power Felt – a wearable power generator
Imagine your clothing charges all your smart devices by just putting them into a pocket. Imagine you do not have to do anything to generate the electrical power – no need to run around, just sit there and let the [...]
A string of light – LED shoelaces
Soon the great outdoors will warm up, inviting fitness enthusiasts for an after office run or ride on the bike. More often than not this activities take place after sunset because of work schedule or because the more pleasant temperatures [...]
LedBAG – light up your life
Back in 2009 talk2myShirt introduced a illuminated bag concept design, the ledBAG from Polish designer Maria Roza Szczepanska. At that time I did not anticipate this cool design concept would grow to a commercialized product any time soon, but I [...]
The eTextile Lounge at the Maker Faire
One more thing …. Miss eTextile Lynne Bruning invites makers of wearable computing, soft circuits, eTextiles and paper computing to join the eTextile Lounge to share projects, present lectures and host workshops to her eTextile Lounge at the Maker Faire [...]
Wearable Tech Showcase at Maker Faire Bay Area 2012
For the third year in a row the Wearable Tech Showcase will be part of the Maker Faire Bay Area – an event in the Wearable Tech calendar better not to be missed. This year’s Wearable Tech Showcase, a production [...]
Cotton Transistors
Mastering a truly seamless integration of electronic functionality into fabrics remains a challenge up to this day. Most experiments and design concepts use hybrid solutions ranging form detachable, add-on wearable electronic functionality to semi integrated solutions where part of the [...]
The Intersection of Fashion and Technology
SFFT – short for SF Fashion+Tech is a newly formed organization with the aim to promote and support start-up activities at the intersection of fashion and technology in the SF Bay Area. While research and development of wearable technologies has [...]
