Philips and their new SH series of headphones have one aim in mind: Comfort. These headphones use a kind of memory foam called FloatingCushion to create that warm, luxurious and restful feeling.
The company is releasing for models underneath the SH umbrella brand. There’s the Bluetooth SHB9100 model, the over-the-ear SHP8000 model and two folding compact SHL9000 editions. The latter two feature an in-line remote and a microphone. Not bad!
These are actually not coming to the states as of this writing. Of course, as buzz builds this could and should change. We will offer up more information as it becomes available. Until then, there certainly are other comfortable choices you can purchase here in the good ole US of A.
Posted in: Bluetooth, Earwear, Philips
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.
Posted in: Philips, Shirt, Vitals Monitoring
How will fashion look in 2020? That’s very difficult to say, consideringthat making predictions for the next season is already a challenge. The Design group at Royal Philips Electronics of the Netherlands gives it a shot and takes a look into the far future of fashion in their SKIN project, an exploration research into the area known as ‘emotional sensing’.
Bubelle is one of the prototypes Philips Design introduced to the world in September 2006 and got the top spot in this years Inventions Of The Year list from Time magazine in the category Fashion.
Philips Design believes our future garments will or should be more ‘Sensitive’ rather than ‘intelligent’.
The Bubelle Dress is made up of two layers, the inner layer contains biometric sensors that pick up a person’s emotions and projects ..read more
Posted in: Concept Design, Dress, Philips
Boost Products from The Netherlands will be the first company using Philips Lumalive light emitting textiles for clothing.
After years of research, Philips has succeeded in incorporating special LED technology into fabric. “Lumalive brings fabrics and clothing alive”, says Bas Zeper, CEO of Philips Lumalive. “This now gives marketeers a tool with which to reach their market in an interactive and more effective way.”
“The LED technology in Lumalive offers unlimited graphics and interactive applications and, in combination with the trendy promotion clothing, guarantees an impressive and distinctive experience.” says Raymond Lentz, director of Boost Products.
I can imagine having parties where everyone has one of those shirts. A visual explosion of colors to the beat of the sound. Changing the color or images depending on the size of the group, ..read more
Posted in: Boost Products, Display, LED, Light Emmiting Fabric, Lumalive, News, Philips, Techno Fashion
Wearable Electronic might not the correct description of the Philips Neckband Headphone HS850 but it shows that with some fantasy and creativity a simple item packed differently can create a product that adds style to it.
Point in case: many of us are used to have for most part of the day the famous earplug (preferable from the iPod) sticking in our ears.
It’s OK but to be honest, not always very comfortable. Philips took up that point by creating the fabric-covered HS850 neckband headphone that brings a totally new look to personal music enjoyment.
What a difference it makes having soft textiles touching your skin instead of metal and plastic. Evidence for us that style, comfort and performance can go hand in hand.
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It seems Philips is going into the fashion and textile business. First there was the ICD+ Jacket together with Levi, then the Lumalive textile display last September and now a really smart fabric.
Philips shows us a way which gives hope that the fitting-room fiascos will become a thing of the past ….. if this concept ever forays into the world of fashion.
The consumer electronics giant has come up with a concept to change the size, shape and style of clothes by weaving “muscle wires” into the fabric. The wires are made of shape-memory alloys that change length according to the small current passed through them.
Here’s how it could work: you try on a special pair of Philips’ trousers, and connect up to a power source that changes the length ..read more
Posted in: Jeans, Philips, Super Smart Fabrics, e-Textiles
