These days, clothing is so much more than something to cover you up and keep you sheltered from the elements. Manufactures are making clothes do unbelievable things. The latest addition to this list of functional clothing is Wearable Solar, the brainchild of Gelderland Valoriseer’s Christiaan Holland, fashion designer Pauline van Dongen, and solar-panel specialist Gertjan Jongerden. Wearable Solar is a […]

If you’ve been dreaming of strapping on your own “Iron Man” armor, you might have to wait a while longer. But revolutionary “bionic exoskeletons,” like the metal suit worn by comic book hero Tony Stark, might be closer than you think — just don’t expect to fly away in one. Exoskeleton developers working in rehabilitation are leading the way, creating […]

Using a radically different inflation technology, the Windcatcher air pad inflates in seconds without using any power or requiring any pumping. It even deflates instantly too. The secret behind the Windcatcher’s amazing speed of inflation is its ability to leverage the awesome properties of air. When you blow into the Windcatcher you create a stream of fast moving, low pressure […]

Sports technology has come a long way over the past 10 years, but there is one particular sector that has been widely neglected when it comes to monitoring devices: swimming. designed in collaboration with tribudesign, ‘instabeat’ – a heads-up display monitor that mounts on the straps of any swimming goggles – reads the heart rate from the temporal artery without […]

The Jackcard is a conceptual device that aims to take all of the cards you use in your daily life and drop them onto one device. Stephen Reon Francisco’s Jackcard would be able to function as everything from a debit card to a passport. It would also be able to identify people using facial and voice recognition along with fingerprints. […]

V-Tent is an ecofriendly parking system that protects and charges vehicles. It is a collapsible canopy that can be used in both personal and public parking areas. Aiming to create a sustainable system for urban environment, V-Tent offers a safe space for electric cars either at home or in city. Functioning as a canopy that prevents weather side-effects such as […]

Rain — the scourge of the night driver! Too many times have distracting droplets proved an annoyance for those traveling roads after dark. New technology co-developed by Intel and Carnegie Mellon University could one day change all that. Instead of relying on a bog-standard bulb to beam light out over a darkened road, the futuristic setup would use something more […]

The idea for Jifiti came about because Shaul Weisband — one of the creators of the app and company behind it — wanted to “teleport” gifts to friends. While teleportation is still not really possible, the team at Jifiti has done the next best thing and is aiming to incorporate this into a new way of shopping. And I think […]

A beer bottle is something that we all take for granted, yet Heineken leads the way to turn it into a creative item; introducing new bottle shapes, materials (PET and Aluminium) and printing techniques (UV ink etc). Heineken’s first smart beer bottle can interact with other Ignite bottles, its environment and the people around it, bringing together: interaction, data and […]