technology-in-fashion
The Most Anticipated Shoe of All Time: Q+A With Someone Who Won A Pair of Marty McFly's Futuristic Kicks
In case you live in a cultural sphere where _Back to the Future_ isn’t a governing force of knowledge, you might not have heard that Nike has unveiled an exact replica of Marty McFly’s futuristic kicks from _Back to the Future II_. Yeah, you remember...
Anarchy Chic: The Essential Riot Gear Shopping List
Blame it on the horrific state of the global economy or post-flashmob social networking, but it seems like lately there have been riots going off left and right.
Motherboard TV Preview: Going to NASA With Sci-Fi Photographer Vincent Fournier
Space nerds, take note: for the VICE / VBS's "Picture Perfect series":http://www.vbs.tv/watch/picture-perfect--2/vincent-fournier-trailer3--3, we made a documentary about the space-age-obsessed photographer "Vincent Fournier":http://motherboard.tv/201...
Some Reflections on Space Helmets
We've "discussed":http://www.motherboard.tv/2010/5/31/that-s-a-space-suit "space gloves":http://www.motherboard.tv/2010/5/10/the-most-important-piece-of-couture-in-the-solar-system and "spacesuits":http://www.motherboard.tv/posts/dava-newman-stylin-bio...
The Most Important Piece of Couture in the Solar System
What do valets and astronauts have in common? The most important part of their suit.
Multimedia Artist Rashaad Newsome is Remixing Everything
_By Kathleen Flood_ NYC-based multi-media artist and New Orleans native, "Rashaad Newsome":http://www.rashaadnewsome.com/, grew up during the era of the music video in the late 80s and early 90s. His work, which encompasses collage, performance, and...
Ones and Zeros 4/18/11: Hologram Fashion Shows and Other Things We Need To Know About
h3. Zero: Beijing's Hologram FAshion show Why, you ask with shock and disgust. It's not that China doesn't have enough models. It's just, why bother with real stuff when you can do it all virtual, with the British pop-rock band Keane doing the...
The best nerdiest wedding invitation ever is a paper record player
Opening wedding invitations is a pretty predictable affair - until you open one in which a bit of paper-folding amplifies the sound of a sewing needle moving along the grooves of a flexidisc record inside, producing the garbled, but decipherable sound...
Future Fashion from Vice
For its latest fashion issue, Vice went back to the future. Here are some of our favorite shots from a portfolio titled "Robothugs 2025":http://www.viceland.com/int/v18n3/htdocs/robothugs-734.php portfolio, which at least gestures at future technology...
Trolling in an Exoskeleton Suit
Check out this amazing exoskeleton suit was built by "Project Skeletonic":http://about.me/skeletonics in Japan. Their statement of purpose Google translates to "To expand the operation to make a cool suit ..."; I'm not sure what that means, but I like...