Wednesday, December 07, 2005

NANO VOGUE

An associate of mine reminded me of a futuristic TV series proposal that I wrote a number of years ago that included an episode summary entitled NANO VOGUE which hints at what a Cinemorphic technology might be like a hundred years from now (or maybe sooner). Here's the summary:

"A Parisian designer debuts his new collection. By using his cutting edge neurochemical/nano-shapeshifting technology, fashionistas can select from his new generation of persona/body/sex design configurations, which enable physical and psychological malleability, changing these configurations as they would clothes. The world military and covert operations coalition attempts to suppress and commandeer the designer's innovation, but since, by this time, the fashion industry is more powerful than any government or military group, they loose."



Here are some excerpts from an ARTICLE that appeared last year:

Frederic Zenhausern, director of the Applied NanoBioscience Center at ASU, has joined with Ghassan Jabbour, a professor at the University of Arizona, to develop two prototypes of "biometric bodysuits" that contain embedded sensors, power sources, microfluidic devices and other gadgets not normally associated with the latest Paris fashions…



…The civilian one can monitor your heart or blood pressure, deliver interactive games or simply work as a wearable computer. You will even be able to download new colors and patterns from the Web to change your appearance…

…And it could all be made to look stylish by blending the electronics with high-fashion designs, he said.

Persona as fashion…