Data logging Shirt
Sport enthusiasts know that sooner or later discover that parts or their body can not cope with their enthusiasm, leading to dislodged joints and painfully strained extremities.
Fortunately, wearable electronic and the inventive mind of Marcus Moche, Alexandra Morgan and David Schmidt, currently students at the Northeastern University College of Engineering, might provide a solution in [...]
The missing link – Bluetooth bracelets
Today we revisit those Bluetooth bracelets that offer the convenience of never missing a cellphone call by giving a gentle, vibrating buzz on the wrist informing us about an incoming call.
Missing a phone call is sometimes not a big issue but at times it can have an impact on our love life, work life or [...]
Magical Fairytale Fashion by Diana Eng
Last week’s Fairytale Fashion Show at Eyebeam set a sparkling crown onto Diana Eng’s extraordinary exploration into technology enhanced fashion.
Regrettable I was not able to organize myself in a way to witness this event in person but with the images and videos becoming available I can very well connect to the magical experience Diana’s electrifying [...]
Detectair – Air pollution sensing clothing
One of the most interesting aspect of smart, sensible clothing is the integration of sensors that visualize environmental conditions we cant’s see or smell easily or to visualize such parameters to warn us when they reach health threatening levels.
The Breathless Corset and the Climate Dress both have sensors that detect and indicate high levels of [...]
Game of Life controlled by EKG Hoodie
Conway’s Game of Life has been explored before in wearable electronic by Leah Buechley or Elizabeth Fuller, showing random light pattern on dresses or jackets based on the rules of the Game of Life.
The starting point of the artificial life form comes in these examples from a random number generated by a micro chip.
The ‘Game [...]
Fairytale Fashion Show
Diana Eng’s fabulous project Fairytale Fashion which I highlighted last November is reaching it’s final stage, the Fairytale Fashion Show at Eyebeam on February 24, 7-9pm
Models will show Diana’s Haute Tech creations to the music from hacked video game consoles. A technology enriched fashion show demonstrating the potential of wearable electronics.
The Fairytale Fashion Collection utilizes [...]
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 spending with Google, Yahoo and other search engines to hunt down all the news and information [...]
Wearable Electronic event of the year – Smart Fabrics
Over the past few years highly interesting events around wearable electronic emerged or established themselves as a yearly focus point for the wearable electronic community/business.
One of the very first wearable electronic events is the Smart Fabrics Conference which first took place in 2005 in Barcelona, Spain. Since that day, Smart Fabrics became THE highlight in [...]
Textile iPod controls going mainstream
While the market of controlling an iPod or iPhone via clothing is spearheaded and dominated by companies like QIO Systems with their PANiQ controller, Fibretronic with CONNECTEDwear and Skullcandy with the AMP’D system it seems the time is near where traditional textile companies add this material to their product portfolio.
During my search for news I [...]
CONNECT to the Wearable Electronic community
We welcome 2010 by inviting you to join our talk2myShirt CONNECTION and connect with the Wearable Electronic community.
Inspired by discussions and feedback we received in the past year from wearable electronic creators, producers, brands and consumers expressing the wish to link up, to get in touch and connect with people around the world who are [...]
