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Clothing in Science Fiction
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Name |
Author (Publication Date) |
| Neal Stephenson (1992) | |
| Neal Stephenson (1992) | |
| Larry Niven (w/J. Pournelle) (1974) | |
| H.G. Wells (1899) | |
| J.G. Ballard (1970) | |
| Frank Herbert (1965) | |
| Gordon R. Dickson (1960) | |
| George RR Martin (1977) | |
| Bruce Sterling (1988) | |
| David H. Keller (1928) | |
| Neal Stephenson (1995) | |
| J.G. Ballard (1970) | |
| Frank Herbert (1965) | |
| William Gibson (1984) | |
| Gary Shteyngart (2011) | |
| Philip K. Dick (1977) | |
| Philip K. Dick (1953) | |
| Murray Leinster (1945) | |
| Philip K. Dick (1969) | |
| Stanislaw Lem (1961) | |
| Jack Vance (1952) | |
| Jack Vance (1952) | |
| Frank Herbert (1965) | |
| Frank Herbert (1969) | |
| Frank Herbert (1965) |
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Superomniphobic Fabrics Are Super Clean 'Most gentlemen's and ladies' gloves nowadays were constructed of infinitesimal fabricules that knew how to eject dirt...'- Neal Stephenson, 1995 (re: Neal Stephenson, 1/17/2013 ) |
Sean Jean 'Fashion Video Name Tag' Fleece Why not a display to go with your sleeve communicator? Murray Leinster would have been down with it. (re: Murray Leinster, 12/7/2012 ) |
Body Scanner May Improve Online Shopping '...the tailor pulled out a number of slotted arms terminating in little discs...'- H.G. Wells, 1899. (re: HG Wells, 11/27/2012 ) |
Smart Bra From First Warning Systems '...a delicate current is sent ... to an amplifier and a certain sound is made, and the nurse will properly react...'- David H. Keller, 1928. (re: David H. Keller, 10/11/2012 ) |
3D Printed Clothing 'Escapism' Couture Collection Someday you'll just get new clothing from the 3D fab machine in your closet. (re: Robert Heinlein, 3/5/2012 ) |
North Face (Or Snow Crash?) Avalanche Airbag Clothing The Powder Guide ABS vest is just the thing for your active lifestyle, on and off the slopes. (re: Neal Stephenson, 2/9/2012 ) |
Raincatch Raincoat Has Dune-Style Watertube And Catchpocket 'And us sipping our catchpockets the instant they show dewsparkle.' (re: Frank Herbert, 1/22/2012 ) |
Author Barely Stays Ahead Of The Future With Transparent Jeans Mainstream authors can barely keep up; old-school sf authors have already come and gone. (re: Gary Shteyngart, 9/6/2011 ) |
'Warning Signs' T-Shirt Is CO2 Detector Why not let others see your concerns? (re: Rudy Rucker, 4/21/2011 ) |
Self-Cleaning SilverSport Gym Gear Uses Nanosilver Stinky gym gear now a thing of the past? (re: Neal Stephenson, 2/3/2011 ) |
Stretchable Silicon Electronics For Sports Apparel Maybe Reebok could include a stopwatch along with the sensors; that's what Niven and Barnes fans are hoping. (re: Niven and Barnes, 12/9/2010 ) |
DEFLEXION Apparel For Superheroes High impact protection while retaining excellent breathability and washability. (re: Larry Niven, 11/20/2010 ) |
Fabrican Spray-On T-Shirt Video This video recently turned up; Stanislaw Lem nailed this idea almost fifty years ago. (re: Stanislaw Lem, 9/16/2010 ) |
Exmobaby Biosensor Pajamas For Baby Hush little baby, don't say a word. Mama's gonna ... be watching you on her cell phone. (re: David H. Keller, 9/1/2010 ) |
Nike's Air Kicks Back To The Future Power Laces Marty McFly, your shoes are almost ready. (re: , 8/31/2010 ) |
Power Laces From Back To The Future 2 Marty McFly, your auto-lacing shoes are almost ready. With video. (re: Various, 7/5/2010 ) |
