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Nowadays, we can see a lot of curious gadgets or maybe some strange T-shirts, but this jacket is really a novelty.

The first prize of this year’s James Dyson competition that took place in London, was awarded to the design student Michael Chen, who has designed the Reactiv Jacket: the first jacket made to combat the hostile conditions when you ride a bike in the city.

One of the problems of the urban cyclists is the visibility. Many accidents take place because the drivers of motorized vehicles don’t see the maneuvers of the cyclists well.

Reactiv Jacket uses an accelerometer to detect movement, and it changes the color of the LEDs in the back: green when an acceleration takes place and red when you brake. Besides, when you lift your arm to indicate a turn, the LEDs of the arm will blink with an amber color.

More information about James Dyson Award 2008

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If you don’t want to use tight belts, nothing better than wearing suspenders. It is not necessary to be either a banker or media owner in order to be seduced by the suspenders, which have left their old-fashioned character behind to become on the ideal complement for those people who like to show their sense of style.

Although they were on the edge of extinction, this fact provides an added value, because they are an unusual thing. Their disuse can be explained by different factors like the weather that encourages people to wear clothes made of light materials which reveal the use of suspenders, or the slow disappearance of vests that hid them (among other missions). But they never disappeared in United States or England, and are mainly used by the managerial and financial circles. Who doesn’t remember Michael Douglas in Wall Street (directed by Oliver Stone)?

The suspenders that were associated to the look of Michael Douglas in the movie have a well-known supplier. They belong to the British supplier Albert Thurston that have held the pants of the most demanding customers during 188 years, in and out of the movie industry. For example, in the last James Bond movie (Casino Royale), the main actor wore White Moiré braces. They are available in the Evening Wear Collection for about 50 Euros, and are delivered without additional charge in any part of the world.

The formal clothes still use the suspenders (or braces), specially the clothes that include a vest. The suspenders are appropriate for people who don’t spend a lot of time in the gym because the stomach doesn’t look so prominent when they wear suspenders. The suspenders assure the correct “pants wearing” in any circumstance.

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The model and actress Eva Longoria (the most sensual woman of the TV series Desperate Housewives) is the image of the new campaign for Bebe (a clothing company) for the next summer season. You can see this beauty on Egotastic.com with a white bikini that emphasizes her suntan.

It is not the first time the actress shows off her athletic body for this company. Several times, she has revealed to be proud of being the face of Bebe Sport.

Last month, Longoria inaugurated her restaurant “Beso” in the middle of Hollywood (in partnership with chef Todd English).

The wife of NBA player Tony Parker revealed that the restaurant menu has a Mexican-American style and claimed she prepares “the best guacamole in the world” and that she is famous for her tortilla soup.

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