<![CDATA[Gizmodo: wearable electronics]]> http://tags.gizmodo.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/gizmodo.com.png <![CDATA[Gizmodo: wearable electronics]]> http://gizmodo.com/tag/wearableelectronics http://gizmodo.com/tag/wearableelectronics <![CDATA[Beautiful Dress Made Out Of 24,000 LEDs]]> 24,000 full-color, super-thin LEDs, 4,000 Swarovski crystals, and enough iPod batteries to keep everything glowing for about an hour. This picture doesn't do the Galaxy Dress justice, but the video comes close.

This gorgeous thing was designed by Francesca Rosella and Ryan Genz and they say that it's the "the largest wearable display in the world." I don't know if that's true or not, but I do know that I wanted to cry when I read that the dress went straight from the sewing room to the museum mannequin, without ever being worn by a real woman. [Wired]

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<![CDATA[Xerox Develops Ink To Print Circuits On Nearly Anything]]> Wearable electronics aren't news, but being able to make them cheaply and easily is. Xerox has developed an ink with which you can print circuits onto plastic, film, fabric, and nearly anything you can think of.

From more durable, flexible electronics to nifty, wearable gear to cheap, throw away gadgets, the possible applications will be endless the day Xerox's "silver bullet" ink hits the market. Despite the lack of details on when that'll actually happen or what sort of equipment will be required for the actual printing process, I'm already daydreaming about pants with all sorts of gadgetry built in. [Venture Beat]

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<![CDATA[Nokia Patent Hints At a Wearable Input Sleeve That Reacts To Human Skin]]> Nokia is really getting their ass handed to them in the smartphone market, and this remote input sleeve patent hints at one way the company is thinking about the future.

The idea, of course, is to use wearable electronics to control the UI across a range of gadgets—but I'll be dammed if I need to wear a glove or some sort of band aid to control my devices. It's just not practical. On the other hand, glasses or a ring might be ok, because these are things you might wear all the time. [Unwired View]

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<![CDATA[Motorola and Burton Team Up for Second-Gen Audex Wearable Electronics]]> It's the middle of winter in New Zealand, a perfect time for the 2006 Burton Snowboarding Championships, and what better venue for Motorola and Burton Snowboards to announce the 2007 Audex collection of wearable electronics?

The two companies have teamed up to produce the Audex Bluetooth stereo system, including an ugly-looking plaid jacket that wirelessly communicates to Bluetooth phones, letting users control music and phone calls with transport and volume controls sewn into the jacket's sleeve.

Also part of the collection is a hoodie with speakers and an integrated headphone jack built in, along with helmets and beanies infused with Bluetooth tech. Let's just hope the rest of that collection looks better than this plaid jacket. Available at Burton retailers starting this month.

Motorola's 2nd-Gen Wearable Electronics [Bios Magazine]

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