Augmenting
A hands-free gesture device
Forget about Kinect that limits gestures to a fixed location (i.e., your living room), Myo is a muscle-gesture wristband that is a completely hands-free gesture input devices. This product looks a ...
A suit that alters your world
Designer Maxence Parache has created Hyper(reality), which alters the perception of our environment using an augmented reality helment, an interactive glove and a Microsoft Kinect system. The experience allows you ...
Growing light
I instantly fell in love with this project by Jordy Rooijakkers (TU/e Industrial Design) for Philips Lumiblade Creative Lab, which is a Growing Light that responds to touch. Caress the ...
Wireless display in your contacts
Technology from STMicroelectronics for a Swiss medical startup points the way to integrating a display in a contact lens. The lens includes a wireless MEMS sensor that acts as a ...
Introducing the first 3D printed bikini
Continuum Fashion has launched a new project called N12, which is the first 100% 3D printed and ready-to-wear garment in the shape of a cute little bikini. To get it ...
Useless networks experimentation
I am loving this experimental work by Art Center College of Design student Daniel Lara called Useless Networks. Daniel describes us as becoming numb to our own sophisticated body sensors ...
A low-cost rehabilitation glove
Students from Montreal’s McGill University have created a prototype recovery glove that encourages stroke patients who suffer the loss of hand motor skills to “relearn” how to use it through game ...
adidas megalizer dj-mixing footwear
Paris-based “creative technologist” Didier Brun is developing a fantastic project for adidas to help promote the release of their sneaker collection MEGA. The project includes embedded sensors in the line ...
The Illuminated fashion line-up
From the stage to the shelves, illuminated clothing seems to be paving the way right now for wearable technology to reach a wider audience. As I was once skeptical about ...
Chris Brown lights up the stage
Illuminated clothing has been exploding on the stage recently from Tron’s drool-worthy illuminated costumes, CuteCircuits Illuminated performance couture, to Anouk Wipprecht‘s illuminated Black-Eye Peas Super Bowl couture, light-up clothing seems to be paving the way ...
Nike shoe speakers challenge our throw-away culture
I’m loving these Nike shoe speakers that challenge our throw-away culture by repurposing old shoes. ”The Havana Club have issued a call for entries into the Inspired Ingenuity competition. The challenge ...
Will Turnage shows off his “rocker” garment at #sxsw
I’m currently at #sxsw interactive in Austin soaking in all the ideas, conversations and people. I was pleasantly surprised when R/GA‘s Will Turnage stood up in his talk with Chloe ...
Sneakers that take microblogging one step further
I’m currently at SXSW in Austin where the talks are barraged with analysis and future speculation around social graphs, keeping up with them, and taking them further. Twitter and microblogging ...
Robotic arm cuff therapy
Fire your shrink. Jens Dyvik, a freelance designer in Holland, has created a therapeutic robot that provides more intimate psychological coddling than you ever knew you needed. That’s because you ...
Wallets help you manage your money
Researchers at MIT’s media lab are exploring ways in which technology can be embedded into our wallets to help us manage our spending habits. “The widespread adoption of credit and ...
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.
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