Only a few days left: Touch screen gloves Giveaway
We have extended our touch screen gloves Giveaway until Monday Nov. 22nd giving all our reader time over the weekend to tell us how you will connect during the winter time with gloved hands to your smart touch screen devices.
Just a short note – we are curious how the smart screens and the cold weather……
ISWC 2011 – Call for Wearable Electronic design
ISWC (International Symposium on Wearable Computers) invites submissions of original works of wearable technology for its 2011 Juried Exhibition.
Submissions may comprise any type of wearable technology (electronic, mechanical, textile, garments, etc), and designers are encouraged to submit works of practic……
DIY eTextiles – Sewable Disc Button
Sewable eTextile Buttons are the creation of ClothBot Designs using the unique service of Shapeways.
The Sewable Disc Button is designed with diagonal thru-holes in the pegs for sewing conductive thread and has at it’s center a hole straight through it, acting as a socket for thru-hole component termi……
News Nugget – LaCie FastKey is world's tiniest USB 3.0 SSD drive
It’s not cheap, but if your storage priorities need to put some poke in portability, LaCie’s FastKey could be your man. Binning spinning disc media, the company’s new SSD flash drive can work up write speeds of up to 260mbps via USB 3.0 – that’s roughly 1000 MP3s in a minute.
In a nod to previous LaCie……
Acer teases its touchscreen bounty for 2011
Perhaps you’ve been thinking that 2011 will be awash with tablets and other touchscreen tech. Acer’s right behind you, today launching a plethora of touchable goodies none of us can buy until next year. But if window shopping’s your thing, there’s plenty to see…
IconiaRemember Toshiba’s Libretto……
smarTouch gloves Giveaway
Tell us why you want these awesome touch screen gloves and get a free pair of smarTouchâ„¢ gloves from Isotoner, to keep your fingers warm this frosty winter season while sliding and tapping your smart devices like it’s summer time.
Send your opinion about touch screen compatible gloves to editor@talk2……
Finally available – Pillow remote control
The long wait is over for the Pillow remote controller. A few month ago I was lamenting suggesting why brands/retailer do not pick up one of the design inspirations that have shown up for many years, DIY enthusiasts and designer that hacked their remote controller and give it a soft touch.
Brookstone has mad……
The magical illumination of a Carpet
Dutch designer Dorith Sjardijn takes traditional crafts like carpet weaving and upgrades it with 21st Century technology.
The ‘8-bits kleed‘ is a beautiful example on how to do that in an esthetically pleasant way by tufting EL-wires into a Persian rug, creating cracks of light along the woven pa……
Fashionable Technology Event Series
Organized around the official launch of Functional Aesthetics, Visions in Fashionable Technology by Sabine Seymour, the Fashionable Technology Event Series is an must-go event for all fashionable technology designer in and around NYC.
The event starts on Friday Nov. 19th at 2pm with a Symposium with a long l……
Fast Facts – Palm Pre 2
It wasn't a well-kept secret that the Palm Pre 2 was on the way, but now we know the when, the why, the what and wecommended wetail pwice.What is it?It's the first Palm handset since the company was bought by HP, the first model to run the new webOS 2.0 and, of course, the successor to the original, impressive Palm Pre (read our full Palm Pre review).Why should I care?Because webOS shows promise. It's not just an……
