Behold the Osiris G-Bag. The Osiris G-Bag is the latest backback to combine speakers and integrated controls with your favorite portable audio player.

Over the last 12 months we’ve seen an influx of bags and backpacks with integrated sound systems. This is great considering that boomboxes have disapeared and it is nice to play sound LOUD sometimes! The best part about these sound bags is that you are already carrying […] Continue Reading…

A collaboration between Di Mainstone and Joanna Berzowska at XS Labs took the shape shifting element of garments a bit further in the SKORPIONS Project, a set of kinetic electronic garments that move and change on the body in slow, organic motions.

The shape change is realized with the use of shape-memory alloy (SMA) Nitinol to achieve the slow adapting material and organic motions of the wearer.

The idea of integrating […] Continue Reading…

Behold the ‘digg me’ Shirt, a very thorough Wearable Electronic Instructables project. The ‘digg me’ Shirt is a truly Wearable Electronic DIY project combining the usage and creativity of the popularity of a Social News website, e-textiles, clothing and electronic elements.You’ll find tips and tricks and will see how to create your own DIY ‘digg-me’ shirt over at the Instructables project. You’ll aslo find a […] Continue Reading…

Mobile devices and wireless networks have evolved to offer consumers visually rich content, multimedia applications, and responsive high speed data networks. However, the value consumers receive from their mobile devices is still limited by the tiny viewing experience provided by their LCD screens. Microvision and its business partners are working to change this by collaborating on the initial development of mobile device eyewear that extends the viewing experience beyond […] Continue Reading…

Australian Researchers from Flinders University have developed special LED light-glasses designed to re-calibrate our biological clocks and overcome problems such as insomnia and jet lag. The product of 15 years research into the use of bright light to treat problems with body clocks, the glasses release a safe blue light directly into the eyes of the wearer that helps reset the body clock to the appropriate time.

The portable, light-weight […] Continue Reading…

Leah Buechley created in cooperation with Sparkfun the next generation of e-textile modules for the Wearable Electronic DIY enthusiasts: the LilyPad-Arduino set.

To introduce Leah Buechely might not be needed for our regular readers and everyone interested into Wearable Electronics just so much, Leah is a Ph.D. student in Computer Science at the University of Colorado and a member of the Craft Technology Group. Her research interests in electronic […] Continue Reading…

Hussein Chalayan surprised again during the Paris Fashion week the audience with ‘Technology meets high Fashion’ by showing a Sparkling Crystal Dress.

To underline his ability and willingness to challenge traditional aspects of fashion, Chalayan bended the rules a bit by deciding to show his collection in the from of a short movie rather then with models on the runway.

If you are interested to watch the complete show from Chalayan […] Continue Reading…

The Textile International Forum and Exhibition we posted about a few days ago introduced another revolutionary textile technology: the Solar Textile after showing us the Textile Oven.The Solar Power Textile is foldable and more suitable for integration into clothing than flexible solar panels used at the moment in solar bags.

Having the softness of textiles, the use of such Solar Textiles do not pose any wear limitation for clothing.

Mr. Lin […] Continue Reading…

The WiFi Detector Shirt from ThinkGeek is the perfect outfit for fun loving, WiFi depending, always in the need to be online Web2.0-citizen.

I love this shirt and I love this idea. Back in July, we had an article running about the Hotspot Bloom from Karen Lee, a former student from Parsons School of Design. She created in 2004 a concept to use a wearable flower with an integrated color […] Continue Reading…

 
Las Vegas had its e-Textile symposium and almost at the same time on the other side of the globe in Taiwan, the Textile International Forum and Exhibition in Taipei has e-Textiles on their agenda as well.

Scientists from the Taiwan Textile Research Institute showed backed to the delight of the visitors toasts in an oven made of textiles. Yes, I didn’t make a typo, their oven is made of thin […] Continue Reading…