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Clothing For Gadget Guys
Andru Edwards writes "In an article looking at the advancements in clothing for gear loving professionals, it becomes apparent that you no longer need to sacrifice your gadgets for style. SCOTTeVEST has recently released a sport jacket, khakis, and tie all specifically tailored with hidden pockets and compartments for businessmen who don't want to leave their tech at home. The clothing includes an integrated tunnel system which allows you to hide all the wires affiliated with your devices within the lining of the item, aptly dubbed the "Personal Area Network"."
Besides the bulky (non-fitting) feel in these jackets as mentioned in the article, I would imagine it's going to be heavy carrying so many items with you.
Maybe there's a reason why traditional clothing has fewer pockets, so that you are not obliged to bring everything out.
And where's a TEC Dress for women? Or is the market for female already competitive enough with big handbags?
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it becomes apparent that you no longer need to sacrifice your gadgets for style
Since when do the nerds/geeks worry about clothing style?
even oakley are getting in on the act...
http://www.oakley.com/catalog/eyewear/thump/
a very nice pair of shades, with a built in mp3 player.
Isn't it amazing how technology simplifies our lives?
I loved those pants. I'm really bitter Dockers discontinued them. Lots of pockets that weren't too bulky and really made for geeks working in an office environment. Bring back the mobile pants! (with extra stain protection and wrinkle-free-ness!)
"Is that an iPod in your pants or are you just happy to see me?"
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It is fitting that these clothes, designed for geeks or at the very least technophiles, form a PAN.
I'll never grow up! I'll fight pirates! And if SpaceShip One goes commercial, I'll fly!
For that price, I can buy a nice trenchcoat (personal style, they don't have it) and sew interior black pockets for almost nothing. Customizable, killer look. But I agree that its a cool vest, if it fits your style.
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The best part from their product description
"you can even fit a laptop in the back pocket!*"
Hmmm... what about no? Greatest Idea Ever(tm).
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Come on, with modern fiber technology we could do better than that. We could at least have the wiring integrated into the fabric, so you could just plug in all of your gadgets in a few handy sockets sewn into the pockets. And while we're at it, why no Bluetooth and 802.11 b/g integrated? It could even be washable. After all, clothing such as that is already being prototyped (here). I don't think that there is a market for the stuff that is being plugged here. I myself am decked out with electronics every day and I would only exchange my current solution (belt clips and doctor's smock with lots of pockets) for true wearable electronics.
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I'm looking forward to the day when these kind of personal area networks forward packets for each other in a store-and-forward system. Send email from here to there, bouncing off the jackets of a bunch of geeks you don't know. The packets are stored until a node one step closer to the destination is detected, then they are forwarded.
Or are you just a terrorist?
If you're planning on flying, please, please, please don't be in front of me on line at the insecurity checkpoint with one of these chock full of gadgets.
Looks neat, though.
Here come da fudge!
I've always had issues with too much things in my pockets;keys,ipod,palm,handphone,etc..
wearing cargo all the time ain't cool either.
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Really people, I love tech.. but this is pure tool box.
From the site:
Rumor has it that the POTUS himself spotted one of these garments on a Secret Service Agent and insisted on one of his own - complete with a presidential seal.
That says all you need to know.
All of these can fit into your pocket, but I don't even see why you need all of that. But I don't have an IPod and I guess I never take any equipment like this with me, a camera maybe sometimes. A small cell phone on the other hand is always with me and the wallet too. Rather than that... what, a key chain?
:/ Go go gadget photocamera - and it comes out of your head or your chest? this is horrible. The pens can come out of your ass I suppose. Ouch, I have to stop this.
Maybe the pockets in the clothing are not good enough, maybe pockets in our bodies can be looked at (no matter how discussting that sounds
You can't handle the truth.
For those looking for good quality and style, do a search for 5.11 FBI pants on Google.
They're a cross between normal kahkis and cargo pants, and they are very comfortable to wear.
I wonder if the rate of cancer in geeks and nerds will go up drastically as the result of all the radiation that these gadgets give off.. especially when carrying so many so close to the body at all times..
So when a tech guy gets laid off from the IT dept after being outsourced to India and is begging for money on the street, is his Personal Area Network - handling legal?
Your mobile ?
Your Sat phone?
Your PDA?
Your iPod?
Your USB key fob?
Oh... so you _are_ happy to see me then
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What truth?
There is no dupe
Khaki is usually the bare minimum you can wear in a business setting. The sportcoat in the picture looks like something you could buy for $5 at a thrift store. What's so wrong with carrying your stuff in a nice bag or briefcase?
Mine has a "night camo" (various shades of blue+black) pattern, but otherwise it's just like this:
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http://www.greatoutdoorsdepot.com/apparel-vest-sa
Mine was also cheaper because I got it from my local Army/Navy Surplus store rather than from an overpriced online vendor.
