Shoes to Protect Dementia & Alzheimer Sufferers

For a one time cost 0f $200-$300 and a monthly $18 a month subscription, you can track the footsteps of your loved one suffering from dementia. The GPS electronics are hidden inside the shoe since many dementia and alzhiemer's patients may have bouts of paranoia and get rid of other gadgets located in easily accessible places (i.e. wrist,neck).

Shoes developed by GTX Corp. and Aetrex Worldwide.

Source: Washington Post 8/11/09

Bluetooth Headset:Fashion and Phone Accesory In One

The Orb bluetooth headset has been developed by Hybra Advance Technology.


It performs double duty as a ring for your finger and a functioning bluetooth headset. Three versions are set to be released during 2010, base model version for $129. deluxe version with its flexible organic light emitting diode (FOLED) for $175, and a limited edition version incorporating precious stones.

From Gizmag:
"The Orb transforms from a ring with a simple twist to become a Bluetooth headset capable of hands-free calling. Incorporating NXT technology the Orb provides high quality bone conduction audio without the discomfort of placing a device inside the ear. A Deluxe edition also features a Flexible Organic Light Emitting Device (FOLED) screen to display caller ID, calendar reminders, and voice-to-text information for communication without taking the ring off the finger."


One will be mine!!!!!!

Solar Fabric Concept from Konarka

Clothes as Phone Charger: Innovative Fabric

Can you imagine never having to recharge your cellphone again? That's the promise of this solar-fabric concept from Konarka, a U.S. solar tech company. Instead of plugging your phone into an outlet, you'd stick it in the pocket of a special jacket woven with fibers that are ultra-thin photovoltaic cells.

Each thread contains a stainless-steel wire the thickness of a human hair, covered with several layers of organic photovoltaic material. The wire is paired with another, thinner one that functions as a secondary electrode. Once the wires are coated with a protective, transparent polymer, they're ready to be woven into wearable solar clothing — shirts, hoodies, full-body Game Boy costumes — whatever you like.

One downside is the woeful efficiency — just 3% — but when you consider the entire surface area of your clothing becomes a solar collector, it would probably still soak up enough rays to keep that iPhone in your pocket juiced. While it's years away from becoming a real product, we'd much rather hang a jacket made of solar fabric in our closet than that silly solar vest from last week.

source: Dvice.com/Konarka, via talk2myshirt

Earphones ON Your Body: Conductive Ink Tattoo

What do Greg Fulco (a D.C. native), Sony, and Microsoft have in common? They have conceptualized or are in the process of developing conductive ink body tattoos to replace headphone wires.

See Greg Fulco's concept here!

Sony: High Tech Meets High Fashion

Sony: High Tech Meets High Fashion from Pierce Jackson Inc. on Vimeo.

Source: Vimeo

Shiny Clutch: Body

Progress to Date: The clutch part of Shiny Clutch, the Clutch Body

Switch Craft Project: Shiny Clutch

I started on my first Switch Craft project: Shiny Clutch! I spent several weeks gathering all the material, selecting fabric, LED (light Emitting Diodes), magnetic switch, Timtex (for purse handles). My knowledge of sewing is growing:o) The magnetic switch was the most difficult item to find. Luckily, Marc Electronics will be my go-to place for my onesie-twosie supplies. The guys there were extemely helpful. The inspiration for my clutch is the midnight sky...

This is only the 2nd sewing project I have undertaken in my life...I am just as interested in you are in seeing how it turns out!

So far, I have cut the patterns and have sewn the battery pocket to the lining......

High Tech Shoes for Safety in an Adult Industry

These shoes were developed and created for the safety of women in an adult industry ( I don't know of a more delicate way to state it). The shoes are high tech and fashion forward which is why I mention them here.

This shoe comes equipped with a GPS, an alarm system to scare off attackers, a button with a silent alarm that gives away the location of the shoes to the emergency services, and an LCD screen.
To read more: The Aphrodite Project

Printed Circuit Board as Handbag Material?

