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T-Shirt TV

Filed in archive Cool , Science , Technology by on July 07, 2007

I'm a bit late with this entry but I saved the site in my browser because it's that damned cool.. A display so thin that you can even wear it. The technology is electroluminescent. "In...

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Pointscreen - CeBIT 2007

Filed in archive Cool , Products , Science , Technology by on March 21, 2007

I'm sure you know the movie Minority Report and you'll remember the interface Tom Cruise uses to navigate in all the information he needs to build a story from the mind pictures. The...

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Hidden Safety

Filed in archive Cool by on March 07, 2007

I wonder why I have'nt noticed these shoes before.. However, Gizmag presents what they call the Cinderella Shoe that is in fact an electric weapon. The picture left shows how it works. If you...

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Textile switch

Filed in archive Cool by on February 17, 2007

Some time to tinker over the weekend? Why not build your own textile switch? You maybe want to integrate something into your clothing and need to switch it on or off? For example a lamp? With this...

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Wearable instrument from Yamaha

Filed in archive Cool by on November 15, 2006

The wearable air guitar is in the news everywhere so here is another one - but much older - concept. It's reminds me to the times of synthi-pop and wave: Dubbed "Miburi" and released by...

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Wearable air guitar shirt

Filed in archive Cool by on November 14, 2006

Imagine you play air guitar wearing jeans and t-shirt - but you really produce music! That's whats possible since monday (but in a first easy application). The T-shirt has motion sensors built...

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Space fashion

Filed in archive Cool by on November 06, 2006

How to get a name into the press that is relevant not until 2009? Create a strange but cool fashion show! Rocketplane Kistler is one of the (US) companies that plans to offer space tours for the usual...

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A wearable fairy tale

Filed in archive Cool by on October 21, 2006

Imagine a dress that reacts to your body and emotions. Just like in a fairy tale you would immediately think that magic comes true would'nt you? This is what designer Berzowska from Montreal calls...

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Emotional Design - the wearable social Interface

Filed in archive Cool , High-Tech Textiles , Science , Technology by on October 07, 2006

Very very cool is: Philips. Often enough I had this thought the last years but now they kick it. The company designer play around with an old idea from me: Clothes that show the emotion of the wearer....

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Oktoberfest 2006 - the HighTech Lederhosn

Filed in archive Cool , Products by on October 04, 2006

The Oktoberfest is the most famous beer-fest in the world and so typical German. The last days I heard a podcast about the point that less people wear the traditional Bavarian clothes at the...

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Dick Tracy, the most visionary men?

Filed in archive About , Cool by on September 23, 2006

I found something pretty cool at gizmag. Who would have thought that good old Dick Tracy (75 years now) was such a future men?! I mean the comic was ok, not my favorite and the soundtrack from Madonna...

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Your body is a plant

Filed in archive Cool , Products , Technology by on September 16, 2006

Something here reminds me to the movie Matrix- and that things come true. An Infineon spin-off can produce electric power from your body. The basic technology is called "Peltier Cooler" (see...

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Feed your pet - Mobile

Filed in archive Cool by on September 02, 2006

I found the perfect entry for the weekend at the Gadget Weblog: The right App for our mobile society. From now on you'll need no babysitter for your pet - if you're away for a day or so just...

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Personal Navigation

Filed in archive Cool , Products , Science , Technology by on August 18, 2006

Everyone knows and loves car navigation systems. Now you can imagine how cool a personal navigation system would be. Most of all this one: the Georgia Institute of Technology presents SWAN - the...

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Electric textile @ IFA 2006

Filed in archive Cool , Enterprises , Events , High-Tech Textiles , Market , Products , Science , Technology by on August 12, 2006

Even at the worlds biggest consumer electronics fair in September in Berlin we will see a Wearable Fashion show named "eFashion" (I guess it will be part of the Science show. However, till...

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Techwear Wedding Clothes

Filed in archive Cool by on August 02, 2006

The great wearable and interface designer from CuteCircuit developed a wedding dress for a Swedish couple. They build many nice ideas "inside" like environmentally friendly and smart,...

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Mobile City

Filed in archive Cool by on July 31, 2006

I can hardly go online these days so just find this "picture of the day" from WMMNA a life sign of me ;-) Love that pic - I just wonder for years who still needs those little phone boxes...

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The spy who shakes me

Filed in archive Cool , Products by on July 22, 2006

In a smoky crowded bar in Casablanca, you urgently need to pass a secret message to your compatriot friend. There are too many ears, and too many eyes - but shaking hands looks normal! So, you shake...

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Office glove

Filed in archive Cool by on July 20, 2006

Something for the category "freaky". Thanko presents a glove you can heat via USB. U know - when it's damn cold in the office because the boss' window is open while he is away or...

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Wearable canoe

Filed in archive Cool by on July 05, 2006

What summer fun: a wearable canoe that is a gorgeous dress at the same time. But the reason to developed it has some more brain than only good-looking: Just after the storm in New Orleans, she...

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Your ear may talk

Filed in archive Cool , Technology by on June 25, 2006

Think-A-Move developed a headset that includes a microfone. How it works: tongue movements, speech and even thoughts create minute but distinct air pressure changes in the ear canal. More here....

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WAC - Wearable Air Condition

Filed in archive Cool by on June 22, 2006

First I thought it's nonsense but then.. My second thought was that I need this shirt right now. It's around 90 or more degree here for the last two weeks. This shirt is air conditioned and...

