The digital apparel company Cute Circuit has created the TshirtOS, an interactive digital T-shirt that combines self-expression with technology. As the company points out, T-shirts have been the ultimate canvas for self-expression for ages, and now, with the TshirtOS, your tee can display and do exactly what you want it to.
Developed in collaboration with Ballantine's with the aim to create a commercially available digital tee, the wearable technology comprises an LED display, along with a plethora of apps and tools, making the TshirtOS a completely expressive and interactive experience. The tee is connected to your iPhone, which you can use to control the platform, such as post tweets, play and exchange music, snap, share and upload photos and much, much more.
Programmable Hi-Tech Tees
TshirtOS Offers Users a Wearable and Interactive Digital Display
Trend Themes
1. Wearable Technology - The TshirtOS shows that there's a demand for clothing items that incorporate sophistication with functionality and can be a new niche trend in technology.
2. Smart Clothing - With this innovation, it is time for other entrepreneurs to explore the potential of pioneering smart clothing bringing radical changes in design and traditional functionality.
3. Connected Clothing - The TshirtOS's interactivity and connectivity are the future of clothes for younger digital natives and could open a wide range of innovative lateral possibilities.
Industry Implications
1. Fashion - The fashion industry can further innovate the way clothes are designed and enhance their aesthetic value, with technology at its core, based on TshirtOS's capabilities.
2. Consumer Electronics - The trend of smart clothes could also appeal to consumer electronics companies to integrate software and hardware launched in the market to an entirely innovative level.
3. Social Media - Social media companies can use these programmable tees to connect and engage with their audience with an interactive experience that brings the online experience into the physical realm.