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Perfumed, Glowing Cloth
namtap writes "A story on NPR's All Things Considered discusses a light emitting fabric: The costumes onstage in Washington, D.C., might look a little brighter
this opera season -- or at least, much more colorful. All Things
Considered senior host Robert
Siegel talks with Alberto Spiazzi, costume designer for Washington
Opera's production of Aida, about luminex, a self-illuminating fabric." Makarand writes "A new technology will soon
enable scents to be woven into fabrics. The
technology, called Sensory Perception Technologies (SPT), will allow
particles of moisturisers, deodorants and fragrances to be
woven directly into fabrics.
Scented tiny droplets contained inside miniature waterproof particles
are woven into fabrics to be released upon activation by
movement or touch. The fabrics are dry cleanable and machine washable."
A true must-have for geeks everywhere...
Anyone remember the shirts that would change color with heat? I loved how the armpits would always be one color and the rest of the shirt would be the other.
Gee ... the scents must be there to mask the manufacturing smell of their clothing ...
.. until they can weave febreeze into fabric?
This could be great for children, road workers or other similar people who have a tendency to get too close to cars in the dark or need to be seen for other reasons.
.: Max Romantschuk
So now I won't have to worry about losing my underwear in the dark, and it will always smell like flowers?
I wonder if Elton John's made any pre-orders yet...
Who doesn't like free music?
I don't see how this can compete with having magnesium woven directly into the fabric, plus a box of matches.
http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/10/0 9/1627251&mode=thread
At least this one has some new information. Maybe we're seeing some progress.
These people looked deep into my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined.
Mmm scratch and sniff girls.
Oh wait, I think my uncle Tom has been scratch and sniff for like 15 years... Not that you would want to.
Forget modding your Xbox. Deodorant and a nice fresh scent imbedded in clothes is information _desperately_ needed by this audience. :-)
(C'mon, I'm a member of that group too.)
There are 01 kinds of cars in the world. The General Lee, and everything else.
result in intelligent clothing. It would be irritating to have your clothes emit a constant smell. Why not have sensors on the clothes to detect sweat, and only THEN activate the er.. fumigators or scent generators.. Using this technology, clothes may be able to change color with emotions.... that should be intersting.
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$280/yd (and a 50 yard minimum order) seems a little steep for fabric with strands of optical fiber woven in -- you still have to hook up the light sources yourself, probably after you've cut your pattern. Seems most people capable of making anything more complicated than a tablecloth out of this stuff could probably weave their own.
--paul
-- Every time you kill a kitten, God masturbates.
You linked to NPR. Did you get permission?
SHOGUN OF HARLEM!!!
:)
You rawk! I've always wondered where the other person was who saw that brilliant movie.
if only this had come in the age of the disco... endless possibilities! Now, I can't help but think this will go the way of the segway.
Quid festinatio swallonis est aetherfuga inonusti?
Africus aut Europaeus?
What I thought was even more interesting is that at first the company who made it, Generra, was a prime brand, it ended up a few years later in the forgotten trends market at Montgomery Ward.
It's going to be interesting. It's looking like one day we will have clothes that change color, glow, smell and have RFID tags. Maybe Gap will just make any stolen T Shirt Stink and glow with the words, "I stole this" or "I don't fold things back neatly at the Gap"
Yell & scream & rant & rave... it's no use... you need a shaaaave ~ Bugs Bunny
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Coming soon to a city near you.
KFG
I emailed them about it. Here is the reply.
Thank you for your interest in Luminex.
We are Zuzka, the exclusive Distribution & Product Development team for Luminex in the US & Canada.
Yes, the optical fiber fabric is available for purchase!
The minimum is 50 yards per fabric type.
The fabric is woven with optical fiber (and is illuminated by LED's) into the following fabrics:
- Double sided LED polyester (sheer quality/ 7 colors) 58 "w $280/yd
- Lycra 58 "w $280/yd
- Super Velo (extra densely woven optical fibers) TK
LED colors available: white, blue, red, green, &yellow
Standard fabrics allow the LED color to be different every 18"
Double sided fabrics are capable of having two different colored LED's merging into the same fibers to create additional colors
Orders for quantity and for custom made sample products (i.e: pillows, jackets, etc.) can processed by phone and finished to your specs.
Yardage Prices do not include rechargeable 3.6v battery and recharging kit.
all SAMPLES must be purchased: $234-364/yd
battery: $24 per battery
recharger kit: $26 per recharger.
weaves available include 7 kinds of poly's: white, blue, silver, gold, red, green, cream & black
Delivery is currently 4-8 weeks
please do not hesitate to contact me for more info:
Christopher Berger
Zuzka for Fabricology Inc.
37 East 18th Street, Suite 10
New York, NY 10003
T 212. 260.1876
F 212. 260.7963
chris@zuzka.com
www.zuzka.com
if people are going to start pushing for this with built in deodorants and perfumes to hide the fact that it will be worn over and over by people with poor hygiene, why would we care that it is [a] dry-cleanable or [b] machine washable? C'mon, think of the target audience in the writeup!
Hopefully this crap will never see mass-market.
Every new form of media has it's own Requirimento
now I'll have to buy new clothes when the perfume runs out?
Men in black, Men in black II, Men in Superblack!
Martin
Why not try electroluminscent wire? I bought a bunch a couple years ago for a quick and dirty Tron halloween outfit. Not only was it a smashing sucess which got me more free drinks than I could handle thus creating a drunken smashed Tron, but I'm sure my night visibility was amazing. I didn't get run over once!
Even the cheapest elwire can be bought with an sequencer so you could build a simple circuit and make your clothes tell drivers if you intend to turn right or left, like giant body sized blinkers.
I can just see the novelty market for this...
Tweed sweaters with that "old man" smell
Bras for your teenage daughter that smell like gun smoke.
Skirts for your ex-wife that smell like female dogs in heat, but only to other dogs. Now an excuse to get her a present this year!
Bed sheets that always smell like you've washed them.
Car upolstery that always smells new.
Child clothes that smell like bubblegum.
Lisa Simpson, your discovery has finally found a practical method of application! Geeks of the world, unite to throw off your scent, so that the bullies only smell salad dressing, instead of your fear!
Create clothes that have deoderant in them instead. I know several people that could use self-deoderizing clothes as opposed to better-smelling ones.
"The Sage treasures Unity and measures all things by it" - Lao Tzu
A new technology will soon enable scents to be woven into fabrics.
Scents inextricably bound to fabric? Where have I seen this before?
I would prefer the technology be called Sensory Perception Integration Technologies (SPIT) - the clothes that make you drool.
You could bask in the glistening SPIT on your clothes or relish the thought that passers by can enjoy the smell of SPIT on your shirt.....
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As a matter of fact, I am a lawyer. But I play an actor on TV.
if instead of merely being luminous, clothing could be programmed to be transparent.
Floating patches of transparency on women's outfits would be all the rage. Obviously, within reason.