Sessile – twinkling starlight handbag
Grace Kim, a graduate of the Interactive Telecommunications Program at NYU, currently working as Interaction Designer for Yahoo! created a beautiful handbag with sensibly stylish light animation, the Sessile Handbag.
The center stage is once again the LilyPad Arduino, a must have standard part for most if ……
Textile illumination – Delight Cloth
Based on the feedback we receive on talk2myShirt and my personal experience, illuminated textiles, be it for clothing or interior design, never fails to trigger instant, highly emotionally charged reactions from everyone around when seeing textile objects suddenly light up, changing their color.
I am not tal……
Bio Circuit, a wearable sound escape
The Bio Circuit vest is a interesting concept design created by two students at the Emily Carr University of Art + Design, Dana Ramler and Holly Schmidt. Bio Circuit provides a sound (e)scape in sync with the biological state of the wearer.
As parameter of the biological state serves the heart rate which is ……
Simple and practical: T-Shirt as headphone cord extension
Simple ideas with great impact, does not everyone wish to have such products? Just use them, have them at our disposal all time and if we use them it feels great.
Most people get into a defensive mode when I talk about wearable technology as this is still somewhat provocative to imagine having a bit of techn……
5 of the best running shoes for the London Marathon
So everyone's talking about the upcoming London Marathon and you're feeling like you should make the most of the good weather and get your jog on. Here's a selection of some of the best running shoes to do it in.Nike LunarRacer+ 2£85, store.nike.comNike's featherweight racing shoes are arguably the most stylish of the bunch, and outgarished only by the Newtons. Their innovative Flywire mesh upper make t……
Dell – five new phones and a tablet leaked
In the world of tech we’re used to the odd leak or two, but what can only be described as one massive Dell leak has hit the interweb showing the company’s mobile plans for at least the next year or two.A total of six new products were dug up by Engadget, including five new, and we have to say rather lovely looking, handsets and another tablet as well. Check out all the leaks below.Dell LightningA Windows Phone 7 ……
DIY – Weight sensing Tote Bag
Instructables member markaleung made one of those sensible wearable electronic concepts I love for their simplicity and sensibility in regard to the functionality offered: the Weight sensing Tote Bag.
Knowing the weight of a bag, especially when flying somewhere can be a question of how much money we have to……
Communicating Jacket
The ‘Communicating Jacket‘ by David Bormans and Ivan Razin aims to create a jacket that allows interactive communication within the personal space of the wearer.
The personal space as it is defined in this project of the Digital Arts Studio at the School of Visual Arts in Belgium (ESAPV) ‘i……
GER – emotional fashion
Fashion is emotional, any piece of clothing we buy is selected based on our emotions, feelings, likes and view of the world.
To elevate this emotional aspect of clothing Kristin Neidlinger, designer with focus on Sensory Computer Interface designed GER which stands for ‘Galvanic Extimacy Responder̵……
Subtle Subtitles Scarf
Blending technology with clothing generate amazing innovative ideas like the one I am going to introduce today: the Subtle Subtitles Scarf designed by Calum Pringle, Interactive Media Design student at Dundee University.
Calum’s motivation for the Subtitles Scarf which is currently in the ‘experi……
