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	<title>Social Textiles - On interactive &#38; social textiles, mass customisation and social media</title>
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	<description>This blog is about social media, online communities &#38; innovations in the textile industry. You will find info on interactive &#38; social textiles. It's a research blog by the Social Space research cell. Authors are Katrien Dreessen &#38; Niels Hendriks</description>
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		<title>GPS Shoe for Alzheimer Patients</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Getting lost is a common problem for Alzheimer&#8217;s patients and their caretakers. They often forget the way when going out on walks and can&#8217;t remember how to get home. In this context, location-based technologies are an helpful way to keep track of patients. GTX Corp has developed the  GPS Shoe, a pair of sneakers embedded [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.socialtextiles.be/2011/12/01/gps-shoe-for-alzheimer-patients/</link>
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		<title>Heart monitoring vests</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Fashion Designer Angella Mackey created several prototypes of a Heart Monitoring Vest.She designed multiple prototypes addressing not only the wearability of the vest but, more importantly, the usability. Each of her designs addressed the patients need to place multiple electrodes on their chest without the assistance of a nurse.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.socialtextiles.be/2011/04/01/heart-monitoring-vests/</link>
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		<title>The world&#8217;s first air purifying dress</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Catalytic Clothing, a collaboration between the London College of Fashion, University of Sheffield, and the University of Ulster, has recently presented the first prototype of a dress that can purportedly absorb airborne pollutants. A thin layer of space-age, pollution-absorbing concrete mixture is sprayed onto the “Herself” dress. Wearing the dress automatically means that you are helping to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.socialtextiles.be/2011/01/18/the-worlds-first-air-purifying-dress/</link>
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		<title>Wearable batteries: energy-generating T-shirts</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If it is up to the scientists at the University of Texas at Dallas, you can soon charge your mobile phone by plugging it into your T-shirt! The university is researching ways to weave energy-transmitting yarn into ready-to-wear material. So far, the scientists have discovered a way to create energy generating textiles from powder-infused carbon nanotubes. The [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.socialtextiles.be/2011/01/17/wearable-batteries-energy-generating-t-shirts/</link>
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		<title>Tomato dress</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Korean artist Sung Yeonju’s new project Wearable Foods is a photoshoot of dresses made out of food such as tomatoes, mushrooms, eggs and bubble gum. Sources: PSFK, Yeonju Sung]]></description>
		<link>http://www.socialtextiles.be/2011/01/11/tomato-dress/</link>
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		<title>Getting started with fabrickit</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Fabrickit is a collection of wearable electronic modules that make it easy to construct wearable projects. And if you still need some inspiration or guidance, you can have a look at the tutorials!]]></description>
		<link>http://www.socialtextiles.be/2010/11/27/getting-started-with-fabrickit/</link>
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		<title>Threadless: &#8220;It&#8217;s the community that matters!&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Last week, the WWD Apparel &#38; Retail CEO Summit Conference took place in New York city. One of the speakers was Jack Nickell, the founder and chief strategy officer of ‘crowdsourced’ fashion brand Threadless. During the conference, he talked about the importance of the online community on their website. Nickell talked about how Threadless is about [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.socialtextiles.be/2010/11/08/threadless-its-the-community-that-matters/</link>
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		<title>The dressing room experience re-invented</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Shoppers visiting Macy’s Herald Square store in New York through November of this year are in for a surprise! Macy&#8217;s and LBi have re-invented the dressing room experience by using augmented reality, app technology and social media. The dressing booths are equipped with a 72-inch multi-touch mirror and an iPad. The customer selects clothing from the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.socialtextiles.be/2010/10/19/the-dressing-room-experience-re-invented/</link>
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		<title>Extravagant footwear: fashion or art?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Kobi Levi is an Israeli designer who specializes in unusual footwear that blurs the line between fashion and art. On his weblog you can find the most extravagant footwear designs, ranging from sling-shot shoes to banana slippers. &#8220;The shoe is my canvas&#8221;, Levi claims on his weblog. &#8220;The piece is a wearable sculpture. It is [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.socialtextiles.be/2010/10/15/extravagant-footwear-fashion-or-art/</link>
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		<title>Yes I can … make shoes</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Have you always wanted to make your own pair of shoes? I know I have!! And it is possible. In East London, I CAN make Shoes - an initiative of Australian shoe designer Amanda Luisa &#8211; organises 3-day workshops for amateurs, like me, that dream of making their own pair of killer shoes and take [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.socialtextiles.be/2010/10/07/yes-i-can-make-shoes/</link>
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