Archive December 2008
Communication apparel
(image source) Alis Cambol, interaction designer and design analyst at frog design in New York, has created a series of gorgeous garments that explore non-verbal communication titled Communication Apparel. Her ...
Flexible transistors for garment circuits
(image source via Ingrid Graz) Physicists from Austria and the U.S. have built ultra-thin pressure sensors that are very sensitive and low in cost. They can be woven into sensitive textiles that ...
Tinker, inventor, hacker spaces
(image source via New York Times) There seems to be a trend in tinker and hacker spaces, which are popping up all over the place. Hacker collective NYC Resistor is one ...
Fashion technology as narrative
Fashion designer Angel Chang combines technology, data visualization, and narrative in a unique way that influences the aesthetics and function of her fashion collections. She’s been experimenting with color-changing inks, 3-D images, iPod clothing, ...
Electroluminescent dress
Designers Amy Winters and Kseniya Zagorodnyuk of Couture Clubbing believe that the demand for innovation in entertainment and fashion is growing, therefore, they collaborate with technology companies to design garments that ...
Liquid crystal textiles
Fashion designer Joshua Hupper of AlphaMicron is working with liquid crystal technology that he’s applying to garments. The technology is similar to that found in many flat-panel HDTV displays. AlphaMicron originally applied the ...
Wearable forest
Ryoko Ueoka, Hiroki Kobayashi and Michitaka Hirose created this beautiful piece titled Wearable Forest from University of Tokyo and I can’t get enough of it! This gorgeously delicate and illuminating dress interacts bio-acoustically with ...
Add wireless communications to LilyPad
Kate Hartman and Rob Faludi co-developed LilyPad XBee, a LilyPad Arduino Main Board addition that enables wireless communication. Now you can add even more functionality to your garments by allowing them to communicate to each other. According ...
Book review: Switch Craft
For those interested in designing and developing wearables, the growing DIY culture is a great place to get your hands dirty. Alison Lewis, of Switch, published a book titled Switch Craft ...
Voice-activated inflatable combat
Front v3.0 developed a wearable device that changes and responds to the wearer’s emotions. The Millefiore Effect is a voice activated inflatable combat game that is played between two people. It “elicits and facilitates ...
About electricfoxy
Electricfoxy investigates on-body experiences that are enhanced by technology resulting in new wearable experiences that become a core part of our expression, our identity, and our individuality.