SmartCap Detects Fatigue Although I think it needs a buzzer for home use, this device could save lives. (re: Philip K. Dick, 5/27/2010 ) |
Invisible Dress: Your Fashion Future Essential couture for the technologically fashion-minded. (re: Philip K. Dick, 5/10/2010 ) |
Tweet Sleeve Displays Your Emotions Insights into your heart, one hundred and forty characters at a time. (re: Murray Leinster, 4/27/2010 ) |
Spyder Olympic GS Suit With d3o Skiers at the Vancouver Olympics will use the latest in 'impact suits' made with d3o. (re: David Gerrold (w. L Niven), 2/1/2010 ) |
Sound Reactive Nightgown An unusual demonstration piece, this garment is very sensitive to noise. (re: JG Ballard, 1/30/2010 ) |
Smart Second Skin Dress Interacts With Wearer Why be satisfied with that 'inert-wear' that you usually put on in the morning? Why shouldn't you have clothing that interacts with you? (re: J.G. Ballard, 1/14/2010 ) |
Life Dress Plays Game Of Life Interesting designer fashion displays the game of life while the wearer mingles, playing the game of life herself. (re: Philip K. Dick, 12/21/2009 ) |
Femphonic Audio Jacket With On-Sleeve Controller Electronic ontrols built into clothingis an idea that is at least sixty years old. I still like it. (re: Murray Leinster, 12/16/2009 ) |
Motorcycle SuperFabric Now With d3o Shock Absorption It's not quite a super-suit, but the new multi-function motorcycle protection garment from d3o and SuperFabric is getting us closer. (re: Various, 7/21/2009 ) |
Air Bag Jacket Saves Life Of Motorcyclist Although this is an old story, it's a pretty good call by an sf writer. (re: Neal Stephenson, 6/23/2009 ) |
TV-B-Gone Hoodie I've been at the Google I/O conference this week, and this was just one of the cool devices featured at their after party. (re: Murray Leinster, 5/28/2009 ) |
Photo-Veil Camo Digi Military Wrap Gather ye your images from divers sources, then place on a mesh to confuse thine enemies. Dick, Gibson, Martin - of whom does this remind you? (re: George R.R. Martin, 4/26/2009 ) |
Gundam Robot Slippers Have Giant Mech Sound I'm still working on an sfnal twist to this story - other than the Gundam angle, of course. (re: Yoshiuki Tomino, 2/9/2009 ) |
SG5 Solar Mesh Wetsuit For Aquatic Superheroes From Billabong This nifty item of apparel is exactly what you aquatically based superheroes have been looking for. (re: Varioius, 1/14/2009 ) |
Thought-Screen Helmets A Classic American Craft Fashionable, practical and above all, home made. I also have some new materials to recommend. (re: Philip K. Dick, 11/28/2008 ) |
Blackhawk Built-In Tourniquet Pants, Shirts Radical clothing system has real practical value; I can see this for extreme hikers, mountain climbers, etc. as well. (re: Joe Haldeman, 11/6/2008 ) |
GPS Lingerie 'Find Me If You Can' Misplaced your girlfriend? No problem - if she wants to be found. With video. (re: Murray Leinster, 11/3/2008 ) |
Solar Power Necktie (Clip-On Only) Another great application for circuit/textile combinations. What's the earliest reference to the idea of combining textiles and wiring? (re: David H. Keller, 8/18/2008 ) |
Solar-Powered Bra This versatile item of apparel also comes with two reusable drink containers. (re: Schachner & Zagat, 5/14/2008 ) |
T-Sketch The Whiteboard T-Shirt Oh, sure, I've seen this before. You remember those bell-shaped aliens from another universe in that 1931 story, right? Okay, maybe not. But I do. (re: Schachner/Zagat, 3/28/2008 ) |
Self-Cleaning Wool And Silk Fabrics Self-cleaning clothing would be great; it would be particularly good for clothes that ordinarily must be dry-cleaned, like wool and silk. (re: Neal Stephenson, 2/18/2008 ) |
