Computer as furoshiki, here we come

*A perennial "imaginary gadget" fave:

http://www.wired.com/beyond_the_beyond/2008/07/gadget-watch-co/

*Now check this out:

http://www.berkeley.edu/news/media/releases/2010/02/12_electric_nanofibers.shtml

New fiber nanogenerators could lead to electric clothing

By Sarah Yang, Media Relations | 12 February 2010

BERKELEY — In research that gives literal meaning to the term "power suit," University of California, Berkeley, engineers have created energy-scavenging nanofibers that could one day be...