Wearable technology
Have you ever heard of the term wearable technology? If don’t, these situations might give you a little idea what is it all about. Imagine that you can make a phone call using your gloves, capture video using your jacket and communicate with your T-Shirt.
Since long time ago, researchers are trying to integrate the technology with the clothing. The fact that the electronic parts are becoming smaller and smaller makes the integration of the electronic with the fabric possible. In International Trade Show for Sports Equipment and Fashion (Ispo) Munich, the manufacturers of sport clothing their wearable technology.
This is the camcorder jacket from Quiksilver, which is equipped with integrated 40GB hard disk storage, LCD and a connection for a video camera. The camera is located at the snow cap.
Besides, it is also equipped with solar cells at the arms and chest, in order to extend the durability of the battery. The price of this future clothing is still unknown.
Source: Sueddeutsche.de
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6 Responses to “Wearable technology”
guess the world is going too advance now..haha..I wonder what will happen to the cyber world in next 10 years..
Bat
February 8th, 2007
I think the price will not be cheap. Malaysian people can only watch it on the net.
MuhdSyafiq
February 19th, 2007
A snowboard jacket is useless for Malaysian. 
Do we have snow?
korokmu
February 23rd, 2007
Yup… that right. Many high tech gadget that exist Malaysian people can only watch it..
MuhdSyafiq
February 23rd, 2007
this jacket was made with the sustainable design studio “atelier2ce” in lausanne switzerland
watch http://www.atelier2ce.org !
drix
March 14th, 2007
