Clothing+, one of the pioneers of electronics garments, has been acquired by Jabil. (more…)
Category: Garments
LUMATIV have a line of LED illuminated snapback caps that can change colour, along side a number of motion effects that can also be activated. (more…)
Kate Hartman gave a fascinating talk on her teams recent work on muscle activated wings, at the San Francisco maker faire. The talk nicely took us through the development from idea, to prototype to the current slick version. (more…)
Fashion design student Blair (許亞臻) has created an LED running top that measures the runners movement and synchronises the flashing of the lights to the arm swing. A laser cut outer layer creates a star like effect. (more…)
Beautiful shoes with patterns that can change from one day to the next…dynamic fashion at last! (more…)
Electronic clothes for the elderly and young were the focus of a workshop for fashion design master students of Shih-Chien University (實踐大學), Taiwan. (more…)
Those lucky enough to be enjoying the Texas sunshine at SXSW may also get to see a rather nice solar shirt catching some photons. (more…)
Both Intel and Telefonica had the first Vision shirt on their respective stands. This shirt can wirelessly broadcast a wide angle view from a small camera placed in the centre of the chest. (more…)
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AiQ are a textile company with vision, looking to provide textile platforms for companies further up the value chain. (more…)
Back in August we did a short feature on Skully, a smart motocycle helmet with a rear view camera, head-up-display and GPS navigation. At that time the company was running a highly successful Indiegogo campaign, raising over $1.5 Million. The company has now taken the next step by raising $11 Million in a series-A funding round. (more…)