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- * Continuum Fashion and 3D printers Shapeways created world's first 3D printed bikini called N12 in 2011 using Rhino 3D CAD software along with an algorithm written by 3D modeling expert Jenna Fizel.
* New York inventor Andrew Schneider invented a solar bikini in 2011 covering it with 40 flexible photovoltaic cells feeding into a USB connection that can plug straight into an iPod. Two hours of sunbathing is claimed to be enough to charge an iPod Shuffle.
* In 2003, chemical company BASF embedded nanoparticles of titanium dioxide into a nylon fabric, which was used for a prototype sun-protective bikini that maintained its UV protection when wet.
* French designer John Nouanesing created the Geekini in 2008, incorporating NES game controls into a bikini.
* Canadian swimwear makers Solestrom introduced two different types of UV indicator in its Smartswim bikinis in 2008 – photochromatic beads that darken with increased UV levels and an integrated LED display.
* First2Print, a digital fabric printing pioneer, collaborated with ESPI Fashion Design in 2005, to create the first digitally printed bikini that allowed exclusive artwork to be transferred onto bikinis. Houston based bikini manufacturer Relleciga started mass marketing digitally printed bikinis in 2013.
* Amateur inventor Jill Silver introduced a backless and strapless bikini, named the Demikini, that used a gel under the arm to fix the top.
* Cole of California introduced in 1992 an inflatable bikini with push-up pads that worked like air-pump shoes.
* First introduced in 1969, "tan-through swimwear" uses fabric perforated with thousands of micro holes that are nearly invisible to the naked eye, but which let enough sunlight through to produce a line-free tan. (en)
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