Clothes

This year's Google I/O gave us Android M and updated Google Cardboard, along with free and unlimited photo storage. But it wouldn't be Google if there weren't also some moonshots in there. We go hands-on with one of them, Project Jacquard.

The Yirego Drumi is a compact foot-pedal-powered washing machine. Requiring no electricity, it's designed for use by students, cabin-goers, car-campers or anyone else without ready access to powered washing facilities.

Stephen Romanin is the outdoors type. He loves mountain biking, skiing, and taking motorcycles off the beaten track – pursuits that led him on a mission to create a lightweight heated garment that can keep the cold at bay without interfering with the activity at hand.

One of the hassles of doing laundry is the fact that you can't wash all your clothes at once. This week at CES, however, LG unveiled a partial solution to that problem – the company's new TWIN Wash system lets you do two loads at a time.

We've certainly seen portable washing machines before here at Gizmag, although they've tended to be quite small and/or human-powered. The Venus, however, takes another approach. It's an electric agitator, that goes into a bucket supplied by the user.

OMsignal has announced its new line of biometric smartwear, a fitness focused smart shirt with the ability to accurately track an individual's performance levels and vital stats in real time, giving users all the information they need to be fully in control of their workout.

The Vamoose jacket is a multifunctional piece of outerwear that doubles as a backpack. When it's too hot for a jacket, simply fold it into a rucksack in seconds and throw it on your back.

A professor at the University of South Carolina has successfully turned the material in a cotton T-shirt into a source of electrical power.

Columbia Omni-Freeze Zero fabric uses your sweat to create a cooling sensation.

Coffee charcoal is used to create a fabric that keeps body heat close to the skin.

Built on top of a motorcycle vest, the Party Vest comes retrofitted with a subwoofer, and has a pair of motorcycle speakers reaching over each shoulder

A new dawn is breaking in the evolution of outdoor apparel technology.