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by gautam on March 2, 2010
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I simply love the thought of wearing technology on my chest and this thought has been turned into reality with this Wi-Fi Detector T-shirt which alerts wearers whenever they c...
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by Clyde Klajdi on November 22, 2009
Florida State's football team and Nike will step into the future with a new uniform the Seminoles will wear. Florida was one of 11 schools picked to wear the experimental uniforms. What makes the unif...
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by on April 9, 2007
Fibre2fashion published a huge report about fibres in the 21st century written by Prof. T.K.Sinha, Yogita Agrawal, Rupa Mohanta and Rupali Kapoor. The whole thing is really comprehensive. Here is the ...
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by on February 24, 2007
While thinking about the term "micro-economy" it can mean too that we repeat ancient products and ideas but are able to make it much smaller. So with this new textile. It is build like ancie...
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by on February 21, 2007
I found this entry about Phase Change Materials on a "Flog", a fake Weblog. However, the copy is pretty comprehensive and the topic interesting as well.
Because the weblog's aim is to m...
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by on November 18, 2006
Part I - What drives the world?
Convergence is probably the word of the century. Convergence of technologies, convergence of media etc. But what's about the structures behind these trends? What a...
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by on October 14, 2006
Some trends reported from the ISPO (huge fashion fair) and the Outdoor (huge outdoor fashion fair):
Portable technology is now being developped by several brands. +++ LEVI'S has launched a line of...
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by on October 7, 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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by on September 16, 2006
Around 800 companies from 11 countries are involved in the "Network for textile Innovation" founded in Germany. The main aim is to restructure the traditional textile industry into 1) a coop...
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by on September 8, 2006
We all know that animals (like we) are moved by bones and muscles - spiders are not. They use a hydraulic system that is much more lightweight. Scientists Carlo Menon and Cristian Lira have developed ...
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by on September 4, 2006
A designer you should look at is Hella Jongerius. She is one of the most famouse modern designer with own exhibitions at The Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Institute of Contemporary Art in Phil...
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by on August 15, 2006
This creation was "close2catch" and is a technological revolution. A shirt that measures what is available with sensors today. Because you'll have a lot of healthcare data at hand the po...
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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 n...
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by on July 21, 2006
How should I call that: high-High Tech? New research shows that you can control Solitons.
The polymer chains tend to bend and twist as solitons pass through them. This has led to the possibility of t...
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by on July 17, 2006
While surfing the site of the "Bath University" the last days I found another interesting project from there: a fabric that keeps cool when it's hot and warm in winter days. Or like my s...
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by on July 10, 2006
One direction I see are the different developments with nature fabrics and artificial fiber. The second comes here: Later this year the Elsie Whiteley mill in halifax will house a European Centre for ...
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by on June 19, 2006
Nanotechnology still sounds pretty hip and "future". But companies like Nano Tex prove that it's already around us. MSNBC.com gives a short overview and talk about Sensatex too.
Now, hi...
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by on May 26, 2006
With age skin becomes dryer and less elastic. This can be a reason for skin tears. Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO, Australia) has come up with a new medical textil...
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by on May 19, 2006
Just a note about a TV show in Europe that broadcasted an overview about hightech textiles.
First of all, in future Europe can not compete in the traditional textiles business. These materials (like...
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by on April 27, 2006
Talking about high-tech textiles one would'nt think about bamboo, would you? Think different. Bamboo has some interesting features.
Bamboo features natural antibacterial properties that prevent ...
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by on April 7, 2006
Just 1 month from now starts the IMB Cologne - the World Fair for Apparel Production Technology and Textile Processing from 10th to 13th May 2006.
The list of product groups encompasses all sectors r...
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by on March 10, 2006
Stretch your computer. (Yes, you can stretch the image too by clicking ;-).
Wired reports about a new technology: The secret is in the silicon: the stuff electronic components are made of. Although ...
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by on March 7, 2006
Trade fair check next round: how many companies show wearable computing at worlds largest IT-fair? Answer is: four.
One of them is warmX with a cool (or warm) idea about tech textiles.
They knit a si...
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by on March 2, 2006
This is one project from heXagram i didn't mentioned yesterday. I like it because it seems to be very useful in future products and the approach is wonderful too.
From Joanna, the project lead: S...
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by on December 18, 2005
We see a huge investment in new high-tech textiles all over the world. Is it for your T-shirt or a bit more special...According to IsraCast, an Israeli company has created materials made of inorganic ...
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by on September 15, 2005
A short look to Switzerland again, at the wearable computing lab at the ETH Zurich. In summer term 2005 they talked about textiles and electronics for example. The result is a great overview from Pr...
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by on July 2, 2005
Another interesting and stylish hightech fashion product from grado zero espace: a jacket that is made from leather and cigarette paper. So, if smoking is not good, these jackets are:
"Moreover ...
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by on June 25, 2005
Grado zero espace is an italian fashion company that works together with the European Space agency and developed a anatomic cooling system that is also used for the MotoGP (where italians lead the wor...
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by on June 25, 2005
Grado zero espace is an italian fashion company that works together with the European Space agency and developed a anatomic cooling system that is also used for the MotoGP (where italians lead the wor...
