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Clothing Yourself In Technology
Sixyphe writes "Burton Snowboards has just released a very, very nice snowboarding jacket called the Analog Clone. It includes a padded pouch designed to hold a Sony MZ-N1 MiniDisc player and, more importantly, a large textile control pad on the left arm that acts as a remote control for the MD player. This pad is based on technology from SOFTswitch, a UK company. Production, 100 units, price tag, around 1000US$, MZ-N1 included. Not the first textile-based application I've seen (textile keyboards have been around for a while, I believe), but a nice one. This is cool, geeky, musical, sporty and damn useful all at once. Wow. The part I like best is where they mention that the coat is machine-washable when the MD player is removed. Thanks to minidisc.org for the tip." skratchjerk writes "Financial Times has a short article about Levi Strauss' new anti-radiation jeans. They state that 'The trousers, to be launched in the UK next year under Levi's Dockers brand, contain mobile phone pockets with "anti-radiation lining to prevent possible health risks".' I guess it's about time we protected 'the boys.'" Update: 09/13 21:13 GMT by T : The updated Burton link should make the folks at Burton happier ;)
And cuts off all ability to actually recive a call while in the pocket..
Free Mac Mini
"anti-radiation lining to prevent possible health risks"
;)
I guess it's about time we protected 'the boys.'
They've just captured the entire male market precisely for the above reason. When it comes to the family jewels, better safe than sorry
"I turn away with fright and horror from the lamentable evil of functions which do not have derivatives."
"A microprocessor... is a terrible thing to waste." --
GeneralEmergency
Well yeah brain but where are we gonna get lead pants our size this time of night?
Why have 1 person driving a backhoe when you could employ 20 with shovels?
RIAA lobbies clothes manufacturers to include DRM in fabrics.
Maybe a hash pipe holder would be ideal.
When they get to textile DISPLAYS, then I'll pay attention. I want to wear my DOOM session damnit.
C'mon, get with the times here. How about you make me a jacket where I can groove to my LPs while I'm doing sixty on my face down the side of a mountain...
So long, michael. Don't let the door hit you...
This is so god-damn true...
If you are engaged in an activity that could kill you or others, you don't need to be destracted by anthing - mucic, conversation, cell-phones, naked people.
Activities such as:
Rock climbing, Autoroutes/Autobahn/Montanna, Posing on Slashot, DOD Programming deserve your full attention.
It actually galls me to think that's it's an accepted practice to have blareing music in an operating theatre. If I'm paying $2000 an hour for somebody to cut into my heart, then they better pay attention to their scalpel and not to Britney Spear's latest tean-bop.
Moneyed corporations, non-working 'poor' and criminal prisoners are turning productive citizens into tax-slaves.
"oops, I did it again!
Cut a hole in your heart
and my watch fell in."
Great idea. Put on a $1000 jacket with an expensive MiniDisc player into the pocket, put on your headphones, and then go snowboarding.
I can just see it now. You don't hear the skier/boarder behind you and you cut him off. You both wipe out hard. You're lying in the snow with headphones 15 feet behind you (entangled with your goggles) -- the cable still around your neck, the MiniDisc player crunched, and your $1000 jacket's keypad mysteriously non-functional.
Do us all a favor and don't get the radiation shielded pants. We don't need you breeding.
With my ectoplasmic backpack, I can catch any ghost. With this rod I can open any sports car. With my third forhead eye, I can see through walls and clothing. With the blue gun in my pocket, I can conquier any nintendo game. With all this, I still cant get any booty!!
NO! NO! Please don't mod me, I'm too young to die a troll. *click* Oh the pain, the pain...