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Piezoelectric T-Shirt can charge your phone

Erik — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 15:22:18 +0000

From physorg.com Apparently, French telecom company Orange is working with peizoelectric materials to make shirts that transform sound into electricity — enough to charge your cell phone. Video at the link.

Wearable Absence

Erik — Wed, 12 Jan 2011 18:50:25 +0000

Article about the Wearable Absence project, part of the 2010 Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences. It involves two teams of researchers, led by Professor Barbara Layne of Concordia University in Montreal, and Professor Janis Jefferies of the University of London. The goal is to make clothing that can, in part, determine your emotional state.

body mounted video cameras

Erik — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 20:07:29 +0000

Boing Boing mentions a new body mounted video camera by ATC (the 9k) announced at CES that records in 1080p. The 2k seems to be available at Amazon for around $75, but only records at 640 x 480. Apparently GoPro has similar products as well.