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Designer's Musings on Wearable Tech

Anke Loh

Chicago-based designer Anke Loh is known for her early experimentations in wearable technology. Earlier projects such as "Dressing Light" (2006) used Philips Lumalive fabrics to craft garments with weara… Continue

Added by Syuzi on February 8, 2010 at 9:00am — No Comments

Wearable Instruments and Performance Art

barbwired

'When two objects or people touch, they exchange electric charge.' "barbwired", developed by artist Ewelina Aleksandrowicz, is a conceptual sound performance piece that literally and metaphorically uses the "energy" exchange between two individuals t… Continue

Added by Syuzi on February 3, 2010 at 10:00am — No Comments

Free Swatch of Luminex Fabric

Want a free swatch of Luminex fabric and a copy of Alison Lewis's amazing book "Switch Craft"? All you have to do is fill out a "Help Make Switch Better" survey for your chance to win. You have until Feb. 12 so hurry! Continue

Added by Syuzi on February 3, 2010 at 8:29am — No Comments

Detectair: an Eco-Wearable that Detects Air Quality

Detectair:

A soft vest with an oversized collar, Detectair senses, alerts and protects wearers from environmental toxins in the atmosphere. Designed by Industrial design students Genevieve Mateyko and… Continue

Added by Syuzi on February 2, 2010 at 9:30am — 6 Comments

Twitter Dress at Grammys

Twitter Dress

Wearable tech hits the red carpet at the Grammys with Imogen Heap's Twitter Dress. The dress is once again thanks to Moritz Waldemeyer who most recently developed… Continue

Added by Syuzi on February 1, 2010 at 10:00am — No Comments

Crawling Knit Soft Robots

RoboKnit

Check out this amazing ~~knit~~crocheted critter titled "RoboKnit: Hello, World" created by Osamu Iwasaki and Hanakomet. Th… Continue

Added by Syuzi on February 1, 2010 at 9:00am — 1 Comment

Hands-On Studios @ TEI 2010

Tuesday afternoon from 12-6pm, participants engaged in hands-on work and collaboration in 18 studio sessions held throughout the Media Lab building. Here are a few highlights of… Continue

Added by Angela Sheehan on January 30, 2010 at 12:00pm — 2 Comments

TEI: Studios Recap Video

TEI Studios from jay silver on Vimeo.

I just got home from TEI, what an amazing experience! I was lucky enough to attend TEI on the first year that hands-on studio sessions were a part of the program. Here is a video that Jay Silver, one of the studio chairs, compiled for you all to enjoy. For more information on the studios offered visit the… Continue

Added by Angela Sheehan on January 27, 2010 at 6:00pm — No Comments

Social Vibration

(via rhizome.org) Social Vibration

From the artist's statement: A garment that bridges between our life in the real physical world and our web 2.0 increasing social act… Continue

Added by Nikola Delikatesla on January 26, 2010 at 2:00pm — No Comments

TEI Day 1: Quick Recap

TEI kicked off today with a great opening keynote by Professor John Frazer, who gave an overview of his work and a brief history of how Tangible Interfaces have evolved over the years. Two paper sessions followed, the first focusing on "Bridging the Physical and Digital Worlds" and the secon… Continue

Added by Angela Sheehan on January 25, 2010 at 8:30pm — No Comments

the Aeolia cello garment goes to MIT

The Aeolia team are thrilled to be taking the cello garment to Tangible and Embedded Interfaces 2010 at the Media Lab, MIT this week. The garment is part of the Aeolia project on stretch sensing on the body. Whereas the backs used commercially availa… Continue

Added by Sarah Kettley on January 25, 2010 at 1:30am — 5 Comments

Psst...New Section—Call for Artists

Wearable Technology Call for Participation

Hello everyone, Just wanted to point to a new section — Call for Artists — that I added over this past weekend. The section will contain calls for participati… Continue

Added by Syuzi on January 24, 2010 at 9:30pm — 2 Comments

Call for Makers

Maker Faire

I've been to every Bay Area Maker Faire in the past few years both as a "maker" and, last year, as a mere pedestrian. I can tell you whether or not you participate in the faire or run around all day looking at the amazing things your fellow makers have made, it's exhilarating. Also overwhelming… Continue

Added by Syuzi on January 22, 2010 at 7:30am — No Comments

Guest Blogger: Angela Sheehan

Angela Sheehan

Hello Everyone, I'm thrilled to welcome Fashioning Technology's FIRST guest blogger Angela Sheehan. She is fortunate enough to be attending the TEI Conference which… Continue

Added by Syuzi on January 21, 2010 at 10:00am — 2 Comments

Lit In Between the Folds

Simple and lovely coat embedded with LEDs by Wendy Legro. I love the simplicity of using folds and tucks in the fabric to create illuminated spaces in the coat design. Continue

Added by Syuzi on January 20, 2010 at 3:21pm — 1 Comment

Sprayable, Instant Textile

Fabrikan from roma on Vimeo.

I've seen plenty of stills of Fabrican, the sprayable instant textile, for years now. The technology was patented nearly a decade ago and yet hasn't found its place in the market. When it first emerged, it caught the imagination of many a designer interested in super-syntheti… Continue

Added by Syuzi on January 20, 2010 at 2:00pm — No Comments

Illuminated Blades of Grass

Translucent strands of fiber optics and conductive fibers are integrated with blades of grass to create an illuminated, interactive landscape. I can imagine walking across a field of grass early in the morning and having trails of light pool around me with each step. There is certainly something magical in the interactive sod concept created by Frits Stam. Personally, I'm looking forward to large environmen… Continue

Added by Syuzi on January 19, 2010 at 9:05am — No Comments

Transformative Fashion Accessories Provide Shelter and Intimacy

veasyble

Building on yesterday's post for a momentary escape from a public environment, Veasyble is a set of wearable accessories that screen the eyes, ears, face and upper body, providing a space for intimacy. A bag unfolds cocooning the entire body; a… Continue

Added by Syuzi on January 15, 2010 at 10:49am — No Comments

Hermit: An Interactive Kinetic Shelter

Interactive Kinetic Shelter

Kerry Jia Yi Lin with her experimental project "hermit" blurs the space between the public and private by offering individuals a personal refuge in a communal environment. Designed specifically for use at a public table, Hermit is a kinetic shell that provides the user tem… Continue

Added by Syuzi on January 14, 2010 at 11:32am — No Comments

Cold Feet - Interactive Wedding Bouquet

The couple (who met creating a critical corset that tightens when the wearer's heart rate goes up) have decided to take the leap and get married! We of course love biometrics and geekery and thus have decided that our wedding needs to be equally geeky. We've been working hard on taking our biometrics project into a new realm, detecting wedding emotions and datalogging the entire day. We'… Continue

Added by Vanessa Carpenter on January 13, 2010 at 8:00am — 2 Comments