eTextiles
Vital Jacket monitors heart rate
“All sorts of huge machines are used by hospitals to monitor a patient’s vitals, but with the pace in which technology is miniaturizing, there are no real doubts about fabrics becoming the ...
Joanna Berzowska writes a paper on electronic textiles
Wearable technology designer and researcher Joanna Berzowska wrote a paper that is a great introduction to smart textiles titled Electronic Textiles: Wearable Computers, Reactive Fashion, and Soft Computation (pdf). Abstract “Electronic textiles, ...
Pattern-changing swimsuits
Textile designer Yun Ding has created Aqua Chameleon, a line of delicate-looking swimwear printed with smart pigments such as thermochromatic and photochromatic ink that change patterns based on certain conditions. The patterns gradually shift ...
Automatically generating crochet patterns
Matt Gilbert, a grad student at Georgia Tech, created a program that automatically generates crochet patterns. Gilbert says that “this experimental work was inspired by the intimate historical ties between ...
Illuminating heavy-knit dress
Designer Mary Huang created this heavy-knit dress that illuminates a soft white light. Conceptually, there’s not much there, but the LEDs that Huang has integrated into the textile makes for a lovely ...
Bubelle blush dress reacts to emotions
Philips design probe program has created a variety of projects under the theme SKIN. The concept behind these experimental garments is to investigate the expression of emotion and personality through ...
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, ...
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 ...
Challenging the aesthetics of circuitry
Once again, Leah Buechley, a pioneer in soft circuits and the creator of the LilyPad developers kit, has been experimenting with painted electronics that ultimately challenge the aesthetics of circuitry. She’s got ...
Fashioning environmental noise
Designers Younghui Kim and Milena Iossifova Berry collaborated on HearWear, a collection of garments that visualize environmental noise. The garments detect the noise levels in the context in which you are standing, 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.