While working with soft sensors, I constructed a mask which has a soft sensor embedded in the lips. When the lips are touched or kissed, the cheeks of the mask will blush via red LEDs on the inside of the mask.This examines the horrifying inverse relationship between hygiene and intimacy in our world which is more and more obsessed with cleanliness every day. Watch the youtube video here! …See More

My name is Hilary Hayes and I have just finished my third year studying Industrial Design at OCAD in Toronto.During the winter, I began creating wearable technology projects and have decided to pursue my thesis is soft circuitry.Breathe was my first major project.Breathe 3.02009-2010Lilypad Arduino, temperature sensor, conductive thread, bright white LEDs, purple wool yarnThe Breathe Project is focused on creating awareness of our own breath and the breath of others as a way of reminding and…See More

My name is Hilary Hayes and I have just finished my third year studying Industrial Design at OCAD in Toronto.During the winter, I began creating wearable technology projects and have decided to pursue my thesis is soft circuitry.Breathe was my first major project.Breathe 3.02009-2010Lilypad Arduino, temperature sensor, conductive thread, bright white LEDs, purple wool yarnThe Breathe Project is focused on creating awareness of our own breath and the breath of others as a way of reminding and…See More