The Yesmen made the survivaball.

> we-make-money-not-art.com

Ralph Borland made Suited for Subversion.

> physicalcomputing.co.za

Ann de Gersem made the Life dress.

> we-make-money-not-art.com

Kenji Yanobe.

> yanobe.com

Yael Mer made the Canoe dress.

> we-make-money-not-art.com

Inflatable swimming trunks.

And other inventions in the same spirit by real people are documented on Modern Mechanics and FFFFOUND.

Adam Whinton and Yolita Nugent made 'no-contact.

A self-defense jacket for women.
> coolest-gadgets.com

Ski masks from McCall's Vintage knits.

McCall's Needlework & Crafts Magazine from 1965.
> ffffound.com

Digital Peacock Tales, designed by Magnus Torstensson of Unsworn

> unsworn.org

Interactive clothes.

By XS-lab, Despina and Papadopoulos or Hussein Chalayan.