DIY – sensible eTextiles
The countless variations of textile/knit/crochet sensors Hannah Perner-Wilson aka Plusea created provide a valuable toolbox and source of inspiration for the eTextile community.
Her recent focus on pressure and stretch/bend sensors made by knitting and crocheting offer a unique alternative to conductive stre……
Talk to my glove
Interactive gloves made it back into our headlines. We have covered recently the more simpler but yet very useful, I might even say essential touch screen gloves without which we are running around with frozen fingers or with our inability to receive even something simple like a cell phone call.
Designer Wil……
Intimate Memory clothing
One of the differences between technology and fashion is the way inspiration for new designs are gathered. Technologists get inspired by looking in the distant future of Starwars while fashion designer draw a great deal of inspiration from the past. This is strictly generic speaking and I am not saying fashi……
LFLECTive fashion accessories from Lost Values
Lost Values a UK based company founded by designer-maker Elena Corchero, added to their innovative, technology enhanced collection a beautiful looking example how a little technology that has been around for a long time in not-so-sexy-looking roadwork jackets into classy, stylish hats and scarves fit for the……
Apple Tablet – the rumours so far
31 December 2007 – Way back in 2007, we predicted that the "MacBook Nano" – a Mac-version of the increasingly popular ultra-mobile portable computers– would be big in 2008. Little did we know we would still be talking about it in 2010, and actually be on the brink of seeing the finished product in tablet form. This was also when we mocked up the picture you see accompanying most of our tablet stor……
5 things you need to know about the Google Nexus One
We’ve got a box here at Stuff Towers. Every time someone says the words “iPhone killer”, in goes a quid. It’s very full. But at risk of completely cleaning out our bank accounts, here are five things to know about Google’s incoming… no, we can’t do it. Just read the list. 1. It costs around £400, SIM-free If you can’t wait for UK service-providers to come up with contra……
5 apps for you to download this weekend
Amazon MP3 for Android – Android phones, freeAmazon has piped up this week with a new app to give Android users an easy way to get songs direct to their mobile while out and about.You can browse through Amazon's MP3 library of more than 10 million songs, listen to snippets and then download tracks over the air, directly to your phone. It will work over both Wifi and 3G networks, giving Android phones a rival to the……
