Brave New Wardrobe
"When it comes to fashion, I'm stuck between the preppie eighties and the grungy nineties. It's not a pretty sight, as my wife will attest. But my wardrobe may soon become a whole lot hipper, thanks to some nifty gadgets that double as clothing accessories.
For example, Oakley's $500 Thump combines a flash MP3 player with a set of lightweight and stylish sunglasses--a very cool gadget. Ingenio's $599 Eyetop DVD fixes a tiny display to a pair of wraparound shades, which is wired to a portable DVD player on your hip (very clunky)."
NYX Clothing is marketing $2000 jackets with LEDs sewn into the fabric that can display text messages from your PDA or your cell phone--handy for emergency roadside workers or all-night ravers. VectraSense Technologies sells a $500-plus sneaker that physically adapts to your foot, records how far and fast you run, and can wirelessly zap your contact information to your compatibly clad fellows. And of course there's Microsoft, which wants you to fork over $10 per month to get news and weather reports from MSN Direct delivered to a special $199 wristwatch.
But before ware-wear becomes a standard part of our wardrobes, we will have to solve two niggling little problems: input and output.
For example, Oakley's $500 Thump combines a flash MP3 player with a set of lightweight and stylish sunglasses--a very cool gadget. Ingenio's $599 Eyetop DVD fixes a tiny display to a pair of wraparound shades, which is wired to a portable DVD player on your hip (very clunky)."
NYX Clothing is marketing $2000 jackets with LEDs sewn into the fabric that can display text messages from your PDA or your cell phone--handy for emergency roadside workers or all-night ravers. VectraSense Technologies sells a $500-plus sneaker that physically adapts to your foot, records how far and fast you run, and can wirelessly zap your contact information to your compatibly clad fellows. And of course there's Microsoft, which wants you to fork over $10 per month to get news and weather reports from MSN Direct delivered to a special $199 wristwatch.
But before ware-wear becomes a standard part of our wardrobes, we will have to solve two niggling little problems: input and output.
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