NavJacket Guides Skiers With Built-In Display, Headphones Amazing jacket is nicer than my car - it has GPS-guided voice and screen navigation. And lots of other features. And you can ski in it. (re: Niven and Barnes, 12/14/2007 ) |
Sensor-Equipped Dress Tells You How She Feels This dress communicates more than just a sense of fashion. (re: J.G. Ballard, 12/1/2007 ) |
T-Qualiser Club Shirt Has Electro- Gobbledi- Googescence This shirt tells you whether you're getting enough base at the club. (re: Rudy Rucker, 6/6/2007 ) |
Nanoparticle-Treated Clothing Prevents Colds And Flu The catwalk now holds the key to disease prevention. (re: Various, 5/8/2007 ) |
Digital Lederhosen MP3 Player Bavarian-Style At last, traditional Bavarian lederhosen are now available with MP3 controller buttons. (re: Murray Leinster, 3/27/2007 ) |
Transformer Clothing J.G. Ballard wrote about clothing that would do this - but it's been implemented using a more mechanistic technology. (re: J.G. Ballard, 1/30/2007 ) |
Self-Cleaning Sportswear Newfangled clothing may never need to be washed - even your old gym socks. (re: Neal Stephenson, 1/4/2007 ) |
Rollerman Jean-Yves Blondeau Design student wants to prove people can roll in any position. QED, baby. (re: Various, 11/8/2006 ) |
Pong Dress The Pong Dress implements the classic video game in a fashion plate setting. (re: Philip K. Dick, 8/24/2006 ) |
Scientific Proof For Superhero Tights Superheroes wore skintight suits for a great reason, say French researchers. (re: Various, 6/21/2006 ) |
Chameleon T-Shirts With Electrochromic Polymers At last, William Gibson's polycarbon suit is starting to take shape - good news for all Panther Moderns. (re: William Gibson, 4/10/2006 ) |
Fabrican - Spray On Clothing To change your look, just spray it on. It's clothing in a can - and Stanislaw Lem wrote about it in 1961. (re: Stanislaw Lem, 3/26/2006 ) |
PKD's Scramble Suit In A Scanner Darkly Movie Trailer The new trailer for Philip K. Dick's novel has some cool views of one of my favorite items - the scramble suit. (re: Philip K. Dick, 2/22/2006 ) |
Skiers Get d3o-Based 'Impact Suits' Looks like the science-fictional 'impact suit' of the 1970's comes true in 2006. (re: D. Gerrold and L. Niven, 2/14/2006 ) |
Self-Cleaning Fabric - Polymer Film Sprinkled With Silver Nanoparticles Researchers at Clemson University are trying to make your clothes cleaner - permanently. The secret is a polymer film of polyglycicidyl methacrylate sprinkled with silver nanoparticles. (re: Neal Stephenson, 11/23/2004 ) |
Carbon Nanofiber Makes Smart Yarn Carbon nanofiber can now be spun like yarn to make an amazing variety of new inventions possible. (re: Neal Stephenson, 11/22/2004 ) |
MP3 Player Jacket Has Control Sleeves A jacket with a built-in MP3 player is available from Rosner GmbH & Co., a German clothing firm. The 128 Mbyte player (developed by Infineon) is controlled by manipulating cloth buttons on the left sleeve. Headphones? They're in the collar. (re: Larry Niven and Steve Barnes, 7/27/2004 ) |
Scentsory Chameleon Bodysuit: Biometric Fashion The Scentsory Chameleon Bodysuit is a "smart second skin" with integrated printed organic opto-electronics and integrated flexible nano-genetic devices on textiles. (re: Rudy Rucker, 5/19/2004 ) |
Raven - VectraSense ThinkShoe With DigitalDNA The Raven ThinkShoe, an atheletic shoe that senses activity levels and adjusts dynamically, is now available from Vectrasense. (re: Bruce Sterling, 5/6/2004 ) |
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