Although using haptic feedback through your shoes to guide you while navigating is not a new concept, Lechal from Hyderabad, India are the first to commercialise the idea for a consumer market. (more…)
12Apr
OK, so this is only loosely related to electronic fashion, but it is about fashion having a sense of humour which I’m all for encouraging. (more…)
Motion sensitive electronic tutu
The Brooklyn Ballet company initiated a succesful kickstarter project to fund the costumes for an up and coming production of the Nutcracker suite, central among these costumes is a motion sensing tutu with cascading LED lights. (more…)
Intel is sponsoring a number of competitions under the umbrella of “Make it wearables”, where they are encouraging enthusiasts to submit 1 minute videos on possible future wearable concepts, either conceptual or more realisable. To promote this Intel have produced a number of videos showing what an exciting, nascent field this is. (more…)
A team of US and Korean scientist have developed a plaster that can accurately measure muscle activity in patients with movement disorders, such as Parkinsons. (more…)
Cambridge wireless bought together fashion designers, electronic engineers, technologists and business specialists, within the cloisters of University College London, for a one day event. (more…)
One of the factors limiting the integration of electronics and clothes is the availability of flexible components. It is therefore encouraging to see the work on stretch and bendable antenna at North Carolina Uni. (more…)
Freerunner light suit
Using, what look like LED jackets, together with long exposure photography, free runners in London have created beautiful images with ghostly trails of their movements.
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The team at wearable experiments have developed a prototype jacket that they claim can do turn-by-turn navigation. (more…)
Foxtel are in the final stages of developing a jacket for Aussie rules football fans to experience the tension and tackles from a game in real-time.
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