July 08, 2004

Raver Wearable Displays


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Hufo from /. points out the following videos of this in action:

Windows Media Video 1 | Windows Media Video 2


France Telecom has done some fun R&D to display pixelated images from your cellphone on your shirt or sleeve. These raver garments can even be used as a standalone device that can animate based on sounds and gestures. The technology uses a flexible circuit board with LEDs and other electronic bits like sensors layered in a fabric layered sandwich, which they claim is fairly comfortable.

The researchers at France Telecom hope people will use these textiles to do things like display their mood, but I'd be happy if my pixilated avatar would just bop to the beat of the baseline when I'm out on the town. I really hope to see better resolution displays; this technology is still very young. With better resolution, designer memes and logos might become the hot intellectual property being shared by the young hipsters. Animated clothing is something I've been seeing a lot at Burning Man by artists with electroluminescent wire, so I have hope that this technology will encourage fashion to be more creative. For example, I would love a shirt that could display a very large "NO SPAM" message to display disgust in solicitors and peddlers in appropiate situations. I'd love to hear how others would use this creatively, so once again, I've opened up the comments

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July 05, 2004

Cool Runnings

While I don't care for the fashion, this jacket is probably the most comfortable one could get outside of an air conditioned RV. Maybe I can get this for my girlfriend. She won't look cute, but she won't have a heat stroke either.

"Hiroshi Ichigaya, director of Japanese company PC2B, showing off a small fan attached to his "air conditioner clothing" in Tokyo on June 11. The jacket, which cools down the body, can be bought online for 9,900 yen (US$90)."

Nobody knows where to buy these though! Comments are open on this in case someone has a clue.

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