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Kickbee Corey Menscher 2009 wearable, interaction design, easy, fun, pregnant mother, Vibration sensors, product, fabric, confort, microcontroller, garment, kick, Twitter, family, message
The Kickbee is a stretchable band worn by a pregnant mother. Vibration sensors are attached directly to the band, and are triggered by movement underneath. The band and electronics are covered in a soft fabric cover for design and comfort. A microcontroller in the garment captures the movement and transmits the signals wirelessly to a computer running a custom application.
Lumalive Bopa, Labmeta, Jasmin Jodry (Philips) colorful dynamic light, new technologies, fabrics, lighting, LED, philips, clothing, flexibility in messaging
Philips Lumalive integrates dynamic LED lighting into fabrics. Bring magic to your messages at key moments in an event or exhibition with the Lumalive Event Gear. Built on leading Philips LED technologies, Lumalive Event Gear features the striking effect of colorful dynamic light, seamlessly integrated in the clothing of the hosts. Combined with the active role of the hosts in delivering the message, Lumalive Event Gear provides the ultimate flexibility in messaging, timing and location.
Smart Second Skin Dress Jenny Tillotson human biology, garment, wearer, scents, new interactive fabric, senses, body's circulatin system, wearable, micro mechanisms, communication system, aromatic messages, body
The dress mimics the body's circulation system, the senses and scent glands. The veins and arteries flow freely as the new interactive fabric emitting a selection of scents depending on your mood. It has its own nervous system, which allows the wearer to control the emotional wellbeing of the garment. Using a theory that human biology can be modelled as micro mechanisms - biological functions such as skin, organs and a beat of a pulsating heart can be miniaturised forming the basis of an integrated communication system so that it rivals nature's own capillaries. Aromatic messages are actively 'pulsed' electronically through a cabling system, to key points of the body in order to activate the smell centre.