Piezing dress generates power, attracts nerds as wearer moves

Solar-powered dresses are so two years ago. These days, dames in the know are all about that piezoelectric material, evidenced by the incredibly flashy Piezing. Dreamed up and designed by Amanda Parkes, this piece of garb is all set to steal the show at the 2ndSkin expo in San Francisco, and according to CNET, it features electricity-generating fabrics around the joints of the elbows and hips. When the wearer walks, bends or gets downright nasty on the dance floor, the mechanical stress conjures up energy which is stored as voltage in a built-in battery where it can presumably be used later for charging your favorite handheld gizmo. Sure gets our electrons flowing.

[Via textually, image courtesy of James Patten]
Read - 2ndSkin expo
Read - CNET article on Piezing

[John @ Apr 28th 2008 8:04AM]

Is this the girl from Terminator the series?

[ForumMaster @ Apr 28th 2008 8:15AM]

nope. i'll assume you're reffering to "Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles".

in that show, the terminator is Summer Glau. she's in Firefly, Serenity, The 4400.

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1132359/

[Flashpoint @ Apr 28th 2008 8:16AM]

A younger Hillary Clinton.

[Richard Lai @ Apr 28th 2008 10:33AM]

Flashpoint: I wouldn't say no to that. :p

[deyanimay @ Apr 28th 2008 3:15PM]

I wonder how much they payed her to wear that.

[AutoTom @ Apr 28th 2008 8:12AM]

totally hot

[Flashpoint @ Apr 28th 2008 8:16AM]

That dress is cool...but it would look better if it was stained, crumpled and forgotten at the end of my bed.

[AutoTom @ Apr 28th 2008 8:27AM]

second

[crho85 @ Apr 28th 2008 12:07PM]

gigety

[Dean @ Apr 28th 2008 8:38AM]

would you?

[dervheid @ Apr 28th 2008 8:46AM]

What about good old fashioned NYLON and capturing all that juicy static electricity?
Could probably run a TASER with volts to spare!!

[John Stracke @ Apr 28th 2008 9:12AM]

You could probably get some interesting artistic effects by applying the electricity directly, instead of charging a battery. E.g., you could use it to run LEDs illuminating the moving parts of the body—that'd look interesting on a stage dancer.

You might need an auxiliary battery for that, though.

[Eric @ Apr 28th 2008 9:21AM]

I think the model must be the designer's daughter:

"Come on honey, smile for the camera"

"ughh. Can we just hurry this up! This is soooo embarassing!"

[Sean U @ Apr 28th 2008 9:23AM]

Capricorn 15's. Year of the city - 2274. Carousel begins.

[Jason @ Apr 28th 2008 9:30AM]

Life clocks are a lie! Carousel is a lie! THERE IS NO RENEWAL!

[Lars @ Apr 28th 2008 3:02PM]

And the cake is a lie!




Too late? Are we done with that phrase?

[Jason @ Apr 28th 2008 3:53PM]

Well the quote seemed to go well. It was that or

"You're beautiful. Let's have sex."

Man, was that Logan a smooth talker or what? I guess I could have gone with...

"I am more than machine. More than man. More than a fusion of the two. Don't you agree? Wait for the winds. Then my birds sing. And the deep grottos whisper my name. Box... Box... Box... "

But it is sorta hard to quote a movie from 1976 and get away with it on the Interwebs.

[Dan @ Apr 28th 2008 9:46AM]

I would charge her batteries right up.

[Esat Dedezade @ Apr 28th 2008 9:41AM]

"When the wearer walks, bends or gets downright nasty on the dance floor..."

Damn those are some electric moves!

No? Ok, I'm gone.

[Scott Miller @ Apr 28th 2008 9:48AM]

I'd bang her, and she could keep the dress on. It'll be electrifying!

[andres @ Apr 29th 2008 6:08PM]

more like sterilizing

[Tom @ Apr 28th 2008 10:55AM]

Kinda looks like something that Penny wore on Lost in Space or Judy in The Jetsons. Finally the future is here!

[Ryan Trevisol @ Apr 28th 2008 11:31AM]

Does it guarantee a shock with each doorknob you touch?

[x3qt0r @ Apr 28th 2008 12:10PM]

Wow! @girl

[Stem $ell @ Apr 28th 2008 12:03PM]

Watt the *uck?!

[spacegravity4me @ Apr 28th 2008 12:04PM]

so if your cell phone died it would actually be an excuse to have spontaneous sex... awesome. Charge it faster, uh hu, uh hu, yea baby, oh, yea, charge com plete!!! ah....

[For2itous @ Apr 28th 2008 12:07PM]

Ironically, she doesn't appear to be amped up...

[Stem $ell @ Apr 28th 2008 1:49PM]

Takes static cling to a whole new level...

[pagercam @ Apr 28th 2008 2:17PM]

She looks better than the dress, but then again that ain't saying much. More hot asian spokes models please!

[Lars @ Apr 28th 2008 3:05PM]

That's a really cool idea. Hopefully stuff like this makes it more into the mainstream.

Probably would cost a fortune though. I remember thinking "hey, I should snag a solar charger for my portable." Then realizing the solar charger costs way more than just plugging in the wall, I'd have to use it A LOT before it would pay for itself.

[fanthem @ Apr 28th 2008 7:43PM]

Rechargeable dildos. That's what this was really designed for.

[ED @ Apr 28th 2008 9:18PM]

That's what I call an awful colour.