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Argentine clothing line Indarra DTX created an impressive collection of Interactive apparel ranging from iPod controlling jackets and pants to cellphone charging jackets.
Fashion Designer Julieta Gayoso, founder of Indarra DTX said that technology has become today such an important part of life that it is necessary to be available with a person everywhere.
Her mobile fashion [...]Tue, 14 Oct 2008 12:41:58 +0000
We haven’t covered for some time iPod ready backpacks but this doesn’t mean there is no news or no choice out there. On the contrary, brands are adding the ubiquitous ‘Made for iPod’ to bags and backpacks on a continuous basis.
It’s no secret that I am a fan of iPod controls on my bags. Having [...]Mon, 13 Oct 2008 11:08:08 +0000
Fitting perfectly into the unstable autumn weather most of us facing right now is the Temperature Sweater, a creation from Despina Papadopoulos, founder of Studio 5050.
The cozy fleece sweater has in each sleeve a temperature display, one for Celsius and one for Fahrenheit so you don’t have to struggle converting from one unit to the [...]Sat, 11 Oct 2008 11:30:11 +0000
This week we introduce one of the most complex but also most advanced wearable electronic DIY instructions we have seen: the Puppeteer Motion-Capture Costume developed by Mika Satomi and Hannah Perner-Wilson, two ladies we had an interview earlier this year about this and other projects they are collaborating on.
The idea behind Puppeteer is to create [...]Fri, 10 Oct 2008 11:10:58 +0000
TN-Games, the maker of the interactive gaming vest that let you feel the punch you get in a game has added a pink version to their range of otherwise masculine and military look of their 3rd Space Gaming Vest.
The military look does not appeal to everyone, especially less likely to girls even when they [...]Thu, 09 Oct 2008 12:59:31 +0000
One of the most ’sensible’ wearable electronic concepts I have seen is the Wearable Posture Monitoring vest from Lucy Dunne.
Spending every day a lot of the time behind the desk and hammering around the keyboard like many others are doing nowadays, the body posture changes from energetic in the morning to almost melting in the [...]Wed, 08 Oct 2008 11:10:03 +0000
KILLA will be one of the leading interactive fashion brands in 2009 by offering the most advanced e-textile solution integrated in a wide range of jackets and coats.
The 2009 collection is based on QIO Systems eSystem interactive garment solution which offers a wide range of modules allowing the customer to select a mix of [...]Tue, 07 Oct 2008 11:10:31 +0000
The Seven Mile Boots made by the trio Laura Beloff, Erich Berger and Martin Pichlmair in 2003 anticipated the always online culture we are living in today.
I know quite some people spending almost all their awake time online chatting with their friends around the world. Their body resides in the physical world but their mind [...]Mon, 06 Oct 2008 10:36:56 +0000
Wed’ze, a snowboarding and ski brand from Decathlon is joining the interactive apparel market with their upcoming Fall/Winter 08/09 range of RNJ (Ride and Jump) snowboarding jackets.
Featuring Fibretronic’s five function joystick controllers in the sleeves of the men’s and women’s snowboarding jacket, these Freestyle jacket give full control over the iPod while racing down [...]Sat, 04 Oct 2008 11:10:59 +0000
We have done a lot of coverage on heated apparels but how do we know how cold/warm is it inside our jacket?
To find out the temperature inside a jacket we could use an ‘old fashion thermometer’ or we can follow this DIY instruction to build a cool Jacket Thermometer indicating the temperature via different colors [...]