Creating An Ideal Vision Of Health, Using Wearable Tech [Future Of Health. Alexander Wang Creates Heat-Sensitive Chameleon Clothing. It wasn’t long ago that we brought Moda Operandi’s new runway fashion preorder service to your attention, and now you can put it to the test, just so long as you have $8,000 to spare of course.
That’s the cost of Alexander Wang‘s new ”thermo-reactive” coat that cycles through a range of colors as it’s exposed to heat. The heat-sensitive skirt and top suit, which were featured in the same collection, begin at a more modest price of $2,550. Each of them looks the same as the other, until they’re exposed to heat, at which point they reveal their true colors. As pointed out by Vogue, the shin-guard mules and pocket-covered tunics are probably the two items within your reach, for a completely reasonable $995, and $895, respectively.
Alexander Wang Source: Vogue. 2002-JSC-265-Techet - 1109p713.pdf. Fairytale Fashion. File:Diana Eng - Fairytale Fashion.jpg. The Little Black Piezoelectric Dress - Ada Brunstein. Doug Eng On a Wednesday night in February, one week after fashion’s biggest names descended on New York for Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week, techy designer Diana Eng’s models were strutting a different kind of stuff: the Twinkle Dress, for example.
Army blast sensors measure an explosion's effect on the entire body. One thousand soldiers are due to start carrying blast sensors in Afghanistan that measure the effects of explosions on a victim's entire body.
The four sensors will be fitted into a one-kilogram Soldier Body Unit (SBU) pack worn by the soldier across their armour plate from August, 2012. Each sensor sends signals to the other and records the data needed to better understand the cause of concussions and traumatic brain injuries (TBI). The plan is to gather as much data as possible about how the whole body is affected and send it to the Joint Trauma Analysis and Prevention of Injury in Combat centre so that medical staff can learn how to better treat soldiers in the aftermath of an explosion.
Publications of Zhong Lin (ZL) Wang's Nano research group in Nanogenerators and Nanopiezotronics. Piezoelectric Potential Distribution in Bent Zinc Oxide Nanowire. Clothes power up thanks to nanowires. Driven by Touch-Screen Devices, Haptics Market to Grow 16-Fold to $13.8 Billion in 2025. Related: Press Release, News BOSTON, MA(Marketwired - Aug 6, 2013) - Driven by the global boom in consumer electronics, notably cellphones and tablet computers, the market for haptics which provide a tactile response to enhance user experience will soar over 16-fold to $13.8 billion in 2025, according to Lux Research.
The consumer electronics segment, which in 2012 comprised nearly all of the $842 million haptics market, alone will balloon to $12.3 billion, 89% of the total market, as OEMs look to enhance touchscreen devices. Smaller opportunities will emerge in sectors such as automotive, fitness and medical as a variety of touch technologies are added to enhance user experience. Lux Research analysts evaluated the haptic feedback technologies driving the proliferation of touch-enabled devices and their emerging applications. Among their findings: Device for capturing signatures uses tiny LEDs created with piezo-phototronic effect. Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology want to put your signature up in lights – tiny lights, that is.
Using thousands of nanometer-scale wires, the researchers have developed a sensor device that converts mechanical pressure – from a signature or a fingerprint – directly into light signals that can be captured and processed optically. The sensor device could provide an artificial sense of touch, offering sensitivity comparable to that of the human skin. Device captures signatures with tiny piezo-phototronic LEDs.
Researchers have developed a sensor device that converts mechanical pressure—from a signature or a fingerprint—directly into light signals that can be captured and processed optically.
Shown is Professor Zhong Lin Wang of the Georgia Institute of Technology. Photo: Georgia Tech/Gary MeekResearchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology want to put your signature up in lights—tiny lights, that is. Using thousands of nanometer-scale wires, the researchers have developed a sensor device that converts mechanical pressure directly into light signals that can be captured and processed optically. The sensor device could provide an artificial sense of touch, offering sensitivity comparable to that of the human skin. Textile piezoelectric force sensors. In recent years, smart textiles have taken on more and more functions, with the integration of devices capable of energy harvesting or electronic communication.
Their use can be considered in fields ranging from military applications to sports – they can be used to simply recharging your cell phone batteries with movement, or to supply a soldier with an integrated electronics package in a combat zone. Some of these devices integrate into the woven fabric piezoelectric materials capable of, for example, energy harvesting, thus powering small devices attached to the garment, or force sensors capable of detecting impacts. Stretchable Batteries Could Power Devices Embedded In The Body. Two years ago, Nokia made waves when it displayed a concept phone using a flexible OLED display.
Samsung and Ericsson have shown similar prototypes. So flexible devices and displays are on the market horizon. Job Listing Hints Apple Is Working on Flexible Screens. In a job listing that appeared and then disappeared, Apple seemed to hint that it really is working on bendable or flexible screens.
The job listing, which was first reported by 9to5mac.com, seemed to confirm recent rumors about the Cupertino company working on this kind of technology, perhaps for the much-rumored iWatch. "Apple Inc. is looking for a Display Specialist to lead the investigation on emerging display technologies such as high optical efficiency LCD, AMOLED and flexible display to improve overall display optical performance," the listing read. Apple pulled the listing after the story was published, and we don't know why. Rumors of an Apple iWatch have been swirling around for weeks. In February, an Apple patent application that described a wearable device with a flexible screen seemed to be the first sort of official confirmation that Apple was at least considering this kind of technology. To find out more, watch the video above.
Image via Yoshikazu Tsuno, AFP, Getty Images. Flexible nanogenerators turn your socks into a power source. PowerYacht Mag - Est 2007: Projects: Blu Martin S.T. 62, Blu Martin S.T. 55. Following Sun Top 13.50 success, Blu Martin introduces its new flagship project, the Blu Martin S.T. 62'.
This 18.70 metres sports yacht comes to light by developing the already successful concepts so greatly appreciated like practicality, extremely high quality materials and important standard equipment which are the shipyard's unique characteristics. The project revolves around the idea of creating a yacht that makes life on board simple with the rear closing and total opening of the cockpit, creating a unique space revolving around the dinette, at the same time offering an area of full weather protection. Stretchable Batteries Could Power Devices Embedded In The Body. PolyPower electrostatic film measures athletic movements, harvests energy. Danish company Danfoss PolyPower A/S has designed a new wearable sports sensor that has the potential to measure everything from stance to force. The sensor could prove a veritable technology on its own, but PolyPower technology is also being explored as a means of actuation and energy harvesting.
View all. Margot Krasojevic - Project - Piezoelectric Canopy Playground. Your T-Shirt May Soon Charge Your Mobile Devices. July 11, 2012 redOrbit Staff & Wire Reports – Your Universe Online Could a dollar-store T-shirt someday help you charge your smartphone or tablet computer on the go? It may sound fanciful, but researchers at one American university are experimenting with technology capable of doing just that. Mechanical Engineering Professor Xiaodong Li and Post-Doctorate Lihong Bao, both of the University of South Carolina, are working on a way to turn the fabric of a simple piece of clothing into a “supercapacitor” capable of providing power to mobile devices on the go, according to BBC News reports.
Writing in the journal Advanced Materials, the duo explained how they took a cotton shirt purchased from a local discount store and turned it into an electrically-charged piece of hybrid clothing. Energy-Generating Knee Strap Could Spell the End of Batteries. Photo by Shutterstock. Clothing as a supercapacitor.