Bionic Workware's self-regulating temperature jacket: It ain't pretty
By Susan Mernit 
posted December 1st 2004 10:42AM
posted December 1st 2004 10:42AM
You'd probably have to be pretty cold to
actually wear the fashion faux-pas-waiting-to-happen that is Danish designer Alex Soza's self-regulating
temperature jacket. So what if the micro-computer inside(powered by a 6-volt battery) lets you program how
much heat the jacket generates and the outer layer expands and contracts to fit your temperature, the thing looks like
someone cut a pillow down the middle and stuffed the model inside. Didn't anyone tell him clothes are supposed to
help people look the opposite of bad?
[Via Near Near Future]
Outdoors alive is better than pretty. But this thing fails there too. Who in their right mind would trust a battery powered computer for their safety outdoors.
Hey baby, that coat would look at lot better in a crumpled heap on my bedroom floor...
thats hilarious, would anyone actually buy one of these? or even accept one for free?
Surely by now you've realized that just because it's ugly doesn't mean it won't be fashionable. Just color it black and put a Raiders logo on there, and you're set.
I'd love to accept one of these for free. ;)
ooooo, how quasi-futuristic!
i'm just tryong to figure out if she is purposefully posing like she is a mannekin because 1) she hopes people don't think she is actually a real life person that would wear a funky moon coat 2) the coat electrocuted her and she is paralyzed into that position.
I think this is actually a neat idea. I wonder how long the battery lasts for and what mechanism the garment employs to adjust its thickness.
This is a prototype, and very "fashionable" coats could be created based on the same principle. Why is everyone discrediting the idea?
This would be great for outdoors gear. When hiking around spots where the weather changes from sun to rain to snow at different spots of a trail (like in Patagonia). it's a pain to have to stop and fuss with layers.