DIY – Fabric Display
Fabric Light-Bright is an amazing textile display project from Eli Skipp of Pumping Station One, a first class hacking community in Chicago.
I have never seen before such a simple yet highly unique eTextile design. Simple in it’s functionality as described by Eli but highly expendable and wide open for upgrading to more complex functionality.
What [...]
Electroluminescent textiles
The magic of illuminating textiles seems to be one of the focus points during the upcoming Smart Textiles Salon in Ghent, the jointed European workshop organized by the European projects SysTex and Proetex.
Spain based technology center Cetemmsa, with over 18 years of experience in carrying out applied research on smart materials will present their textile [...]
Temperature sensitive, Transitional textiles
Visitors to the Smart Textiles Salon in Ghent, a jointed European workshop organized by the European projects SysTex and Proetex will see a highly interesting prototype called ‘Transitional Stripes‘, a technology exploration into color changing textiles.
The ‘Transitional Stripes‘ are the result of an AHRC funded project by Robert M Christie, Sarah Taylor and presented [...]
Human Synthesizer – textile display from Philips Lumalive
Philips Lumalive commissioned a new promo video for their LED based light emitting textile technology.
The video, called ‘Human Synthesizer‘, made by made by Jasmin Jodry from th1ng, visually explains the benefits of transforming garments into communication platforms via the Lumalive textile display.
Up to now Philips Lumalive technology has been marketed only towards the promotion [...]
e_Static Shadows – textile display visualizes electro static
‘e-Static Shadows‘ is a research project by designer Dr. Zane Berzina and architect Jackson Tan which creatively explores the speculative and poetic potential of static electricity found in our everyday environments, surrounding our everyday interactions.
The aim of the project is to investigate how electrostatic energy could either be effectively utilized or play a part in [...]
Flexible Led Curtain
Beijing based Huasun Optoelectronic Science Co. selling a ‘made to order’ Flexible Led Curtain which looks and acts like a textile display.
Hanging on a wall or dividing a room this Flexible Led Curtain gives the amazing effect of a soft, drapable curtain which doubles as high resolution display.
This display can be folded, curved, pend and [...]
DIY textile display – Embroidered LED matrix
Another amazing way on how to ’soften electronic’ or should I say ‘electrify textiles’ has been worked out by Leah Buechley, an Embroidered LED matrix providing a soft display for your next outfit.
Leah’s ‘proof of concept’ demonstrates how to create a textile display by using both sides of a fabric to realize a 2 layer [...]
Power ties, a great gift for engineers, scientists and gadget fan-boys
When it comes to fashion accessories the boys have usually less choice than the girls. One of the fashion accessories where men can express his individuality is a tie.
Single color ties for the more conservative occasions, patterned ties for the smart casual and the myriad of printed ties to express any kind of mood, taste, [...]
Emotional LadyBag with don’t forget me feature
A everyday situation: you are too late, dump everything in your bag, rush to your first appointment of the day and then it hits you: forgot the cell-phone or keys or wallet, iPod or Blackberry you name it, all the essential stuff we need for our daily survival in the digital and real world.
Our gadgets [...]
Wake up delighted with the glo Pillow
Would you like being waked up by light coming out of the pillow, gently increasing it’s light intensity simulating the natural sunrise?
If you are tired being hit by an alarm clock that gives off a shocking noise you might want to swap your alarm clock with the glo Pillow.
The glo Pillow is the brain child [...]
