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The Techwear Weblog is not a shopping blog at all. However, why not give a tip to my reading wearable fan audiance. Kyono sells a small version of the BlackCoat called "Minimal". And they...
iPod + Nike - Nike Title: iPod + Nike - Nike
Remember my Tune your run article? Apple & Nike cooperated to build a set from sport shoe and sensors to measure your calories etc. The good news is you can replace the "sport kit" with...
The gadget industry Title: The gadget industry
Short, but useful: ZDNet writes about success factors in the gadget business based on a new book. George Bailey and Hagen Wenzek recently wrote the book "Irresistible! Markets, Models and...
Korea wants to become smart Title: Korea wants to become smart
Korea see's the future of their textile industry in smart textiles. They set up a five year R&D program for smart textiles with the same founding Germany did this year ($15.5 million)....
The SnoreStopper Title: The SnoreStopper
"I dont snore, you do" is one of the most common words of our mankind, right? Time to try to stop this with another trial from the Techwear industry. It's a wrist-worn device that you...
News from warmX Title: News from warmX
warmX (introduced here) presents a new product at an outdoor exhibition. Sounds great for all who love it warm and wonderful: With our new, patented warmX-tights we present the world's first...
Future Skin Title: Future Skin
A breakthrough in nanotechnology - that is more important for techwear then ever before: chemists from the University of Arkansas announced the first 3D-form from nanomaterials. The advancement from...
Privacy in jail Title: Privacy in jail
RFID reports about a new use for RFID chips - active and passive - in prison: Now at this prison, inmates would be fitted with an anklet or a bracelet having a unique identifier and the security guard...
Your late summer jeans arrived Title: Your late summer jeans arrived
Time2buy. The RedWire DLX jeans from Levis will make it into stores. They will be 50 bucks more expensive then told in spring when I first wrote about it. Set to take off as a fashion trend in the...
Asia rules - today Korea Title: Asia rules - today Korea
Ok - it's not a complete view over Asia and Korea but short and insightful. Not a week ago I blogged elsewhere about the fact that China Mobile is the biggest mobile company in the world (Vodafone...
RFID Blocker Title: RFID Blocker
You already have a passport with RFID? If not many will have soon. The problem: security experts think that the data can easy be stolen with a hidden reader. Clever people can make strange things with...
Personal Navigation Title: Personal Navigation
Everyone knows and loves car navigation systems. Now you can imagine how cool a personal navigation system would be. Most of all this one: the Georgia Institute of Technology presents SWAN - the...
The Big Hand Problem Title: The Big Hand Problem
Not two years ago I had to make a decision many of you will know. Should I buy a notebook and an MDA (=PDA with mobile) or a subnotebook and a mobile. I bought the second set because of the......
The first "Shirt-Revolution" Title: The first "Shirt-Revolution"
This creation was "close2catch" and is a technological revolution. A shirt that measures what is available with sensors today. Because you'll have a lot of healthcare data at hand the...
Trust your Voice ... Title: Trust your Voice ...
... with Voice Trust - the leading voice recognition company from Munich, Germany. And what's fun - the founders first company was in the fashion business (and failed). But his second company is...
Electric textile @ IFA 2006 Title: Electric textile @ IFA 2006
Even at the worlds biggest consumer electronics fair in September in Berlin we will see a Wearable Fashion show named "eFashion" (I guess it will be part of the Science show. However, till...
Cold at night? Title: Cold at night?
The life of a soldier is hard, not only in times of war. I've been in the army to (if even for a short time only) and had the luck that I never joined a real mission. However, at night......
It's time to go infrared Title: It's time to go infrared
An interesting article about temperature measurement. They key is to use infrared for process control e.g. industrial work flows. But because infrared is fast and small it can be used for wearable...
Computers 'set to read our minds' Title: Computers 'set to read our minds'
An "emotionally aware" computer system designed to read people's minds by analysing expressions will be featured at a major London exhibition. Visitors to the Royal Society Summer...
Wearable Robot with gun Title: Wearable Robot with gun
This robot looks like from a Sci-Fi movie but hey - you can buy it for 315.000 US$ and it works... What ever you'll do with it... Because it is a suite you maybe feel more safe in the streets?......
Burton + Motorola = Audex Title: Burton + Motorola = Audex
Techwear on the hill - Audex is a wearable technology to push Techwear in the funsport business. In the end it's just Bluetooth that really works. However, the design is great and the...
Techwear Wedding Clothes Title: Techwear Wedding Clothes
The great wearable and interface designer from CuteCircuit developed a wedding dress for a Swedish couple. They build many nice ideas "inside" like environmentally friendly and smart,...
Emotional Health-Watch Title: Emotional Health-Watch
Nice design, but what is the watch doing?The Exmocare wristwatch monitors its wearer's pulse, heart rate variability and skin conductance. It also monitors the subject's level of activity via...