Articles on Clothing

The Asians Who Live in Trees - Dec 7, 2009

Blogs The first time I saw this image was many years ago in a National Geographic magazine. This is a typical house in Irian Jaya, the part of Indonesia that borders Papua ... Read story »

A flash drive with a bang - Oct 12, 2009

Crave Airport security can be so impersonal sometimes as they expect you to open up your luggage and show them your most intimate clothing without so much as a dinner date. ... Read story »

Cool tees for shutterbugs - Nov 18, 2009

Crave I own a couple of camera/photography related tees, and I have to say they are some of my favorite wear. But looking at PetaPixel's collection of such clothing makes me ... Read story »

Hands-on with the Summer 2009 Xbox 360 dashboard update - Jul 28, 2009

Crave As first outlined at the E3 video game industry tradeshow in June, Microsoft is readying an update to the dashboard software that runs on Xbox 360 game consoles, as well as ... Read story »

HP showcases new Vivienne Tam Netbook - Sep 14, 2009

Crave Laptops have become a personal piece of equipment, and HP believes Netbooks have the potential to go beyond that into a lifestyle accessory. Late last year, the Palo Alto company ... Read story »

Petman walking bot strides like a human - Oct 28, 2009

Crave I'm sure you are all well-acquainted with the crazy quadrupled BigDog robot, but if it had a master to walk with, it would probably look something like the Petman. Actually, the ... Read story »

Survive assassination attempts in style - Aug 3, 2008

Crave Bulletproof vests are so 1990s. Sure the vests save lives, but sometimes police, diplomats, and general targets of gunfire and knife fights need something a little more fashion forward. That's why ... Read story »

From cigarette butt to fashion statement - Jan 15, 2009

Crave That hat you see to the right is smokin'. No, it literally is. Chilean fashion designer Alexandra Guerrero made it from recycled cigarette butts. Through her new company, Mantis, Guerrero combines ... Read story »

Self-heating clothes - Mar 13, 2006

Crave We bet even the Eskimos will make a beeline for this. Brit vendor Maplin Electonics literally gives new meaning to the term "hot pants", rolling out what could be a first ... Read story »

Portable AC Spray - May 8, 2007

Crave With global warming a reality, it's the subtle things that really matter, like body odour and sweaty armpits. You get the picture. So trust the fastidiously neat and hygiene-obsessed Japanese to ... Read story »

Magnetic buttons - Aug 13, 2007

Crave If velcro doesn't do it for you, someone somewhere in Hokkaido, Japan--specifically World Work Company which doesn't seem to have a Web site (surprise, surprise)--has come up with magnetic buttons. Developed ... Read story »

USB Air-Conditioned Shirt - Jul 3, 2007

Crave Our venerable Mobile Ojisan (mobile uncle) blogged about the kucho-fuku "airconditioned jacket" as early as January 2006. Not surprisingly, there's now a USB version out. What's more surprising is that it's ... Read story »

Yahoo! Philippines taps Flickr to help find missing Ondoy, Pepeng victims - Oct 15, 2009

Blogs Once more attesting to the fact that social media can be used for socially relevant causes, Yahoo! Philippines has tapped Flickr to create an online photo database of missing persons. This ... Read story »

Xerox looking to print computing smarts on fabric and plastic - Oct 27, 2009

Crave And you thought computer chips were pervasive now. Xerox's process can print fine details of electronic circuitry on flexible plastic. In conjunction with a conference in Europe this week, Xerox ... Read story »

Philips Emotions Jacket lets audiences feel what actors emote - Oct 20, 2009

Crave Is there such a thing as too much realism in our movies? If frights could kill, Stephen King horror flick Carrie did just that when it claimed its victim of ... Read story »

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