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A little idea that can be used in many different cases: part a is close to part b -> nothing happens. Part b moves away from part a -> any kind of alarm starts. This version is for people who......
Another version of an interface for a digital diary - one of the application i think would be useful for wearable electronics and / or computing. This tiny camera or handy piece of jewelry is the...
Looks like gadget holster become more and more fashionable at all. Here is a new line that is more female and comes in 10 different styles: According to the maker, the curved design is extra...
Fibre2fashion published a huge report about fibres in the 21st century written by Prof. T.K.Sinha, Yogita Agrawal, Rupa Mohanta and Rupali Kapoor. The whole thing is really comprehensive. Here is the...
Ad agencies love new ideas and technologies because cool new things always create huge attention for brands and products.. This way it was only a question of time till I found this: MB2, also known as...
I'm sure you know the movie Minority Report and you'll remember the interface Tom Cruise uses to navigate in all the information he needs to build a story from the mind pictures. The...
Pretty pretty cool stuff for your apartment. A textile light dimmer that allows very different and "warm" designs. It's Wearable Electronics in the meaning that your apartment starts to...
CeBIT 2007 is coming closer and we see the first press releases. This one got my immediate attention; let's call it a pillow mobile. It's not the product itself, it's the following picture...
I found this product on german websites only - however, here is what's so special about it: The AIRTIME SENSOR for Snowboards measures the time you are "in the air". The main technology...
Wearable Electronics you can shop for Mama's & Papa's - this little sweet Panda watches over your child. An idea I had some years ago with other products: if part A (your child) leaves a...
Gizmag presents Urban Tool with some pictures. Urban Tool is from Vienna and I had the chance to test one of their products, the Sport Holster. Let's start with Gizmag: We really like this idea -...
Urban Tool sportHolsters for people who need to carry a lot of stuff elegantly - gizmag Article We really like this idea - for the next decade at least, we'll have lots of gadgets to carry and...
Just found that product and wanted to show you in case you look for a new watch and / or just something to shop. No, I will not become like Engadget but that is fun: SonyEricsson MBW-100 Bluetooth for...
It's just a long time ago I wrote about the will of the police in some US states to give people wrist bands to measure their drinking behavior because of former problems with alcohol in the...
"I've been trying to get pregnant, and I haven't been getting pregnant." Ok, sometimes even the most natural things can become difficult. Any help is welcomed - like this sensor...
Wearable displays were a real hype some years ago. But this product category had kind of a long sleep. I always loved that idea. Computing power within a tiny box and a huge (virtual) screen. What the...
The electronica 2006 opened in Munich, Germany and they have a wearable technologies section too. Adidas and Atlantik Networxx present a hi-tech martial arts vest that was tested in Taekwondo already...
What a success! My congratulations to CuteCircuit for the Time Best Invention price this year!!! I hope that it will make a great idea famous! The Hug Shirt integrates wearable technologies and the...
A next intermediate step in wearable electronics - a Dick Tracy like watch that is packed with features: Check out this ultra-modern timepiece from Brando, squeezing MP3, video playback, a voice...
Casio is back :-) Do you remember the 80ies? Unthinkable without digital watches from Casio. And now they are back with 21century technology: GPS. Of course within a watch - what is a remarkable tiny...
Is it more then design only? Korean scientists at the Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute developed a shirt that measures bio data and looks not like a tech-parc... The BioShirt is...
So what is Ambient Intelligence? It's like Techwear - but - with objects instead of clothes. The main idea stays the same: build sensors into something and connect it to something else. Here is a...
Looks like I found the killer-app for the over-stressed manager of today (and many other within the "burn-out-zone"). Medick Healthcare has launched a personal heart monitor called MHM 100....
Polo-Shirts.co.uk reports about a new T-Shirt with build in clock. Cool idea - if the design is brilliant. However, I found no other news about it but would love to see a picture. Help anywhere? A new...
Looks like logistics is a main application field for wearable computing. Here is the next computer for the logistics business. The HX2 computer is a small, light-weight data collection computer...
Some trends reported from the ISPO (huge fashion fair) and the Outdoor (huge outdoor fashion fair): Portable technology is now being developped by several brands. +++ LEVI'S has launched a line of...
Symbol introduces the WT4000 Series Wearable Terminal - a mobile computer that is wearable and works in different environments with it's hands-free interface. The company focusses on the B2B...
Konica Minolta developed a new display and is looking for possible applications. The technology sounds nice: The Holographic See-Through Browser prototype resembles a pair of eyeglasses and uses a...
The Oktoberfest is the most famous beer-fest in the world and so typical German. The last days I heard a podcast about the point that less people wear the traditional Bavarian clothes at the...
Just to stay a bit in the toy industry here are some other examples - not really for computer technology, but for a good social interface design. This means I like these examples because of their...
Today Toys become smarter and smarter. It's just amazing to look at this market. Sometimes I think we will see intelligent toys before we have such robots.. Here is a next one from Bandai called...
Yesterday I found a website about diving computer. Because I'm not a diver I have no glue about them but it looks like even there is a market for wearable computing. Beside many functions I found...
Something here reminds me to the movie Matrix- and that things come true. An Infineon spin-off can produce electric power from your body. The basic technology is called "Peltier Cooler" (see...
Imagine an electrocardiogram without the need to go to the doctor and with much better data. This is what the ECG T-Shirt will be about. It's a research project at the EMPA. This institut works in...
Where is the fitness industry going? Gadgets, gadgets, wearable. Thats the key-message from "The Raw Story". The experts see a huge trend to more equipment. Even if they think that not all...
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...
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...
"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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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......
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...