FashionIndie » inventions http://fashionindie.com FashionIndie features all facets of fashion lifestyle. Thu, 16 Feb 2012 00:48:36 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Shirts That Glow With Pollutionhttp://fashionindie.com/shirts-that-glow-with-pollution/ http://fashionindie.com/shirts-that-glow-with-pollution/#comments Thu, 27 Jan 2011 19:06:25 +0000 Jessica Lapidos http://fashionindie.com/?p=183030 Two NYU grad students have taken the phrase wear your heart on your sleeve to a literal level. They’ve created sweatshirts that show the effects that air pollutants, like car exhaust and second hand smoke, have on our bodies via appliqued internal organs. Blue veins glow in the lung and heart when they are negatively affected. Well, that’d be a bombtastic shirt to wear to a black-light house party!

Shirts That Glow With Pollution

Perhaps I’m missing the point.

Creators Nien Lam and Sue Ngo have been testing out the project by stepping outside for someone else’s cigarette break. And they just stand there. Thus the smoker twists guiltily on the spot, not able to avoid the fact that his habit has a direct effect on those around him, and himself. It’s something we’ve learned and we know, but seeing it portrayed so blatantly may be making a deeper impact.

At least that’s the goal: What is air pollution doing to the body? I can get down with this initiative, but their next project is getting me a little concerned: they’re attempting to use alcohol sensors to display the effect on the liver. Oh, this can’t be good.

warning signs from Susan Ngo on Vimeo.

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So you know how most people cannot finish a can of soda by themselves, well now with the help of  Ukranian (we are a smart bunch) inventor Johan De Broyer, there is a clever way to re-seal those cans, and opens up new possibilities for advertisers at the same time. The tab pops as usual, and then when you want to re-seal it, you turn the pop top tab and it completely closes up the can again.

The inventor says his invention can creates a completely tight seal with an added incentive for advertisers. That right, it’s about time someone improved those 250 billion drink cans consumed annually. I know that this has nothing to do with fashion but it’s amazing that there are people out there creating more and more eco friendly products or making improvements on old ones in order to make a change.

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