Jacket

We've seen a number of bicycle helmets that include high-tech features like lights and fall-detection systems. Well, Spanish startup PYKRS (pronounced "pikers") has taken those same technologies plus others, and packed them into a winter jacket.

Designed for backpacking and other activities that often involve shedding layers only to quickly re-add them, the Pak-Jak includes a removable back panel. This feature lets its wearer shed heat immediately, while remaining insulated around the core.

While it looks like a relatively normal polyester shell cycling jacket, the Cirrus has a trick up its sleeve. In the event of a collision or fall it transforms into a wearable airbag, inflating in just 0.08 seconds to protect the neck and body.

It's no secret that motorists sometimes just don't "get" what cyclists are thinking. Ford Europe has envisioned at least part of a solution, in the form of its one-off Emoji Jacket.

​It was just last year that we heard about Vollebak's Black Light Jacket, which incorporates a series of black spots that reflect white in bright light. The company's new Black Squid Jacket takes things several steps further, as the whole thing reflects in a rainbow of colors.

Dainese has stuffed its motorcycle airbag technology into a small, lightweight vest you can wear under or over any riding gear. The Smart Jacket is flexible and unintrusive for the 99.99 percent of the time you spend not crashing, but protects you better than a back protector when your number is up.

High-tech outdoor clothing company Vollebak likes going mad with gadgetry and advanced materials, and its latest jacket takes highly desirable geek unobtanium to dangerous levels. It's called the Graphene Jacket, and it's a jacket… With graphene.

To try to add a bit more physical feedback to VR, Disney Research has unveiled a prototype wearable device it calls the “Force Jacket,” which uses a set of inflatable bags to simulate pressure and force in time with visuals.

For folks on an extended road trip or that have to endure living garage-free, motorcycle covers may be the only option for protecting your steed from the elements. Astric is a motorcycle jacket with a folded-up bike cover stowed away in the back so you won't forget it.

​While there are already various types of winter sportswear textiles that are claimed to draw sweat away from the skin while still keeping the wearer warm, HYDRO_BOT is certainly unique. Developed by a consortium that includes Switzerland's Empa research group, it utilizes gold and electricity.

​The latest airbag-packing safety clothing to come out of the Dainese Group's D-Air Lab is a jacket aimed at protecting workers from impact due to a fall from on high. The appropriately-named Safety Jacket is based on D-Air technology already found in motorcycle and ski clothing.​

​Vollebak makes outdoor sportswear with a science and tech slant. Some of the company's earlier innovations included the 100 Year Hoodie, made from super-strong aramid fibers, and a series of Relaxation Hoodies. The latest item to join the Vollebak wardrobe is a glow-in-the-dark, waterproof jacket.