How Animatronic Clothes Work

bethr writes "TechnologyReview.com has an article about the inner-workings of the animatronic clothes featured at a recent Paris runway show. The dresses use computerized motors and monofilament wires to radically transform from one style to another. From the article: 'Zippers closed, cloth gathered, and hemlines rose — all without human assistance.' You can see the finished product in the second half of a video of the show."

Epitome of Shallowness

[schwit1]

The fashion industry has no redeeming value whatsoever.

Re:Practical future?

[Anonymous Coward]

Boobs.

Re:The future of clothing?

[Anonymous Coward]

Or maybe because she was the only one who looked good naked. The rest were too thin.