DIY heated clothing
Judging on the many emails we receive from our readers, especially motor bike enthusiasts about heated clothing, this type of clothing is in hot demand, even more so now with cold weather outside.
No serious motorbike owner likes to stop riding the bike just because it is cold but everyone feels more comfort……
Super charged backpack
Looks like Columbia Sportswear designed a complete range of technology enhanced outfit for the 2009/10 winter season.
First we had the heated boots Bugathermo for men and Snow Hottie for women.
Then, Columbia launched the heated jackets Radiance for women and the Refugium Jacket for men to stay comfy warm du……
e-Pressed, relaxation with a smart Shirt
I am truly impressed from e-Pressed, a project made from smart textiles created by a group of smart people: Anja Hertenberger, Barbara Pais, Danielle Roberts.
The aim of the e-Pressed project is to communicate negative emotions such as grief, sadness, pain, fear or anger in a new way, a way to create awarene……
Magical, illuminated evening gown by Lynne Bruning
Lynne Bruning, textile enchantress, award winning fashion designer with love to exclusive wearable art and creator not only of countless, highly interesting eTextile Instructables has published her latest creation of technology enhanced fashion, the ‘Mrs. Mary Atkins-Holl‘ dress, a illuminated ev……
DIY – EL wire trimming
Today’s wearable electronic DIY tip comes from Riccardo (Plug and Wear) and shows how to cut and trim EL (Electro Luminescent) wires in the correct way so you won’t have to compromise with standard length EL wires for your textile illumination projects.
EL wires require inverters to light up and ……
Fairytale eFashion
Fashion Geek Diana Eng started the Fairytale Fashion project with support of Eyebeam with the aim to make magical clothing.
Clothes with blooming flowers, clothes that breathe, change color and transform.
Diana’s education and experience as fashion designer and research at the University of Bath Mecha……
Fashionable, color changing flu-masks
Marjan Kooroshnia, textile design student at the Textile & Fashion school of BorÃ¥s, Sweden send us her interesting work ‘Look different with smart textiles‘ using Thermochromic ink printing to add visual effects to medical masks.
The visualization can ‘just’ be for fun, adding pa……
Wearable ROCK
ThinkGeek did it again, integrating a musical instrument into a T-Shirt. First there was the Drum-Shirt and now comes the Guitar-Shirt. A T-Shirt with a fully playable guitar, not a toy that plays pre-canned music.
All major chords are recorded from a real electric guitar. A magnetic pick detects your stroke……
Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 Android phone announced
Right on cue, Sony Ericsson has unveiled the Xperia X10, previously thought to be the X3, marking its first foray in to the ever-growing Android market.Its not just the phone that’s seen a name change though – the Ra……
Nokia N900 shipping today
Nokia has announced that the first batch of its N900 handsets are being shipped out today, and Europe is one of the destinations on the mailing list.The Maemo 5 device will apparently be hitting shelves at around 500 Euros SIM-f……