Wearing one of these spares me the need to bring along a purse or a fannypack or backpack or whatever. I wouldn't trust a laptop to the back pocket, but I certainly trust everything else I haul around to this kind of vest.
The only thing is that people ask me for press credentials a lot when I wear it...
Knowledge is power. Knowledge shared is power multiplied.
maybe it should be, "Is that an iPod in your pants, or did you forget to chew your sandwich."
Wouldn't the simpler solution be to make one multipurpose gadget instead of clothing to carry a lot of single purpose gadgets? Of course, that solution probably won't come from a clothing manufacturer.
Imagine the scene - you have been out avter work for a few drinks, met up with a lovely lady (guy - whatever your taste). Things are going well, you are back at her place...
Passions are rising, you are ripping off each others clothes, then you realise that she is just about to hurl your trousers (pants), containing a months paycheck worth of kit across the room.
I have as many gadgets as the next geek, but by putting them in a bag I get to rip of my clothes with wanton abandon! (not that I get the chance as often as I would like!)
Scottevest has been around for ages.
Have you seen the game on their website? You play President Bush, and you fire missiles at Saddam and Osama.
Their spokeswoman person was in Playboy, I believe.
Appearantly President Bush is one of the first ones to wear and advocate such a suit:
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http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2004/10/29/bu
... is a network in my, *ahem*, "Personal Area".
real geeks spend all that real money from their real jobs on other real technology and wear only vendor and logo wear to work and have a huge collection of 'collector items' of companies that no longer exist.
As a rock-in-roll Physicist once said, No matter where you go, there you are.
Wear a pair of jeans or normal pants with just 2 pockets on the front and let's hope tech companies will innovate and produce gadgets that truly combine all-in-one functionality. Why should I have to buy a funky coat to hold my cell phone and my ipod and all the other junk. Why can't someone make a cell phone with mp3 playing capabilities?
The classic leather motorcycle jacket has always worked for me, cell in either side pocket, pager in lower front outside pocket, and a PDA in the inside pocket.
Plus it looks indimidating, though I would like something a little more low key sometimes.
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Now all we need is something to convert the kinetic energy we generate by walking into electricity so we can charge on the go. Instead of air pockets in our shoes, why not little springs and generators?
Oh wait, nerds don't walk anywhere except to the snack machine. Well, I guess that's good enough because they probably have docking stations for all their goodies at any place they plan to be stationed for more than 8 hours.
Personally, the older I get, the less crap I want to carry around with me - much less on me. I stopped wearing a watch years ago. One really good, small PDA/cell phone is all I want or need - and I don't want to have to work to dig the thing out from some hidden pocket.
The e-holster is another good alternative: http://www.eholster.com/. Not to be worn in airports however.
You could just wear cargo pants. Plenty of pockets for your gadgets and a good pair costs no more than $20.
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That's hardly a new term, since that's also used in describing Bluetooth networks (i.e. your phone, PDA, and headset all talking wirelessly). And personally, I like the idea of this stuff all talking wirelessly anyway.
However, given how fat I am, my Personal Area Network is probably a Wide Area Network....
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You can put your weed in there.
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Funerals are always so depressing without my trusty iPod.
.... Broadcast Enabled Digital Personal Area Network.
that read that as "soviet" clothing ?
Not recommended for use in airports, or during public debate forums.
In the future, if you get mugged, you're walking home naked.
"The clothing includes an integrated tunnel system which allows you to hide all the wires affiliated with your devices"
Can't you picture the marketing guys planning their advertising?
PHB: Integrated tunnel system? That'll never sell. We need something with a catchy name. Any ideas?
Drone 2: Hmmmm... how about the "uRanus system"?
PHB: (Staring at drone 2): You're fired.
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Lower yourself down from the vent shaft to meet the DARPA Chief, Donald Anderson. After a few minutes of discussion, the Chief dies. Fortunately, he gives you his keycard which opens Level 1 doors. When equipped it works through your body's Personal Area Network.
I'm thinking the guys who designed this jacket are big time MGS fans. But, while we are on clothing, I'm thinking that the stealth suit would kick the ass of SCOTTeVEST's stuff any day of the week. Maybe that and a nice Bandana. Mmm. Infinite ammo.
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I keep everything in it, cell phone, mp3 player, pda, it even has room for my laptop if I wanted to bring it along as well. Aside from gadgets, I also keep my wallet, change, and even a book or two there. Not only was it inexpensive, but I dont have to transfer everything to a new pair of kahkis everytime I change. Wanna go out in something with no pockets, no problem!
I hate having stuff in my pockets. It seems to be a function of age, but I really loathe having my pants and jacket looking weighed down. I want to have my jacket modified so it has some combat-style webbing hidden in it; this is how you can carry a lot of things without weighing down the coat itself. That stops you and the coat from looking stupid. The tailoring might run you a few dollars though.
