Archive November 2008
A soundscape that wraps around you
Dana Gordon and Alejandro Zamudio Sanchez designed Undercover blanket for the Droog exhibit Garden of Delight. The project is an ultra soft blanket that wirelessly connects to any music source in your home ...
Fibers harvest energy from movement
On the never-ending quest to find an alternative source of power that is efficient and portable, researchers at Georgia Institute of Technology are exploring piezoelectric zinc oxide nanowires that harvest energy from the ...
Low-res soft textile displays
Maggie Orth, founder of International Fashion Machines, has been working with soft computing and e-textiles. Her project, Running Plaid, explores the use of thermochromatic inks (color changing inks) incorporated into ...
Visualizing the invisible
Agneilli Davide, Buzzini Dario, and Drori Tai at the now-closed Interaction Design Institute Ivrea, collaborated on exploratory projects that investigate the three-dimensionality of hertzian space. One of their projects called Fashion ...
Striking the perfect balance
Kathryn Bauer, a recent graduate of New York University’s ITP program, presented a project for her master’s thesis, titled Ovu, The project tracks and detects fertility easily and fashionably. One ...
Aesthetically augmented corsets
Francesca Lanzavecchia designed a line of incredibly beautiful back braces that focus on merging function with aesthetics. Her book, ProAesthetics: Disability Artifacts, explores the intersection between function and aesthetics that ...
A wearable device that helps you walk
Honda recently unveiled a robotic wearable device that helps you walk. The seat is similar to a bike seat that connects a robotic leg to your shoes. It’s strong enough ...
Living, breathing sculptures as second skin
Extra-Soft (XS) labs has created some beautiful pieces that change shape, reveal hidden layers, and expose the wearer’s skin by using the shape memory alloy, nitinol. The material contracts when ...
The antithesis of original function
I recently discovered work by Joon Youn Paek who has some terrific explorations that challenge the use of everyday products by augmenting their original functionality. Pillowig, makes a humorous statement ...
Challenging the aesthetics of circuitry
Leah Buechley, a pioneer in soft circuits and the creator of the LilyPad developers kit, has been experimenting with paper computing and circuits. Her circuits are quite beautiful and intriguing ...
About electricfoxy
Electricfoxy investigates on-body experiences that are enhanced by technology resulting in new wearable experiences that become a core part of our expression, our identity, and our individuality.