

Perfumed, Glowing Cloth 139
namtap writes "A story on NPR's All Things Considered discusses a light emitting fabric: The costumes onstage in Washington, D.C., might look a little brighter
this opera season -- or at least, much more colorful. All Things
Considered senior host Robert
Siegel talks with Alberto Spiazzi, costume designer for Washington
Opera's production of Aida, about luminex, a self-illuminating fabric." Makarand writes "A new technology will soon
enable scents to be woven into fabrics. The
technology, called Sensory Perception Technologies (SPT), will allow
particles of moisturisers, deodorants and fragrances to be
woven directly into fabrics.
Scented tiny droplets contained inside miniature waterproof particles
are woven into fabrics to be released upon activation by
movement or touch. The fabrics are dry cleanable and machine washable."
wow - deodorant-impregnated fabrics! (Score:5, Funny)
Re:wow - deodorant-impregnated fabrics! (Score:5, Funny)
--sex [slashdot.org]
Re:wow - deodorant-impregnated fabrics! (Score:3, Funny)
Re:wow - deodorant-impregnated fabrics! (Score:1)
KFG
Re:wow - deodorant-impregnated fabrics! (Score:5, Funny)
My girlfriend figured that I'd pay more attention to her breasts if she did that to her bra [luminex.it]. It seems to have worked. Now I can get cuddles and network status all in one stroke.
Re:wow - deodorant-impregnated fabrics! (Score:3, Funny)
Re:wow - deodorant-impregnated fabrics! (Score:4, Funny)
Just think of this with bluetooth intergration. Your PDA, cellphone, and laptop could all intergrate with your cloths. If you have a meeting coming up your PDA blinks your shirt cuffs to remind you. Got a call? Don't set it to ring or vibrate.. make your cloths color cycle. Kicking ass and getting frags? Make your cloths show a flame pattern.. smokin!
Re:wow - deodorant-impregnated fabrics! (Score:1)
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It would be more fun... (Score:2, Interesting)
Floating patches of transparency on women's outfits would be all the rage. Obviously, within reason.
Re:wow - deodorant-impregnated fabrics! (Score:1)
Be careful, I recall its possible to decode network traffic from the router blinkenlights...
Re:wow - deodorant-impregnated fabrics! (Score:2)
Would wearing a Luminex garment make you appear brilliant?
Instant geek?
Re:wow - deodorant-impregnated fabrics! (Score:2)
No. But it may allow you to throw down on Sho-nuff and score with Vanity.
Re: Sho-Nuff (Score:3, Funny)
You rawk! I've always wondered where the other person was who saw that brilliant movie.
Re: Sho-Nuff (Score:1)
Re: Sho-Nuff (Score:2)
It might smeel good and glow... (Score:2, Funny)
Heat Change Clothes (Score:5, Interesting)
Re:Heat Change Clothes (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Heat Change Clothes (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Heat Change Clothes (Score:1)
Re:Heat Change Clothes (Score:3, Interesting)
Re:Heat Change Clothes (Score:2)
I'm not sayin'.... I'm just sayin'.
Re:Heat Change Clothes (Score:1)
Scents ... (Score:2, Funny)
how long.... (Score:4, Funny)
Re:how long.... (Score:2)
Re:how long.... (Score:2)
Is this the first NPR article on /.? If so, yay!
Not just for looking funky (Score:5, Insightful)
Re:Not just for looking funky (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Not just for looking funky (Score:3, Funny)
And if it smells minty fresh when I'm done I suppose it could save the lives of others as well.
KFG
Try elwire (Score:5, Interesting)
Even the cheapest elwire can be bought with an sequencer so you could build a simple circuit and make your clothes tell drivers if you intend to turn right or left, like giant body sized blinkers.
funderwear (Score:4, Funny)
Oh that's _exactly_ what we need! (Score:1, Redundant)
light emitting t-shirts? (Score:2)
As it currently stands, I try to be awake for as little daylight as I can, and brightly lit t-shirts would kinda defeat the purpose.
