Aside from 3D printing, wearable tech is probably the fastest-growing new technology of the decade. Everyone from fashion designers, tech companies, and military engineers is obsessed, with good reason—just take a look at the list below. In a couple of years, these inventions could be casual wear.
Designers at Studio Roosegaarde are currently seeking designers to help with version 3.0 of their Intimacy dress, wearable tech designed specifically for, uh…personal encounters .
Made out of smart electronic foil, the Intimacy Dress slowly turns transparent the more its wearer’s heartbeat increases, until it eventually becomes completely see-through. But both versions of the dress, as well as the soon to come third version, are made from very expensive e-foils, as well as LEDs and some other tech, so they don’t exactly come cheap.
Your special someone better be really, really special, is what I'm saying.
3. The Mood Sweater:
Sensoree’s Mood Sweater is still one of the most adorable kinds of wearable tech I’ve ever seen: a sweater that changes colors depending on whether you’re angry, or afraid, or in love. The sweater works through Galvanic Skin Response, or GSR technology, pretty much making it a fashionable, high-tech mood ring. Fashion craze of the future? I think so.
A couple of designers and companies are working on clothing that integrates solar cells, including our own military. The dresses and coats of Dutch designerPauline van Dongen, are made with solar cells that can charge your smart phone, iPad or other gadgets you pretty much keep with you all day, eliminating the need for chargers.
However, like most of the people working with solar clothing, Dongen’s designs are still in the prototype phase, mainly because we have not figured out how to wash garments that have solar cells sewn into them. Still, her clothing certainly has the most practical applications out of the list so far.
1. The BB. Suit:
It’s really more of a sack—or a giant onesie—than a suit, but that doesn’t make what it can do any less cool. This “suit,” designed by the brand byBorre and debuted at this year’s SXSW, is a walking media interface: it creates its own WiFi hotspot, allowing you to access the Internet anywhere. Literally, anywhere.
The suit is created by a form of 3D-knitting that embeds technology inside of the fabric’s weave. It has full Bluetooth and GPS capabilities, and you can even use it to download music. It’s a pretty amazing achievement, but even with all of its tricks, I can’t see a future where everyone walks around in giant onesies. Maybe I don’t have enough imagination.
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