Comments on: Clothes of the Future

Clothes of the Future

Hands of Manos — Wed, 22 Dec 2004 08:00:00 -0800

Flexgrid. A flexible LED display developed to be imbedded on a dress for the Milan Triennial 2005.

By: sourbrew

sourbrew — Wed, 22 Dec 2004 08:06:22 -0800

Ahh yes... i have long been predicting the day when kids express themselves not just through easily consumed goods lauding their favorite idol but also through affordable downloadable avatars for your easy purchase clothing. Imagine, designer brands will have atmospheric effect while thrift stores sell 256 color models. Style will be based on whether or not your model has blended color shifting, or is a tasteful black and white number. Personally, i'd probably go around dressed in a constantly shifting belly dancer... but thats just me.

By: sourbrew

sourbrew — Wed, 22 Dec 2004 08:08:34 -0800

also... that piece of material reminds me of one of those light up christmas ties only 99% more busy.

By: tpl1212

tpl1212 — Wed, 22 Dec 2004 08:15:29 -0800

Looks like it would be good for joggers...or ravers. Plur.

By: monju_bosatsu

monju_bosatsu — Wed, 22 Dec 2004 08:21:03 -0800

This needs to be piezoelectric, so it would light up based on movements by the wearer, rather than the obviously preprogrammed patterns.

By: cortex

cortex — Wed, 22 Dec 2004 08:25:01 -0800

Looks pretty damn thick, too.

By: Turtles all the way down

Turtles all the way down — Wed, 22 Dec 2004 08:25:58 -0800

Dress is nice but that's a remarkably elegant little movie window thing in a minimalist design sense.

By: odinsdream

odinsdream — Wed, 22 Dec 2004 08:43:57 -0800

That's the best they could do? It's ridiculously large.

By: chicobangs

chicobangs — Wed, 22 Dec 2004 08:44:22 -0800

This didn't already exist? I'm kind of surprised. If someone wore a dress made of credit cards, what, a decade ago or so, then this should have been right around the corner back then. I thought the technology was there for video on bendable surfaces by now. (Also time travel and a cancer cure, yeah, yeah.)

By: iconomy

iconomy — Wed, 22 Dec 2004 08:48:25 -0800

I don't see photos of the actual dress - am I missing it? If you click where it says Milan Triennial on the left menu, you can see his idea about virtual creatures "living" on the clothes, which would react to the wearer's movements and sound. "If the wearer doesn't move for a while, the creature will lay down and go to sleep. If the user walks for a while, the creature will start to sweat. If the user talks too loud, the creature covers its ears". So it's like a wearable tamigotchi.

By: kamylyon

kamylyon — Wed, 22 Dec 2004 08:58:10 -0800

neat, but does it come in jeans and t-shirts?

By: picea

picea — Wed, 22 Dec 2004 09:00:10 -0800

While I wasn't picturing something as thin as fabric, I was hoping to see something less clunky. It's a bunch of not-so-tiny plastic squares linked together. I suppose you could project some pixellated Nintendo Entertainment System type graphics onto it though, which might be neat for a little while.

By: chicobangs

chicobangs — Wed, 22 Dec 2004 09:06:24 -0800

I was thinking something like this, but with these same lights. You mean they can't get the width of even a small projector light down to, what, a quarter inch thick? That'd still be too unwieldy for jeans or t-shirts, but it would be fine for an evening dress or a blazer. (And the idea anyone wanting a wearable tamagotchi gives me the willies. I don't want my clothes telling me they're hungry or that the music's too loud. Eesh.)

By: FormlessOne

FormlessOne — Wed, 22 Dec 2004 09:19:38 -0800

Imagine the possibilities: - Equip it for Bluetooth, and just watch the advertising scroll across! - Clothing hackers. - Being chokeslammed by the MPAA because you've got a movie playing on your back. - Irritating creatures! On my underwear! Sweet! (Waitaminute...)

By: squidlarkin

squidlarkin — Wed, 22 Dec 2004 09:25:28 -0800

that's a remarkably elegant little movie window thing You mean the big grey square with the tiny black square in the corner that does nothing?

By: Hands of Manos

Hands of Manos — Wed, 22 Dec 2004 09:39:25 -0800

- Equip it for Bluetooth, and just watch the advertising scroll across! or read your email, hear voicemail, or even talk to your friends through your skirt... perhaps they'll come with cameras on the skirts....futuristic upskirt pr0n anyone?

By: Turtles all the way down

Turtles all the way down — Wed, 22 Dec 2004 09:55:57 -0800

Squid, whatchootalkinabout. The little movie window has a dual function status bar at the bottom: a main part that shows where you are in the movie and a skinny thing just below that shows how much you've downloaded. Plus (I just discovered this) when you click on either of these a further set of controls appears. Sweet!

By: dirtynumbangelboy

dirtynumbangelboy — Wed, 22 Dec 2004 09:57:02 -0800

- Irritating creatures! On my underwear! Sweet! (Waitaminute...) OH NOES!!! I GOT TEH CYBERCRABS!!!!ELEVENTYONE

By: jimmy

jimmy — Wed, 22 Dec 2004 10:23:23 -0800

OH NOES!!! I GOT TEH CYBERCRABS!!!!ELEVENTYONE <:-)

By: dirtynumbangelboy

dirtynumbangelboy — Wed, 22 Dec 2004 10:26:01 -0800

Thank you, I'm here all week, don't forget to tip your waitress!

By: OpinioNate

OpinioNate — Wed, 22 Dec 2004 10:47:24 -0800

tpl1212:... Plur. I can't let that go unnoticed. Actually, I think I'm having a flashback. *shudder*

By: fenriq

fenriq — Wed, 22 Dec 2004 10:59:28 -0800

I hope they incorporate turn signals into this because I hate it when I'm walking behind someone and they suddenly hang a left in front of me. That and can they make patterns go to make people looking at it motion sick? That would be cool. And hook it up to my cell phone ringer so EVERYONE can see how cool I am?

By: Hands of Manos

Hands of Manos — Wed, 22 Dec 2004 11:11:59 -0800

only if your phone ringer is to the tune of Wrecks N Effect's "Rump Shaker"

By: Keyser Soze

Keyser Soze — Wed, 22 Dec 2004 11:28:15 -0800

Now I know what its like to be a fish and about to be devoured by an octopuss at 20,000 feet deep.

By: quasistoic

quasistoic — Wed, 22 Dec 2004 11:55:02 -0800

That would have been perfect for my roommate's "Wireless HotSpot" costume this past Halloween.

By: kaemaril

kaemaril — Wed, 22 Dec 2004 13:04:25 -0800

Imagine what Jacqueline Duty could do with something like this :)

By: 10sball

10sball — Wed, 22 Dec 2004 15:26:00 -0800

I'll stick with one of these, thank you in black

By: bingo

bingo — Thu, 23 Dec 2004 13:09:43 -0800

Very burningman-esque.