While at Wired magazine, the staffers and I — all huge Project Runway fans — deserved to have something more interactive to accompany our breakfast discussions. I put together a “Project Runway Fantasy League” – a fun and challenging competition that was a knock on the boneheadedness of sporting fantasy leagues. It was a huge hit in the office.

This led the editors to ask me to find and interview Diana Eng, the awesomely techie PR contestant/designer from RISD who was striving to meld fashion with technology. The article subject: with no budget or time constraints, what would her three top projects be to design?

She had great answers and sent in sketches of the designs, which got the article a full page in the magazine. It’s still one of my favorite accomplishments.

When aspiring designer Diana Eng got bumped from the fashion-design reality show Project Runway a couple months ago, geeky hearts sank. Who else could turn an interest in wearable computing and a flair for biomimetics into a chance to hang with Heidi Klum? Now that Eng’s out, she’s thinking about what to do next. We seized the opportunity and asked her to come up with three fantasy outfits that take advantage of technologies still in the lab – free of budget restrictions and 12-hour deadlines. - Mike Senese

HOT-DATA DRESS: "This is a party dress," Eng says, "with graphics that change based on motion -- think of a comic-y BAM! Sensors would be woven into the fabric so if they're bent slowly or suddenly, it would process that data."

THE WINDBLOWN LOOK: "The fabric could perhaps be controlled by electrostatic forces or magnetism so it always looks pretty and fluttering," Eng says.

PUTTING IT ALL ON DISPLAY: "The color and pattern change, depending on the surroundings, so the wearer becomes the center of attention," Eng says. "It would need a really flexible LCD or a bunch of tiny screens embedded in fabric."