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Nokia Medallion 1

Filed in archive Cool , Products by on June 08, 2006

Darla Mack talked about it yesterday and here it is: tomorrow is an ebay auction for a very rare piece of techwear jewellery. The Nokia Medallion 1 was produced in limited numbers only and production...

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Tune your run - Apple & Nike

Filed in archive About , Cool , Enterprises , Market , Products , Technology by on May 27, 2006

Next step for Apple to become a fashion company: Nike and Apple connect sport shoe and iPod. It means nothing less then the age of techwear has finally begun. And the big bang is a gadget and clothes...

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Fitness Phone

Filed in archive Cool , Market , Products , Technology by on May 24, 2006

The "global" in GPS becomes local. Sport enthusiasts all over the world not only measure their heart rate but every information they can get. The scientist in you wants to know everything...

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The health mirror - a social diet interface

Filed in archive Cool by on May 19, 2006

Want to know how you look in 6 month? The Persuasive Mirror - a mirror collecting information from webcams, fridge use or time spend on the couch to calculate your future weight. An interface to your...

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Another bra - with USB stick

Filed in archive Cool by on May 08, 2006

That's something for girls.. Unbelievable amounts of USB sticks in even more unbelievable forms have been build the last years. But most of them were for men. This design is not. I have no idea...

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Cool summer fashion from Urban Tool

Filed in archive Cool , Enterprises , Products by on May 04, 2006

Cool new iPod garments for this summer. A friend sent me the link to Urban Tool - supernatural wear. I liked the word "supernatural" in combination with techwear. When they use the word...

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A bra for men

Filed in archive Cool by on April 28, 2006

This is the WOW winner 2005 in the section Scenic Circle Hotels Bizarre Bra Section Highly Commended. Ok, its bizarre but somehow useful.. An emergency bra especially for men. An inflatable emergency...

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Whisper

Filed in archive Cool , Technology by on April 21, 2006

whisper is a large project which includes a range of skills and competencies from hardware and electronic design, to software engineering and programming, to physical space design, to data...

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Vertebral wireless interface

Filed in archive Cool , Products by on April 19, 2006

Or strange headset design - but somehow fascinating. Here is your "Headset with attitude" The Synapse has twin earpieces with individual touch-sensitive controls, is mutable with a single...

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The hug shirt

Filed in archive Cool , Products by on March 30, 2006

Emotions send as easy as a text message. Two people wearing the hug shirt can send a hug every time they think about each other over every distance. Embedded in the shirt there are sensors that feel...

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Fashion for the heart

Filed in archive Cool , Technology by on March 21, 2006

An older entry from WMMNA but love it and think its thrilling: "The garments receives the heartbeat wavelength of your remote friend/lover/relative and transmits it as vibration through your...

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NanoTie

Filed in archive Cool by on March 11, 2006

That's something for sundays - a special tie. Not - as you may think - to small to tie around your neck. Nope - it's a small and hidden place for your iPod. While in a boring business meeting...

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RFID Implantees Subculture

Filed in archive Cool by on March 09, 2006

Funny things happen in this world. For example people who implant a RFID chip for different reason. Anita gives us an overview of these subcultures. One example I knew before are people in Barcelona...

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More than a T-Shirt

Filed in archive Cases , Cases , Cool , Cool , Enterprises , Products by on March 04, 2006

Are you game? Clothes tell something about you. Everyone can see your stile, your profession, even your character. Clothes are in a way a social interface. And whats more "social" than to...

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More than a T-Shirt

Filed in archive Cases , Cases , Cool , Cool , Enterprises , Products by on March 04, 2006

Are you game? Clothes tell something about you. Everyone can see your stile, your profession, even your character. Clothes are in a way a social interface. And whats more "social" than to...

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Techwear for pets

Filed in archive Cool , Products by on January 06, 2006

What is the perfect start into 2006? Animals! I love cats. And dogs. And others do to... Or not?So here it is: the first mobile for your pet. The PetsCellTM - the first voice enabled waterproof GPS...

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Convergence of objects

Filed in archive Cool by on December 18, 2005

Someday your money will talk to you... The media convergence is well-known. For example TV and computer grow together. The same happens to our money. The use of electronic money like credit cards or...

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Jump & Run

Filed in archive Cool , Events by on December 07, 2005

Unbelievable: a real-world event in spain copies the typical jump&run action computer games using RFID and other wearable technologies.The area is huge where people try to escape a virtual...

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Anti-RFID

Filed in archive Cool by on October 26, 2005

You probably already heard about this easy idea to stop RFID from sending information. It reminds me to a print advertising, showing that the US spent millions to produce a ball-pen that works in...

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Scrolling belt

Filed in archive Cool , Products by on October 21, 2005

Sometimes you would'nt believe what kind of products are successful. Remember the scrolling belt I wrote about some month ago? Now you see it all over germany and supposably in US too. It's...

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Disappearing text

Filed in archive Cool by on October 16, 2005

Interesting effect: When you fill it with hot liquid, the text slowly vanishes, simulating the effect of the Bush presidency. Would be nice to see this effect on a T-shirt. Perhaps while busy or...

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iPod your baby

Filed in archive Cool by on September 23, 2005

Next there at the Parenting Weblog (yes, I'm a father too ;-) Melissa presents cute little onesies. Beside the fact that I'm a really proud owner of the new iPod nano and that my sons are way...

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