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December 22nd, 2009, 13:50
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We've seen LED-laced dresses (http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/13/dress-lit-up-with-24-000-leds-perfect-for-your-next-formal-rave/) before -- though sometimes we'd rather we hadn't (http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/20/swarovskis-led-couture/) -- but this one here is almost refined enough for us to consider wearing. Stitched together using conductive embroidery, hundreds of LEDs are connected to a CO2 detector and react to its input with anything from a slow pulsating glow to a blinking signal of doom. No mention of Morse code messages, unfortunately, but this is run by an Arduino (http://www.engadget.com/tag/arduino) chip -- which means programming malleability (read: near-limitless possibilities) should be built in. Just know that when you see the next Bond girl communicating with Daniel Craig via her haute tech outfit, we had the idea first. A closeup of the dress and processor awaits after the break.Continue reading Diffus pollution dress is turned on by CO2, prefers a clean environment (http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/22/diffus-pollution-dress-is-turned-on-by-co2-prefers-a-clean-envi/)
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We've seen LED-laced dresses (http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/13/dress-lit-up-with-24-000-leds-perfect-for-your-next-formal-rave/) before -- though sometimes we'd rather we hadn't (http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/20/swarovskis-led-couture/) -- but this one here is almost refined enough for us to consider wearing. Stitched together using conductive embroidery, hundreds of LEDs are connected to a CO2 detector and react to its input with anything from a slow pulsating glow to a blinking signal of doom. No mention of Morse code messages, unfortunately, but this is run by an Arduino (http://www.engadget.com/tag/arduino) chip -- which means programming malleability (read: near-limitless possibilities) should be built in. Just know that when you see the next Bond girl communicating with Daniel Craig via her haute tech outfit, we had the idea first. A closeup of the dress and processor awaits after the break.Continue reading Diffus pollution dress is turned on by CO2, prefers a clean environment (http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/22/diffus-pollution-dress-is-turned-on-by-co2-prefers-a-clean-envi/)
Diffus pollution dress is turned on by CO2, prefers a clean environment (http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/22/diffus-pollution-dress-is-turned-on-by-co2-prefers-a-clean-envi/) originally appeared on Engadget (http://www.engadget.com) on Tue, 22 Dec 2009 08:43:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
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