July 2009 Blog Posts (15)

A Vest that Collects Heartbeats

Heart Donor Wearable Tech Vest

Heart-Donor is a wearable art project by artists Laura Beloff, Erich Berger and fashion designer Elina Mitrunen.

The wearable vest collects and stores up to 30 recordings of heartbeats from friends and family. An individual's heart beat is recorded by pressing the palms of one's hands together using a glove interface.… Continue

Added by Syuzi on July 28, 2009 at 9:00am — No Comments

Wearables & Fashion Technology Runway Show

5 Days Off, an electronic music festival, took place last week in Amsterdam. As part of the festival, they held a fashion and technology runway show. Music and interactive fashion seem to go hand in hand as performers explore the expressive potential of interactive fashion.

Some of the highlights of the show were… Continue

Added by Syuzi on July 27, 2009 at 8:25am — No Comments

Pocket Tweets

The Tweet Bubble Series is a set of four wearable prototypes developed by artist Aram Bartholl in collaboration with V2_Lab. The prototypes use technology in a unique fashion to publicly display the user's latest Twitter post on his\her clothing.

The first prototype (pictured above) is a modified button down shirt with a speech bubble… Continue

Added by Syuzi on July 23, 2009 at 10:00pm — 1 Comment

DIY Wearable Technology Resource

Mika Satomi and Hannah Perner-Wilson have put together "How to Get What You Want" — an AMAZING site documenting their e-textile materials exploration work from the past few years.

The site is chockfull of information ranging… Continue

Added by Syuzi on July 23, 2009 at 10:23am — No Comments

Open Softwear: Interactive Fashion Prototyping

Open Softwear is a great new resource for those of you interested in getting started with the Arduino and soft circuits. Written by authors T. Olsson, D. Gaetano, J. Odhner, and S. Wiklund, Open Softwear is an illustrated book aiming at students and professionals trying to enter the field of physical computing from the softwear perspective.

The book is divided into three chapters… Continue

Added by Syuzi on July 20, 2009 at 9:04am — No Comments

Height Challenged Technology Fashion Idea

Ok, I don't know how to do this, but being a short guy, I would love a shoe that actually worked like an elevator, giving me an extra inch or two in height when needed. I wear some nice Elevator shoes, but they are static - they don't go up or down, and are very uncomfortable to wear over the course of a day. If the shoe could be lower for walking and then have a control I could push to elevate my height when needed, that would be awesome. I figured one… Continue

Added by Lincoln Builds on July 16, 2009 at 9:30am — No Comments

USB Jewelry

In the hands of Berlin-based designer Tonia Welter, an ordinary USB drive is transformed into a gorgeous piece of modern jewelry. Unlike most other attempts I have seen to transform flash drives into decorative wear, Welter's work is minimal, refined and doesn't scream "technology."

USB Jewelry

RIO Bracelet

My favorite piece is the RIO… Continue

Added by Syuzi on July 14, 2009 at 11:06am — No Comments

LED illuminated Furniture ,multicolor led Lighting

Hello

I am a manufacturer and designer of ( supposedly) unique illuminated Furniture and Lighting, maybe you like to see some of my products

here are some examples

you ll find more Pictures @ my website

http://tomgerold.de/shop/index.php?language=en

or here…

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Added by Tom Gerold on July 13, 2009 at 7:05am — No Comments

Shadow Stripe Suits

To the first time suit buyer, the question on fabric may prove quite trivial but equally important. Considering that decisions have to be made on the color, style, and cut, one of the common questions that arise when buying a suit concerns the fabric pattern.

Added by jennie smith on July 10, 2009 at 2:52pm — No Comments

iPod Music Headband

iPod Headband

I just stumbled across the iPod headbands from I/THREE/SIXTY that remind me of the DIY version, the RockStar Headphones, from… Continue

Added by Syuzi on July 10, 2009 at 11:30am — No Comments

Nokia's Wireless Wearables to Control Devices

Wireless Wearables to Control Devices

Nokia's R&D labs have been investigating novel ways to wirelessly control electronic devices using a variety of wearables. The wearables would be constructed from a stretchy textile embedded with sensors that could track motion, gesture and positioning. A signal will them be sent to the electronic device.

Wireless Wearables to Control Devices

Wearable glove use to control image on near-eye display

The wearables… Continue

Added by Syuzi on July 9, 2009 at 11:37am — No Comments

Hip Hop Artist Embraces Wearable Tech

Wearable Technology EL WIre

The music industry is quickly embracing wearable technology to spice up their stage performances and now, with Genesis Be’s new music video “I Don’t Discriminate,” their music videos. (The video will be out in the fall).

Andrea Wong, an emerging Art Director from New York, used EL (electroluminescent wire) to illuminate costumes for the music video to give it a… Continue

Added by Syuzi on July 7, 2009 at 10:46am — 2 Comments

Color-changing Interactive Fashion

Made from recycled men's shirts, textile designer Joanne Hodge transforms something old into something new using a palate of thermochromatic inks.

Color-changing Interactive Fashion

Shirt Collar Top

The Shirt Collar Top, printed with thermochromatic patterns, intends to make people aware of their body language. For example, if a wearer stands with their… Continue

Added by Syuzi on July 6, 2009 at 11:05am — No Comments

Bono's Laser Jacket Lights up the Stage

Following the lead of artists such as Madonna and Kanye West, U2's Bono is the latest performer to embrace tech-infused illuminated stage costumes.

Illuminated Stage Costumes

For their 360° Tour 2009,Moritz Waldemeyer, the technologist extraordinare who created the innovative stage outfit for… Continue

Added by Syuzi on July 1, 2009 at 11:51am — No Comments

DIY Fashion Tech Tutorial: Nightlife Necklace

Diana Eng's Nightlife Necklace

For those you interested in learning how to craft tech-inspired jewelry, Diana Eng's Nightlife Necklace is great place to start. The tutorial is from her new book Fashion Geek which is chockfull of fun tech-inspired crafts for beginners.

Diana Eng's Nightlife Necklace

Detail of Nightlife Necklace…