Once you’ve finally saved up enough cash to buy your super-fancy expensive handbag, that last thing you want to happen is for it to be stolen by some scrub.

Enter DataDotDna, a laser etching process that can create DNA for practically all of your luxury items through a process that etches microscopic information onto barely visible discs.

After the micro discs are placed on your objects, they’ll forever stay attached. So anyone trying to fool around with your stuff isn’t going to get away easily and for long. This kind of technology has been championed by car companies for years. The fashion companies hope they can bring that same level of safety and authenticity to their products.

Lately a fashion exhibition organized at SIGGRAPH (Special Interest Group for Computer GRAPHics) 2007 in San Diego, California was a feast for the eyes. Away from colors, peppy designs, the displayed creation clearly reflected the technological advancement inspired by whooping innovation. This being the sole theme of the exhibition inviting international designers is the exciting place to experiment with life by carrying blinking silhouette with an attached a microcontroller, Global Positioning System (GPS) or just for a change you can also try a chair dress. Now demystify the mystery on your own by jumping further.

Designers Daniela Rosner and Kimiko Ryokai has unveiled an experimental knitted dress made up with magnetic tape that recorded the process of the dress being knitted. Take a deeper look at Model Noura Shamoon flaunting the dress.

If you ever desire to feel the voice of your thought then right here it can be fulfilled. Designer Kate Hartman, seems to explore the unusual yet interesting territories and this time the attack is on our thought process. The “muttering” hat designed by him extracts the noise of the thought process and is available in the physical form at the exhibition. Truly, model Abigail Rosenthal looks an alien with this techno-driven hat.

Model Sarah Figueroa (L) accompanied with the camera operator Lauren Powers (pic left) is all set to promote the wearable interactive video system. The magic of this system is remarkable as the video catches only the visual (bodyline) of the wearer and the physical body seems to fades away. The picture on your right is of Model Marberbisa Mcalory carrying a self-sustainable chair dress and the great mind behind it is Joo Youn Pack. The key fabric required to make this dress is polyethylene and of course not to forget shoes that pump air into this hot-air balloon fizz, produced by every single step.

This concept of designer Andrew Schneider allows you to store information in your Solar Bikini but mind you not beyond it. Yes, the bikini formed by 1″ and 4″ photovolotaic film strips knitted jointly with conductive thread offers the USB service. Towards the right we have a backpack equipped with a microcontroller and a Global Positioning System (GPS) unit that helps in downloading latest updates on bombings in Baghdad, Iraq along with its relative locations.

Take a look at this ultimate jackets designed by Barbara Layne. It’s not a mere on the face lightning but is functional as well. The jacket itself is woven with light emitting diodes, microcontrollers and sensors that delivers a scrolling message when the duo hold hands.

When the crystal king meets the technology guru… the result is ought to be a sensation. Reference here is to the collaboration between Phillips and Swarovski, to give a glamorous facet to the technology in their exclusive collection of chic head phones and USB memory keys called the Active Crystals. A marriage between efficient performance and magnificent looks is what describes these dazzling gadgets.

The collection offers four pairs of headphones namely Space, Icon, Mirage and Amazone and four USB memory keys. More than gadgets the collection is more like a cluster of designer accessories that you would love to flaunt as lavish and stylish pendants, particularly the Heart Ware and Heart Beat USB memory stick. If you are wondering how early you can sport this chic collection, then we would like to tell you that you still have to wait for another month for the collection will hit the market in August 2007.

Via: 2Modern