However, long time ago I realized the best solution is to trust in the almighty batbelt. The trick is just to keep the batman factor as low as possible. A nice coat will cover everything. I have a backpack for the rest.
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I could use a jacket with pockets better suited to what I'm going to put in them, but this thing -- in all its versions -- is just too ugly for me to wear.
I'd like to see the pockets and 'personal network' features in a jacket that doesn't look so high-tech and awful. The whole point of getting all that garbage off your belt and eliminating the pocket-bulges is to look like less of a goober, after all.
This is going to be great. You gear up for a business trip, strapping on all you gear running wires all over your body. Get to the air port and you have to strip down to almost nothing to get through security or spend time with the TSA waving wands up and down your body.
:)
So you get through security (maybe without the free body cavity search, maybe not) and you get to the plane and get a seat. Your sitting there listening to music and pull out a keyboard to use with the screen built into your glasses and the passenger notices all these wires criss crossing your body. As the flight gets ready to take off you start turning all your electronics off, cell phone, laptop, ipod, SAT phone, GPS, PDA. The eyes of the passenger next to you go wide with fear thinking you are preparing to set off a bomb. The suspicious passenger rings the flight attendant worried you have a bomb hidden on your person (just what are all those bulges and wires?). The plane taxies back to the gate and you are taken off for further questioning. And a guarantted body cavity search this time even if you got one before.
Yeah, this stuff is really going to "take off".
I read the article. Well, half read it then i was pissed enough. This guy is a dork. Let's suppose i go to the wedding of my friend. I shouldn't stay in the corner playing with my pda, listening to my ipod and talking on my cellphone. Of those 3, i had a pda until it got destroyed in an accident (which i survived, luckily for me). I mean why would you bring 2000$ of electronic crap at a wedding. Better tell your friend you won't go there instead of messing around all day long with the gadgets in everyone's face.
And what the fuck is wrong with so-called sport clothes ?! That coat in the article isn't sport at all. Yeah check me out i'm gonna pull ollies on my skate while dressed as a businessman. Well i don't have a skate 'cause i'd die trying to ride it but you get the idea...
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the vest for the true scottie fan.
I don't know about you guys but I need help down there. That's why I and Kenny Loggins stuff our pants.
Now, with this integrated tunnel system, the next time I go out I can stuff a very long one and it'll snake all around me.
Wait til they get a load of me now!
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If Nalgene water bottles are outlawed, only outlaws will have Nalgene water bottles.
There is absolutely no gadget activity that comes anywhere near flyfishing in the amount of gadgetry involved. Yet, flyfishermen are able to pack everything into a fishing vest. I reckon a fishing vest would be a fine way to organise all those PDAs, MP3s etc. Suggest washing before use on the subway though.
Engineering is the art of compromise.
I have a zaurus, phone, usb stick (on key ring), wallet, and laptop. My beloved Debian bag didnt fit my laptop, Linux Conf Au bag did, but is fiddly to get otehr stuff. So now I have a laptop backpack that just looks like a normal backpack. With hal inside (the laptop), it still has room for my toys AND the nappies for the toddler geeks. I also have a nice bag from Oxfam shop, that fits all toys and nappies and stuff but is small goddness, without being handbaggy. Hate handbags. But clothing - man, NEVER enough pockets on our stuff!!!!
Nothing - well thats something.
Unlike men's clothing designers, who have largely ignored the need to tote around technology (leading to a market for TEC products), handbag designers have responded quite rapidly to the need to tote around massive quantities of technology.
Most handbags sold today have specific compartments for phones, PDAs, pens, etc. About six years ago, before I went to college, I worked selling handbags at a big name department store, and even then, there were quite a few bags with specific cell phone pockets, because if nothing else in fashion is, handbag design is very much driven by consumer specifications.
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In the clothing industry, clothes like that are classed as sportswear. Don't ask me why, though my hunch is that it's because it's the sort of thing that rich upper crust types would think appropriate for such "sporting" events as yachting or golfing--i.e. appropriate clothes for a country club.
Eagles may soar, but weasles don't get sucked into jet engines...
Just use your doppleganger!
What's up with all the fleece? Am I the only geek that is concerned about static electricity zapping all the components I'm always working on? A fleece jacket to put my expensive gadgets into just seems like a very bad idea.
but my mother still won't read the article. How am i suppose to convince her to buy me clothes like that?
... of the non-functional sort, but do you know about this?it's a design company that ames all kinds of jewelry made from electronics.... the diskette handbag is pretty hot too.
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I wonder how much did SCOTTeVEST pay /. for the advertisement to appear as a news item?
Watch out for hidden gadgets in panties!!
They can be dangerous for your rear end.