Tag: interactive clothing

Foxtel Alert Shirt

In September 2012, London fashion house CuteCircuit launched a wearable, sharable, programmable tshirt. Then in 2013, Durex Australia unveiled their wearable electronic underwear that allowed touch to be transferred over the internet. Now joining this growing trend of wearable electronic clothing is the Alert Shirt from Australian telecommunications company Foxtel.

Loyal Foxtel customers can now use this special shirt to experience in real time some of the physical sensations their favorite rugby players have on the field i.e.

  • Pressure: A thumping heartbeat
  • Impact: The shock of a big hit
  • Adrenalin: An intense rush of blood
  • Exhaustion: Lungs burning with effort
  • Despair: A sudden sinking feeling

The data is transmitted via Bluetooth from a smartphone app, and the shirt is powered by a lithium polymer cell battery.

tshirtOS

London fashion house CuteCircuit in collaboration with whisky brand Ballantine’s have invented tshirtOS, a first of its kind wearable, sharable, programmable tshirt for digital creativity.

At first glance tshirtOS may look like a simple grey t-shirt, but it has the extraordinary power to allow people to broadcast nearly anything via an app in their mobile! The tshirt has 1024 LEDs arranged in a 32 by 32 grid with built-in micro-camera, microphone, accelerometer and speakers. 😎

Here is a short making of video that has received over 500,000 views…

Their latest video called “T-shirt of the future” is based on an adventure of two dweebs who take the tshirtOS out for a night in town. 🙂 The video has already generated over 1.3 million views and counting.

What do you think? Would you like to get your hands on one?