Glowing fabric ... (Score:2, Funny)
Glowing cloth? (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Glowing cloth? (Score:4, Funny)
KFG
Re:Glowing cloth? (Score:2)
Obligatory Dupe Notice (Score:3, Informative)
At least this one has some new information. Maybe we're seeing some progress.
Re:Obligatory Dupe Notice (Score:2)
Come on over here baby.. (Score:4, Funny)
Oh wait, I think my uncle Tom has been scratch and sniff for like 15 years... Not that you would want to.
'bout time (Score:3, Funny)
(C'mon, I'm a member of that group too.)
And this could (Score:3, Funny)
Re:And this could (Score:1)
Now, if they could make underwear responsive to intestinal gas. Old men all over the world need this.
Re:And this could (Score:1)
I wonder how it would smell when you get really constipated?
Just What I Was Waiting For (Score:1)
You know, not really. I like my clothes just the way they are.
One for the workers! (Score:1)
Luminex (Score:5, Interesting)
Re:Luminex (Score:2, Informative)
www.glo-net.com [glo-net.com]
www.readysetglo.com/recipes.html [readysetglo.com]
www.extremeglow.com/glowpowder.htm [extremeglow.com]
Great Joke Gift (Score:4, Funny)
--paul
more time to do what you want (Score:2)
I never have to do laundry again! Now I can drag the 3-day wear into infinity ...
Better colors? We can do that now... (Score:2)
'Color by J. Daniels, of Tennessee'.
It's up to your partner to supply an upgraded scent, however. No platform-pizza jokes, please.
Re:Better colors? We can do that now... (Score:2)
And their both way down on the list of things that will make you see more colors.
Re:Better colors? We can do that now... (Score:2)
This is the Opera, after all, so you would do wise to co-ordinate your alcohol with the performance, eh? Jack for 'The Turn of the Screw' and Tequila for 'La Bohème', perhaps. Only a suggestion to get you started. Feel free to ask your local liquor store owner for his/her advice...stop off on the way to the Met, I'm sure they will have just the brand to suit the event.
Oh no! (Score:5, Funny)
Good, maybe we can get scented panties... (Score:1, Troll)
Disco Stu (Score:2, Insightful)
Be careful... (Score:2)
Does anyone remember HyperColor? (Score:4, Funny)
What I thought was even more interesting is that at first the company who made it, Generra, was a prime brand, it ended up a few years later in the forgotten trends market at Montgomery Ward.
It's going to be interesting. It's looking like one day we will have clothes that change color, glow, smell and have RFID tags. Maybe Gap will just make any stolen T Shirt Stink and glow with the words, "I stole this" or "I don't fold things back neatly at the Gap"
None more black (Score:1)
Re:None more black (Score:3, Funny)
Re:None more black (Score:1)
And illegal in Halifax, Nova Scotia (Score:4, Informative)
Coming soon to a city near you.
KFG
I know some people... (Score:1)
There are plenty of guys in the Math and CS depts around here who could use some 'decent' smelling clothes
Perhaps it could be mandatory?
Pretty, but expensive (Score:5, Interesting)
Thank you for your interest in Luminex.
We are Zuzka, the exclusive Distribution & Product Development team for Luminex in the US & Canada.
Yes, the optical fiber fabric is available for purchase!
The minimum is 50 yards per fabric type.
The fabric is woven with optical fiber (and is illuminated by LED's) into the following fabrics:
- Double sided LED polyester (sheer quality/ 7 colors) 58 "w $280/yd
- Lycra 58 "w $280/yd
- Super Velo (extra densely woven optical fibers) TK
LED colors available: white, blue, red, green, &yellow
Standard fabrics allow the LED color to be different every 18"
Double sided fabrics are capable of having two different colored LED's merging into the same fibers to create additional colors
Orders for quantity and for custom made sample products (i.e: pillows, jackets, etc.) can processed by phone and finished to your specs.
Yardage Prices do not include rechargeable 3.6v battery and recharging kit.
all SAMPLES must be purchased: $234-364/yd
battery: $24 per battery
recharger kit: $26 per recharger.
weaves available include 7 kinds of poly's: white, blue, silver, gold, red, green, cream & black
Delivery is currently 4-8 weeks
please do not hesitate to contact me for more info:
Christopher Berger
Zuzka for Fabricology Inc.
