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The DIY Pixel Qi Kit = Fairy Dust for Your Laptop

The DIY Pixel Qi Kit = Fairy Dust for Your Laptop

If you didn’t pay attention at CES 2010, you may have missed the single most revolutionary piece of technology at the show. Quietly sandwiched between a gazillion eReaders and fancy swiveling tablets, was a screen – the Pixel Qi’s Transflective LCD screen, to be exact.
It’s not exactly the sexiest piece of technology, we’ll admit, but consider this: How often have you [...]

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The King of In-Flight Technology Is…

The King of In-Flight Technology Is...

The next frontier in in-flight technology? 
Wi-fi.
As the airlines struggle to keep afloat, a few have decided to forge ahead and trick-out their jumbo jets with the latest technology in the hopes of luring back loyal customers. So far, Lufthansa has announced that their flights will have internet connectivity by mid-2010, and Virgin America is right on [...]

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Fashion Goes To Infinity And Beyond

Fashion Goes To Infinity And Beyond

The fashion world has finally blown full-throttle into the world of technology and, if supercomputer developers get their way, the fashion industry will be getting a whole lot geekier in the next few years.
Developers are hoping to crack into the fashion industry with the concept of “3D web,” which could potentially enable designers — whose work [...]

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Go Tweet Yourself

Go Tweet Yourself

The future of fashion is now.
Amid the frilly haystack rumpus at Chanel, the sexed-up Grace Jones warrior at Pugh and Balmain, and the return of laid-back sportswear basics at Stella emerged one more new runway trend: the fashion industry’s full-blown plunge into the world of technology.
Now that we’re [finally] entering the recovery phase after this [...]

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Fashion At Your Fingertips

Fashion At Your Fingertips

Big-time fashion brands like Chanel and Gucci have already jumped on the iPhone bandwagon and created their own apps in order to stay connected with their more technologically-savvy customers, but few have programmed their apps to go beyond being outlets for mere virtual window-shopping.
Norma Kamali and Elie Tahari, on the other hand, are among the [...]

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Bacteria’s Got You Covered

Bacteria's Got You Covered

Austrian designer Sonja Bäumel has created conceptual pieces of clothing meant to remind us of — get this — the bacteria that is constantly on our skin.
Her project, (In)visible Membrane, explores the idea that the healthy, natural human body is host to thousands of bacteria — a fact which we, especially in our hysteria over [...]

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Imran Amed's Signature9

Imran Amed's Signature9
The Business of Fashion editor introduces us to his signature style items

Diane Pernet's Signature9

Diane Pernet's Signature9
Fashion blogger and film festival creator, Diane Pernet, shares nine of her favorite things

Video interview with Vogue Paris editor Carine Roitfeld

90 Seconds with Carine Roitfeld
In a Signature9 exclusive, we catch up with the Vogue Paris editor-in-chief