Hussein Chalayan is certainly no stranger to incorporating technology into his fashions, as he already showcased a series of LED laser dresses earlier this year in Tokyo. During this week's Paris Fashion Week , Hussein presented his Fall collection, which included high-tech dresses used to symbolize the Big Bang.
As discussed on Boing Boing, models came out at the end of the show wearing moving lights that orbited around them, representing the center of the universe. They certainly don't look like the most comfortable pieces of geek apparel to wear, but an interesting concept nonetheless. I'd rather see more light emitting diode dresses, which are somewhat fashionable and functional.
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You don't have to cut off a body part to become "Internet Famous," but if you're desperately training your camera on your kid, pet, or friends in hope that they'll do something so compelling as to end up in the category that is viral, well, you can go to school for that. Internet Famous at Parsons New School for Design is a graduate-level class for students and declares itself the first class ever "where software will award each student a grade based on a quantitative measurement of their web fame."
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Well, if I actually squeezed it to death, I would kill my PSP. And who would want to do that!? But in all seriousness, I absolutely love Patapon, as it's quickly becoming one of my favorite games to play. Some of you DS'ers may be pretty bummed to discover that yes, Patapon is a PSP title. But honestly, with PSP's portability, Skype capabilities, and movie watching that's easier on the eyes than on your iPod, you just might want to fish out that $199 for the PSP/Daxter bundle (Daxter being no waste of money either) to get your hands on this portable monster.
From the same folks that brought LocoRoco, this rhythm and battle based side scroller sends you to help a tribe of Patapon reclaim their land from the devious Zitigon Army. You also must lead them to a place called Earthend, so that the tribe can swoop up a mysterious object known as "IT". Oh how do I love thee, Patapon? Help me count the ways when you read more
Get 'em while they're hot! I know the designer Angela Adams from the epically cute rugs she makes. But it turns out she has a line of laptop bags with prints just as adorable as her rugs — and they're on sale at Design Public!
It looks like they're on sale to clear them out — the prints are being discontinued, but DP still has some on hand, so get them before they're as rare as a Wii in Christmas '07!
Imagine walking into your first class at a university and your teacher hands you an iPhone or iPod Touch — not a shabby first day right?! For the 900 incoming freshmen students at Abilene Christian University in Abilene, TX, this will soon be their reality.
By being equipped with devices that connect to wireless networks and the Internet, the university is hoping that students will put their new Apple products to good use for various services on campus. I guess this paired with the fact that there is now software specially designed for viewing lecture slides on media players, students are definitely stepping up with the times!
I have a sickness for anything that smells good and can be put into a bathtub. Preying on that sickness and my love for Nintendo characters (the evil!) are these Super Mario Brothers bath bombs. Bath bombs, which are way more fun than they are complicated, are a total big girl indulgence, but the action figures (including Mario, Luigi, Fire Mario, Bowzer, Goomba, and Power Mushroom) that emerge when your bomb has dissolved are kind of a little girl indulgence. Then again, nobody gots to know about it.So, total bomb, or the bomb?
Hopefully these headphones, called the PFR-V1 personal field speakers, live up to their impressive description. Sony's aim was to re-create the experience of surround sound and full-size speakers never before heard from headphones. The typical impediment with headphones is that there is no access to the outer ear, which provides you with that amazing sound stage resonance.
So here's Sony's innovative, yet not exactly attractive, solution which instantly grabbed my attention when I saw them on Crave: Headphone components that are placed half an inch away from your ear as well as inside your ear so that you're able to get low, mid, and high frequency sounds. The fancy headphones, available in America in April, will cost you $500 and possibly a few friends.
Are these blowing your mind in a good or a bad way? My vanity has me torn.
Hussein Chalayan is certainly no stranger to incorporating technology into his fashions, as he already showcased a series of LED laser dresses earlier this year in Tokyo. During this week's Paris Fashion Week , Hussein presented his Fall collection, which included high-tech dresses used to symbolize the Big Bang.
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