Jackets that change your songs and pick up your phone
The Winter Olympic are in full swing (although physically I am far away from Vancouver) I revisited the iPod enabled jacket market to check out what is available right now for people watching the winter games on the spot.
The first pleasant surprise is the prices of interactive, iPod ready jackets came down again this winter [...]
The North Face Audio Jackets
Despite the cold weather outside, the technology enhanced apparel market is really heating up this winter season. The North Face added to this growing market great looking Audio jackets for women and men.
Beautiful not only the style of the jackets but also the soft touch control on the sleeve in the shape of a diamond. [...]
Fan Hoodies with iPod control
LimbGear® joined the interactive apparel market with the introduction of their InterActive™ Hoodio, a screen-printed hoodie which allows you to control an iPod from the sleeve.
Using hidden channels within the garment, the earbuds cable runs from the player which is placed in a pocket inside the hoodie and connected to the PANiQ eTextile control pad.
Functions [...]
Aerotype Hi-Tech Jacket from POLO Ralph Lauren
This must be the most gorgeous looking technology enabled jacket on the planet: the Aerotype Hi-Tech Jacket from POLO Ralph Lauren.
What a cool looking snow boarding / winter action sport jacket. The Aerotype Hi-Tech Jacket is made from innovative water-resistant, double-layer Microfiber shell, incorporating interactive PaniQ™ technology that allows safe remote use of Bluetooth™ or [...]
Upgradable Polaris Jackets
The upgradable clothing market is growing with the addition of Polaris winter 09/10 collection of outerwear jackets for man and women.
Polaris Industries has designed their jackets to allow Fibretronic’s joystick controller to be added to the sleeve using a Velcro attachment point. Fibretronic has produced a custom designed joystick for Polaris with a Velcro backing [...]
O’Neill NavJAcket for the winner of the Smart Textiles Salon Student award
Let’s give a big hand for O’Neill who is sponsoring a NavJacket for the winner of the Smart Textiles Salon Student award 2009.
The Smart Textiles Salon, jointly organized by the European projects SysTex and Proetex will present the student award for the best wearable electronic design project in this years event.
O’Neill, leading brand and innovator [...]
Sessions iPod ready, interactive Winter09 jackets
Action-sport apparel brand Sessions teamed up again with Skullcandy to continue it’s presents in the interactive garment segment with the launch of the Winter ‘09 iPod ready jacket collection.
The Foxtrot Herringbone Skullcandy Jacket for men features a military construction with urban styling – gorgeous looking jacket for action pure and available via this online store [...]
Stylish cool Commwear Jacket from Kjus
Even though many people spend these days on a beach there are folks who enjoy skiing right now. For all those cool people we found a great looking, iPod compatible jacket from the Norwegian company Kjus Skiwear.
Popular among fashionable, high end skiers, this company makes one of the coolest looking yet functional ski clothing for [...]
Visibility for runner – Shine Hat from Pearl Izumi
Pearl Izumi, covered on talk2myShirt earlier with the Vertex MP3 Short keeps innovating and exploring possibilities how embedded technologies into apparel can add value (and safety) to sports gear.
The Shine Hat represents a great innovation for commuters and those who prefer to ride or run in twilight/darkness.
The lighting system provides enhanced visibility with either a [...]
Hero iPod and Audio jacket
For those who are planning to spend some more time in the mountains UK street wear brand Location has launched two interactive, cool looking jackets.
The Hero 3 ICU iPod jacket and the Hero 3 ICU Speaker jacket. Both jackets have a dedicated iPod pocket with Fibertronic’s CONNECTED-wear controls integrated into the sleeve for use of [...]
