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INTERACTIVE SENSIBLE CLOTHING

Using your sweater to control your iPod or mobile phone, shirts that check your heart rate, jackets that change color or bags that charge all your gadgets via the sunlight.

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No, it’s not science fiction; it’s an emerging trend in the fashion industry. For years scientists and innovator developed technologies wanted to merge electronics

and textiles allowing us to use our wardrobe as a source of energy.

Since the beginning of time humans beings have used clothing to cover up nudity and protect against natures forces such as different weather conditions and temperatures. Clothing is and has always been used to visualize status, the belonging

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Designer: Telen Septic

THE CAR FOR GREEN LIVING

The compressed-air powered AIRPod is the car for green living

Designers of the AIRPod took into consideration large cities and the environment when putting their cars on the drawing board. What came from those considerations is a car that is perfect for the city dweller and leaves zero pollution in its wake.

Using the Swiss company MDI's oxygen powered engine to fuel a car, AIRPod is able to do the impossible, use compressed air to power a car. For those who are focused on preserving the environment AIRPod is a dream for consumers.

The AIRPod was on display this winter at the International Geneva Motor Show 2009. During the ten

events the MDI stand saw almost 700,000 visitors. Some of those that hit the stand had check books in hand ready to be one of the first to own an AIRPod or at the very least to rent one. According to those who worked the event’s stand on average 200 people wanted their own AIRPod daily.

AIRPOD CAR

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