Katy Perry Lights up the stage…again

Posted by on Apr 22, 2011 in Aesthetics | No Comments

There’s an abundance of light up stage-wear these days with another appearance on last night’s American Idol show. Katy Perry enters the stage wearing a gorgeous and futuristic skin-tight suit ...

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

Posted by on Mar 29, 2011 in Augmenting, New technologies | No Comments

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 ...

Exploring soft sensors and eTextiles

Posted by on Mar 23, 2011 in New technologies | No Comments

The DIY community and small research studios around the world are continuously pushing the boundaries on the possibilities of eTextiles. Here are some interesting projects and sensors that are being ...

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. ...

CuteCircuit’s wearable line-up

Posted by on Mar 20, 2011 in Products | No Comments

London-based CuteCircuit has been leading the wearable technology field from the getgo. They have found success in many of their projects and research initiatives over the years including the hug shirt and ...

Controlling your devices with your mind

Posted by on Mar 18, 2011 in Products | No Comments

Emotiv has created a wearable headset designed by 4design Pty Ltd called emotiv EPOC that allows you to control your gaming experience through your thoughts. It takes signals directly from ...

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 ...

Sneakers that take microblogging one step further

Posted by on Mar 13, 2011 in Augmenting, Products | No Comments

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 ...