DIY – Illuminated dog hoodie
This weeks eTextile DIY project proposal is definitely falling in the cute category. Val Head created for her cute dog Tucker and Light-up dog hoodie. Most of the time we are stretching ourselves to figure out how and where to use eTextile tech for our clothing but seldom we think about our cute friends from……
GPS gloves double as action recorder
High tech gloves have been around for some time now, starting with sophisticated heating systems, making phone calls via Bluetooth link to a cell phone or controlling an iPod.
Zanier, an Austrian based company has announced the most innovative and technically sophisticated glove on the planet, the X-Plore.XG……
Interested in conductive yarn?
Getting conductive yarn in small quantities is sometimes difficult as manufacturer usually think big and are not set up in their logistics to serve individual customers with small quantities.
Hannah Perner-Wilson over at ‘How to get what you want‘ is able to make a deal with one of these big manu……
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 ……
Affordable HTC Smart announced for the UK
Not content with rolling out three new phones yesterday, we've just piled out of another HTC press conference where it's announced the HTC Smart, a budget smartphone in partnership with O2.It's already been announced for the States, but we now know it'll be coming to the UK in April with a focus on providing smartphone functionality, without the cost and complexity that put some consumers off.The phone will r……
BlackBerry Storm2 coming to T-Mobile
The BlackBerry Storm2 has spread its wings from its previous Vodafone exclusivity, and now T-Mobile is offering the touchscreen handset on contracts starting from £35.The handset packs a 3.25-inch display, 3.2-megapixel camera with flash and video capabilities, built-in GPS, 3G and Wifi.The Storm2 comes with 2GB on board storage, with a microSD card slot with support for up to 16GB (and up to 32GB when they become avai……
Wearable electronic DIY kits from Aniomagic
The magic keeps coming from Aniomagic as they have redesigned their flagship Schemerâ„¢ letting ‘ordinary’ electronic components look like jewels. You can chose to hide them or show off these eTextile components in your wearable electronic designs, either way will lead you to gorgeous looking int……
iTouch gloves
Just in time at the eve of the iPad launch, new gloves technology could be seen on the MacWorld last week.
iTouch gloves are different to all the other touch screen compatible gloves we have seen so far. The iTouch leather gloves don’t have any style interrupting dots or conductive squares that make th……
Fiber Nanogenerators power up our future clothing
On a fairly regular basis researchers publish new findings around power generating textiles, a topic highly interesting for the wearable electronic community.
This time engineers at the University of California, Berkeley, created energy generating nanofibers that could one day be woven into textiles.
The nan……
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 fashio……
