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Cool Shirt is a company that make a neat refrigerated shirt. This company offers many different solutions for cooling from small scale to industrial solutions. The cooling comes from a non-flammable CFC-Free solution that flows through about 50 feet of tubing.The fluid is stored in a replaceable 12oz Port-a-cool can. This button activated system goes for a reasonable $179.90.
Studio 5050 is back again with the Embrace-Me hoodie. This hoodie has a large conductive version of their logo printed on front. When two Embrace-Me hoodies combine in a hug, lighted version of the big dipper appears on the back and a heartbeat sound is emitted.The hoodies come in a luxurious, cashmere-like 100% bamboo basket weave and are super soft. In about 4 weeks and $480.00 to $600.00 bucks you can get your own pair of Embrace-Me hoodies to share.
Stressed and Depressed brings us a stereo integrated hoodie solution. Since the hooded sweat shirt is one of the most versatile things in the closet. How wonderful to have stereo sound too.This Hoodie is using NXT’s SurfaceSound technology designed into a Stereo Speaker Insert module which can be easily clipped directly into the hood of any Stressed and Depressed hooded garment. Powered by 3 AAA batteries, the 2mm EVA foam speakers by NXT SurfaceSound. Audio hookup comes via the 3.5mm jack.Best of all its clips out and fits into any Stressed and Distressed hoodies. For $107.50 you can get your own 100% cotton audio hoodie.
Biodevices brings us the Vital Jacket. This garment is used to monitor ECG waves and Heart rate levels. This can be used for sports, fitness, and medical purposes.This beat traditional cumbersome methods and is a valid high quality solution. This allows for a free range of movement with no compromise to bio-feedback integrity.
There are currently two versions available, the HWM100 that stores data on a SD memory card for post-analysis on a PC. This version allows long term monitoring. Users can define heart rate limits and will be alerted through a vibration alarm embedded in the T-Shirt. The second version is the HWM200 that allows realtime visualization where data is sent via Bluetooth to a PDA or smart phone.
This device will set you back $635.44 and ..read more
Ok one of these might be ok to wear to work, one may not. Enlightened now offers a new line called Power Ties. The company, founded by Janet Cooke, specializes in light up apparel.This particular tie has a circuit board design and features various lighting patterns. A style that may find a soft spot in the hearts of geeks everywhere. These ties are powered by 2 button batteries located within the back of the tie itself. The tie costs about $60.Also in the works is this fancy light up bra. Never lose your girlfriend in a crowd again. Enlightened offers a variety of these, check them out.
Philips is looking to make wearable tech functional over fashionable. Monitoring body functions have always been intrusive. The patenient has to be stationary and wired up.In an effort to combat heart diesease and heart failure, HeartCycle is a global project that aims to have live vitals of a patient. Using the data to prevent and monitor, this can mean big things.
Firebox.com finally has most sizes available for its WiFi detecting T-Shirt.The WiFi T-shirt is available at Firebox.com for $38.90.
How can you embarrass your significant other on Valentine’s Day? Or even find another herb or herbette? ThinkGeek has an 8 – bit Dynamic Love Life shirt.
To make this magic work, you need one transmitter and one receiver shirt to make the hearts appear. This scale is based on proximity of each other. The shirt is washable(feel free to be lame again next year), all you have to do is remove the electric elements that are fully detachable.
So for $24 you can get the shirt, but the transmitter is not yet available or priced.
WiFi Detecting T-Shirt’s keep getting more stylish. The last introduction of Thinkgeek’s Wi-Fi Detecting T-Shirt was already a great looking T-Shirt, it’s a bit geeky to wear but hey – life should be fun as well.
In case you want to have the convenient WiFi sniffing without reaching for your laptop, you have the option and go for one of those WiFi detecting bags we recently posted about.
The Wi-Fi Detecting T-Shirt searches for wireless signals in the 802.11b or 802.11g range and shows their signal strength in a Macbook stylized laptop image on the front of the T-Shirt.
The WiFi Detecting T-Shirt will be available for just £20.- ($39.-) from the end of January by firebox.com
The Hug Shirt first posted about here is a concept created by the fabulous team of Francesca Rosella and Ryan Genz. The founders of CuteCircuit, have taken on the challenge to bring this great idea to reality.
Much has been written and said about the Hug Shirt but it seems this, once seen as ‘just a concept’ idea, is reaching the next level, being a product that consumers can buy.
So what exactly is it? The Hug Shirt is basically a Bluetooth accessory, according to CuteCircuit, that works together with Java enabled cellphones.
Sensors integrated into the Hug Shirt register your hug and sends the intensity and position of your hug via Bluetooth to your cellphone running the Hug Me java software which in turn sends this data as simple SMS to the ..read more