An incredible wearable technology resource list

Digital media designer-artist, theorist and curator Valérie Lamontagne has an incredible wearable technology resources page that lists the who’s who and who’s upcoming in the wearable technology and eTextile field. ...

Electronics that can bend

Posted by on Mar 19, 2011 in New technologies, Products | No Comments

Cambridge, Massachusetts advanced materials company, MC10, is cookin’ up some amazing bendable high-performance electronics that us wearable technology folks would LOVE to get our dirty little hands on. Imagine a shirt ...

Data Gathering Workout Shirt for the NFL

Posted by on Mar 15, 2011 in New technologies, Products | No Comments

One of the big opportunities in wearable technology is in professional sports where precision and performance can be tracked and improved. Under Armour has created a new line of evaluation ...

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 ...

Joanna Berzowska shares her work

Posted by on Mar 11, 2011 in eTextiles, New technologies | No Comments

Joanna Berzowska of XS Labs shares her recent (and beautifully inspiring) catalogue that talks about her practice, design research methods in wearable technology and illustrates some of her gorgeous projects. ...

Zip: Control your music

Posted by on Jan 17, 2011 in Aesthetics, New technologies, Products, Projects | One Comment

Alas, a new electricfoxy project! Zip is a garment that explores the aesthetics and interaction of wearable technology solutions that have built-in music controls. There are many products on the ...

A color-changing collection

Posted by on Dec 27, 2010 in eTextiles, Fashion, New technologies, Products | One Comment

Fashion designers are continuing to explore garments printed with color changing inks. The latest is Rainbow Winters Spring Summer Collection 2011 featuring garments that are printed with special thermochromic and hydrochromic ...

Exploring the relation between technology and intimacy

The Intimacy series is a project by Daan Roosegaarde, Maartje Dijkstra, Anouk Wipprecht, V2_ Lab (Simon de Bakker, Stan Wannet, Piem Wirtz) and the team of Studio Roosegaarde (Peter de ...

adidas produces glow-in-the-dark gear

I’m a big fan of smart fabrics and intelligent clothing making it to market, which is another chance to introduce these types of concepts to consumers. Before you know it, ...

Woven electronics for commercialization

Posted by on Sep 13, 2010 in eTextiles, New technologies | No Comments

“Researchers have been experimenting with “intelligent” textiles for quite some time by integrating standard electronic components. However, for the most part the electronic parts have only been attached to or ...