DIY - Soft Circuit Embroidery
Last weekend we pointed you to a simple DIY electronic embroidery project demonstrating how easy it can be to create a cute, unique piece of embroidery with sparkling elements.
This weekend we introduce you to a more advanced electronic embroidery project from Becky Stern using the LilyPad Arduino which allo……
Good and Bad design for illuminated clothing and bags
Integrating illumination / light into clothing or bags become popular judging on the many commercial and concept designs introduced throughout the past year.
Light elements in clothing give an additional style dimension, a more dynamic look to the gem stone and glitter dust we have on our clothing for a long……
Luxury iPod jacket from UK - Plutonic by Henleys
The stylish Plutonic iPod Jacket by UK retro clothing brand Henleys adds sophisticated style to the interactive clothing segment.
Designed in black pinstripe, the Project Deluxe men’s technical hooded jacket – yeah it’s a awful long, technical sounding name for a classy jacket – has soft touch iP……
Smart Fabrics conference 2009
IntertechPira announced the dates for its 5th Smart Fabrics conference taking place at the Holiday Inn Rome West hotel in Rome on 10 -12 March 2009.
Positioned as a flagship conference in the wearable electronic industry, Smart Fabrics conference visitors can expect again highly interesting presentations fro……
5MP Nokia 6260 slide unveiled
Nokia has launched a new HSDPA-equipped, 5MP camera-toting handset dubbed the 6260 slide. It also sports assisted GPS, and is the first phone using Nokia's S40 operating system to do so - basically, it's the first mass market mobile to co……
DIY electronic embroidery - Frog catching firefly
The cute little DIY e-Embroidery project from Becky Stern the ‘Frog catches firefly’ is a very simple way to get craft enthusiasts exploring the e-textile world.
The materials needed are simple: 2 LEDs, a switch, a coin cell battery and battery holder which is designed in a way to have holes to s……
Luminescent Raincoat lights up the rainy days
Rainy days are usually grey days and if the rain stays for too long, the grey reflects on our mood as well. Late autumn is such a typical time of the year where grey and rain are often dominant.
To bring some colorful light into rainy days check out Puddlejumper, a concept from Elise Co, multimedia designer ……
Interactive, illuminated sofa
I wonder what it may take to get all the fantastic ideas created around ‘living’ materials into consumer products.
Here is an example I found on the www from designer Danielle Sobik, a couch that interacts with people by creating dynamic patterns depending on who is sitting on it and how people s……
Carbon Fiber Heated Jacket
Feeling already the cold? Winter is just around the corner so we prepared another hot tip to stay warm while outdoors.
The relatively new material of carbon fibers specially treated to make them electrically conductive with high resistance level and woven to textiles, creating heat generating fabrics allow a……
Flash support for Google Android incoming
Adobe Flash. It drains your mobile's battery, makes proper videos play nice and provokes the ire of the hardest of hardcore tech geeks every time its found lacking in a supposedly killer device.But while we can't report any good news abou……
