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Maria Gurova

Trunk Club Would Like You To Dress Better, Increase Your "Style Aptitude," Have More Se... - 1 views

  • ay you’re a time-starved man with a hankering to dress better. Just sign up on Trunk Club, one of whose style experts will call or email you shortly after to talk about your vision for your wardrobe. A few days later, a bemused FedEx employee shows up at your door bearing a trademark "trunk" (made of cardboard), which contains 10 or so items of clothing.
  • Finding someone who knows style is less important than finding someone who understands sales and relationship management
  • We have between 40 and 50 now, and 90% are women. They tend to have a background that includes sales, but rarely retail.
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  • Hey, is it cool if I friend you on Facebook to see what you do, and what you like?" It’s a powerful tool to help us get the right clothes your way
Anton Vorykhalov

Digitally Animated T-Shirts : animated t-shirts - 0 views

  • These T-Shirts Have Customizable Digital Animations When on Camera
  • The animated t-shirts work by first having the user choose a graphically themed shirt to start the process. Through the 'Drawsta' app, the user can then see which animated designs come with the shirt of their choice and take videos of the animation. The videos can be used on any and all platforms that are compatible with videos -- they can be texted, put on Instagram, tweeted, vlogged and messaged. Each week a new design option appears on the app for the animated shirts -- making them fun and creative. These animated t-shirt apps are a playful way to reinterpret the t-shirt and its uses by combining GIF-like technology with this classically casual clothing.
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    These T-Shirts Have Customizable Digital Animations When on Camera
Anna Dubinina

Charging your phone from your jacket - 0 views

  • of GPS Smart Soles. This is exactly what you think they are -- insoles for your shoes that are GPS-enabled so that you can “keep connected to who matters most.”
  • They were specifically designed for:Seniors suffering from Alzheimer’s/dementiaTeens and young adults with autismAthletes and veterans with traumatic brain injury (TBI)Anyone who could potentially wander off and require oversight
  • This is just the beginning. Solar power is the most immediate, efficient green technology option, and your clothes will continue to get "smarter" and serve more functional purposes.
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  • It's not available yet. But scientists are working on textile-based nanotechnology that uses friction to convert mechanical energy from body movements into electricity
  • And before any of my devices demand to be recharged, I can plug them into my solar-powered jacket to recharge them while I'm on the go
  • Innovative companies such as Evolution Wear have come up with a clever way to keep mobile devices charged, using solar panels integrated into the user's jacket
Maria Gurova

Rentals Delivered By Drone Could Make Ownership Obsolete | TechCrunch - 0 views

  • Today, the most convenient way to have access to something you want is to own it and keep it where you live. That's because the process of having something delivered is too costly, cumbersome, and slow to do every time you need it.
  • Still, people don't want things soon. They want them NOW. A 30-minute Amazon Prime Air is the closest approximation of “now” we've seen yet.
  • Yet the greatest impact of robotic delivery might not be owning things quicker, but rather not having to own them in the first place. That's because once you can have something approximately now, the functional difference between ownership and rental disappears
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  • Maybe we'll 3D print what we currently buy. And there will always be things too big to be conveniently shlepped around. But eventually, I'd bet it won't be humans delivering the pizzas, tools, electronics, clothes, and many other things we buy or borrow today.
  • We might buy less stuff and all objects would spend more of their existence being used rather than in a closet, so we wouldn't have to manufacture as many copies of things
  • Perhaps most exciting of all is what the transition from owning to sharing could mean for our psyches
Maria Gurova

This Self-Cleaning Cashmere Never Needs To Go To The Dry Cleaner | Co.Exist | ideas + i... - 1 views

  • If the fabric is placed in light for 24 hours, any dirt, bacteria, or stain--even coffee or red wine--automatically goes away, thanks to a chemical reaction triggered by the light.
  • So far, preliminary tests have shown that the material is safe. Tests have also shown that the coating is durable
  • We are currently working toward transfer of the technology to the industry." A self-cleaning sweater might only cost 1% more than usual.
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    the self-cleaning cashmere can significantly decrease CO2 immersions, produced by laundry and often toxic dry cleaning 
Vladimir Antonov

«Это технологический вызов»: Как русский дизайнер придумывает умную ткань Goo... - 1 views

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    умная ткань Project Jacquard должна помочь пользователям взаимодействовать с различными устройствами, не прикасаясь к ним. Встроив гаджет в одежду, мы могли бы разделить устройство вывода и устройство ввода данных и таким образом управлять им с помощью разных частей одежды. идея состоит в том, чтобы электроника вплеталась в ткань на уровне производства. мы на пороге нового витка в области носимых технологий.
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