I went into Target today to restock my Pepsi stash and came across this item of inspiration...Printed Circuit Board recycled into Photo Frame

I think PCB would make a great material for a clutch style handbag...I'll get to work!

Tech Jewelry for Tots

Text your 6 year old without her having a phone: The Wristlet by Peter Hampl
Not yet available, but coming soon!

Sun-sational Dress

Solar cells integrated into a dress the sexy, smart, stylish way...but I can't tell if you can actually charge a phone yet. I must find out!

SOURCE: Fashioning Technology and Riso National Lab for Sustainable Energy

Purse with Power

Charge your phone with your purse..I almost always carry a purse!

This is a great concept but for $350 I would like a little more style, there in lies the challenge of making functional fashion....

Model of the Future

Is this 5-feet tall, 95-pound model, called HRP-4C, developed by Japan's National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, the model of the future?

She will rip the runway at Tokyo Fashion Week on March 23rd, 2009. She will be modeling her one of a kind look, sans clothes! She can be your top model at the lovely price of $3 million dollars US.

Space Style

Source: New Scientist

During the February 2009 NY Couture Fashion week, patrons glimpsed the future of fashionable spacewear. Chuck Lauer of Rocketplane Global, an aerospace firm that plans to offer suborbital tourist flights organized a space-themed fashion show at Couture Fashion Week in New York City. The designs sashaying down the runway consisted mostly of contest winners from the JAXA and Space Fashion.org contests held during the past 2-3 years.

Here is my fav...

Rumor has it that another contest will be held this year...I haven't seen any details yet.

NASA Art Contest for College and High School Students: 4/15/2009 Deadline

Traffic Jam
By Justin Burns
University of Memphis - Sophomore
2008 Contest Winner

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration invites college students from the arts, including industrial design, architecture, computer design, and the fine arts, to submit their work on the theme: Life and Work on the Moon.

The art contest gives students and faculty an opportunity to form an inter-disciplinary team to collaborate with science and engineering departments, either at their institution or other institutions, to produce the most well informed art work possible. One suggestion is that the art project be a for-credit semester long effort and include consultations with science departments to develop the final entry.Find out what NASA is planning, watch the short video animation Back to the Moon here: http://sacd.larc.nasa.gov/multimedia/LATtrailer.html

Entries will be accepted in three major categories: two-dimensional, three dimensional and digital. Each category will have pre-determined size limits.

• Cash prizes, certificates of achievement, and exhibit opportunities are planned.
• All entries will initially be submitted digitally as 150 dpi jpeg images.
• An on-line gallery is planned for public viewing of the artwork.
• Winners will be asked to ship their work to NASA for exhibit purposes.

Please direct any questions to Dr. Elizabeth Ward at Elizabeth.B.Ward@nasa.gov

For contest info:http://artcontest.larc.nasa.gov/rules.html

Instant Dry Swimwear

Thanks to http://twitter.com/AmericanElement...

Sun Dry Swimwear incorporates nanotechnology (oooooh!) to create a bathing suit that dries itself instantly. It will prevent the mildew aspect for the little kiddies and careless adults who forget to remove the wet suit from the gym bag.

For more info visit www.sundryswim.com to purchase visit www.solestrom.com. Prices range from $80 - $90.

Nerds can be Fashion Forward and Fun: Switch Craft

Designer melds tech, fashion in crafty electronics

SOURCE: msnbc.com

With her carefully styled blond hair, expertly applied makeup and fashionable blue dress, nothing about Alison Lewis even hints at the word "nerd" at a Manhattan party for her first book. But ask her about circuits or light-emitting diodes and you'll see that she is equally familiar with switches and soldering irons as with swatches and seams.

Her book, "Switch Craft: Battery-Powered Crafts to Make and Sew," brims with instructions for projects that combine technology with clothing and accessories. For instance, there's a music-blaring bag, a pillow with a cell phone headset, an illuminated skirt and wriggling squids for cats to play with.