Sure, some t-shirts do some pretty cool things. But do any use the power of sound vibrations to charge your mobile device? We think not, until now. Orange UK’s appropriately named Sound Charge T-shirt purports to do just that.
The shirt was designed to be used at loud music festivals. If your charge is running low on your phone, all you have to do is wear the shirt near some of the festival’s many mega-loud speakers. Before long, thanks to the magic of piezoelectrics, your phone will be charged. This is truly a cool and quirky use of technology if there ever was one.
Of course, it only works when it is near really loud sources of sound. Just because your ex-wive’s nagging seems loud to you doesn’t mean it is loud ..read more
Posted in: Mobile Phone Integration, Orange UK, Shirt, T-Shirt
So you love Twitter. What now? @MeTees is on it with their Twitter handle t-shirts. Advertise your Twitter name to the world. How can the Twitterverse and the realverse collide like this?!
The shirts come in a variety of styles. T-shirt, crew, long-sleeve, you name it. They even have hoodies. The t-shirts clock in at $25 bucks and the hoodies clock in at $35. Not so bad for the hoodie, at least.
You must actually own the account plastered on the front of the shirt, so that means none of you can pretend to be Ashton Kutcher..again. Order the shirts here.
Posted in: T-Shirt
Sebastian Merchel first brought us the Sweetspotter, and now the mad genius is back with his Ar-Tees. These t-shirts put the augmented in augmented reality, allowing you to essentially wear a webcam.
How does it work? Just set up your webcam, click on your mouse a few times, and then don the t-shirt. The shirt will show on-screen whatever it is the cam is capturing. Become a hit at parties! Meet girls! Maintain untold riches and fame! Ok maybe not that last one. Girls will definitely talk to you though.
It’s available now for around $30, which is actually less than a Celine Dion shirt so you should probably go for it.
Posted in: T-Shirt, Wearable Computing
You remember the Syte Shirt iPad shirt, right? The company is back with an updated design that allows for the toting of your favorite smartphone in the front pocket of your favorite shirt. Now you can walk around the dinner table showing off your favorite apps to anyone with a functioning pair of eyeballs!
The all-black shirt is hand-made in San Diego and is as comfortable as a summer breeze. There’s a zippered pouch at the top to prevent theft, and both landscape and portrait orientations are supported. The screen protector in front of the pocket allows for touchscreen controls, also. These shirts are available now for just $40.
Posted in: Syte Shirt, T-Shirt, iPhone Integration, iPod Fashion
ThinkGeek has already wowed us with interesting t-shirts, but this one may take the synthesized cake. The company’s new synthesizer shirt is one-part t-shirt and one part synthesizer. It’s a fully playable polyphonic synthesizer. Yeah you heard that right. It’s a t-shirt that moonlights as a musical instrument.
It features five different sampled instruments, full polyphonic sound, and a cool looking detachable amp. It’s also, in case you didn’t notice, a t-shirt. They are available now at around $30. Start wowing your friends now.
Posted in: Intelligent Clothes, T-Shirt, ThinkGeek, Wearable Tech
We have come across yet another WiFi detecting T-Shirt for the fun loving, cool, techie Dad.
Flashwear continues to extend their animated T-Shirt line and now offers many different styles of their WiFi detecting T-Shirt collection ensuring there will be one style that suits you.
The t-shirt displays the strength of 802.11b & 802.11g signals of nearby wireless networks. The wifi detection and led is powered by a small battery pack which holds 3 AAA batteries. The light-up decal is removable to allow easy cleaning of the t-shirt.
Flashwear sells the WiFi detector T-Shirts for $ 47.48 directly via their online store.
Posted in: FlashWear, T-Shirt, WiFi Detection
Interactive fashion is awesome. T-Sketch is creating a t-shirt that has a simulated white board on it. You write on it and it converts is into an illuminated message. This supposedly also has adjustable effects but that is yet to be seen.The device is rumored to run on 2x AAA batteries. Estimated cost is $59.32.
Posted in: Display, Light Emmiting Fabric, T-Shirt, T-Sketch, e-Textiles
Ok so the original ThinkGeek Sound Track T-shirt was an April Fools joke. But thanks to viewers like you, they felt the pressure!ThinkGeek is actually going to make this shirt now! “Important Note – Due to overwhelming popular demand we’re turning this April Fool’s product into a real product and it might take a little while.” Check back often or sign up for the email alert.
Posted in: Sound, T-Shirt, ThinkGeek
Ever wanted to have your own theme music. Remember that episode of Family Guy? Well ThinkGeek has made your wish come true.ThinkGeek, famous for funky techno enabled T-Shirts offers the Personal Soundtrack T-Shirt with an build in speaker right in front of your chest. The shirt’s music system has a long list of pre-recorded sound tracks which will cover almost any live situation you get into. With a push of a button you can spice up your life with the right soundtrack like: Entrance Theme, Chase Theme, Romantic Theme, Sexy Time Theme, Victory Theme and many more.
An equal long list of sound effects covers: Cheering, Booing, Crying, Gunshots, Police Siren and more.
The remote allows the selection of 13 music themes and 11 sound effects. Music and sound effects fade ..read more
Posted in: Sound, T-Shirt, ThinkGeek
T-Shirts with integrated animations are not just a fad anymore and are now available in a multitude of styles. Judging on the wide variety of designs and the constant additions, I would assume those T-shirts have their fans.T-Groove is the latest edition to those T-Qualizer tees, a funky psychedelic design that adds motion to your T-Shirt and gives dancing a new meaning.
The T-Groove has a small built-in power unit with sound sensor which is discreetly hidden in the hem at the base of the shirt.
The sound frequencies are converted into light on the EL panel, making the girl dance to the beat of the music while you move to the groove. Certainly a more animated design as the bar type T-Qualizer tee.
After a hectic night on the dance-floor, you can ..read more
Posted in: FlashWear, LED, Light Emmiting Fabric, T-Shirt