37 East 18th Street, Suite 10
New York, NY 10003
T 212. 260.1876
F 212. 260.7963
chris@zuzka.com
www.zuzka.com
Geek Gear but... (Score:4, Funny)
Next on slashdot (Score:5, Funny)
What's next? (Score:1, Interesting)
Robert Siegel... (Score:1)
Dilemma (Score:1)
I think it stinks (Score:3, Interesting)
Hopefully this crap will never see mass-market.
Re:I think it stinks (Score:1, Interesting)
I don't have a problem with various smells, but judging by her reaction, I'd sooner see the removal of scents rather than its increase.
Plus it's the odor version of "It's a Small World" (Score:2)
Old story (Score:1)
Luminex will be great (Score:2)
oh yeah baby!
Great (Score:3, Interesting)
The President's new clothes (Score:1)
self-illuminating Bright Green Jacket (Score:2)
And why weave scents into the fabric anyway?
New Novelty Scent Fabric Lines (Score:2, Interesting)
Tweed sweaters with that "old man" smell
Bras for your teenage daughter that smell like gun smoke.
Skirts for your ex-wife that smell like female dogs in heat, but only to other dogs. Now an excuse to get her a present this year!
Bed sheets that always smell like you've washed them.
Car upolstery that always smells new.
Child clothes that smell like bubblegum.
Scented clothes? (Score:3, Funny)
Why not . . . (Score:3, Insightful)
Prior art... (Score:3, Funny)
Scents inextricably bound to fabric? Where have I seen this before [nwfusion.com]?
SPIT (Score:2, Funny)
You could bask in the glistening SPIT on your clothes or relish the thought that passers by can enjoy the smell of SPIT on your shirt.....
The Emporer's New Clothes (Score:1)
Token Ring (Score:1)
This will add at least a week to the tokenringish clothes reciclying
slashdotted bra (Score:1)
I was there! (Score:1)
Too bad the acoustics couldn't keep up with the costumes!
This explains alot (Score:1)
The useful uses (Score:2)
Cops directing traffic, EMT's, tour guides, chaperones at field trips, joggers, night-time skiiers, and so forth. These people would actually benefit from being visible in low light, like actors.
As for the scratch and sniff clothing, it strikes me as just plain silly at first glance. But, after the initial onslaught of Channel No. 5 and Tommy Hilfiger scented, Tommy Hilfiger branded clothes, this too will find practical use.
Think of rescue dogs trained to sniff out a particular trace scent. Think of mountain climbers and skiiers, who might be burried in an avalanche. Or first responders who might get caught in a building collapse. Or miners.
It might seem goofy and little more than novel at face value, but this stuff might make a positive difference in the world - if it's used smartly.
Bit expensive... (Score:1)
Flourescent dye in fabric detergent (Score:1)
A passive way to do the same thing:
I seem to remember a factoid from high school chemistry MANY years ago that most detergents used for washing clothes had dye in them. The dyes floureses (word?) so that "whites look whiter".
ummm (Score:1)
wouldnt that either make the clothing smell either really strong at first, or make the clothe's smell fade with time, or both?
if i want to have smelly clothes, ill just spill some perfume on them
Sex (Score:1)
Fact Checking (Score:1)
Aida (Score:1)
I saw Aida last night with the Luminex costumes. They only really had two scenes using it.. one of the scenes worked very well - dancers had "wings" made of it. It was very effective.
The other scene was less impressive. It ended up coming across as tacky. What made it even worse was they didn't bother to hook up a remote controlled on/off switch, so the performer had to hold a switch in her hand to turn it on at the right time.
Even with the effective scene, it seems more like a gimic that would be more appropriate for use in Cats, or just about any other Andrew Lloyd Webber production, than opera.
I couldn't think of a single use in my home or wardrobe where I would even contemplate using it. Of course, with the price, there is no chance of it showing up in my home anyway.
This is hysterical (Score:1)
Answer: Absolutely Not.
Again, does the light emitting fabric emit electromagnetic waves?
I refer you to the 400 to 700 nm section of your electromagnetic spectrum.