Electricfoxy mentors Roosevelt Students (part 2)
Meron and Tsedey are making great progress on their interactive wedding gown. Here’s an update from last month’s post: For the past few months, I’ve been working with high school ...
Cubify creates 3D printed shoes
3D printing was all the rage at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas that I attended this month. One stand-out was Cubify’s consumer-targeted desktop printer called Cube that is ...
Nike+ adds FuelBand to their product suite
It was apparent after walking through the North Hall at CES this month that there’s an explosion of wearable hardware solutions aimed at fitness and healthcare and Nike isn’t shy ...
Electricfoxy mentors Roosevelt Students (part 1)
For the past few months, I’ve been working with high school senior girls, Meron Shiferaw and Tsedey Tadesse, at Roosevelt High School in Seattle on a collaborative, cross-disciplinary project. The ...
Capturing your point of view, invisibly
I wrote about these back in July when wearable tech company, ZionEyez, was raising funds through Kickstarter, which earned them almost $350,000 for their first production run. Since then, they’ve been working ...
Stretchable electric cable acts like skin
Japanese chemical company Asahi Kasei, has created a flexible electronic cable called Roboden that stretches by a factor of 1.5, much like the human skin. Many electronic yarns and threads ...
Glasses provide sound and scent
Researchers from Keio University in Tokyo have created glasses designed to not only augment the wearer’s sight, but also sound AND smell. The glasses are aimed to enhance our social ...
Wearable bio-metric accessories for health
There are a number of bio-metric accessories for health that are hitting the market these days. The accessories read and collect a variety of different types of bio-metric data (such ...
Lucy brings wearable tech to market
I am loving this new running jacket made by Lucy equipped with a safety light that’s integrated into the mid-back. The concept is all about visibility during your workout. Perfect ...
Examining the culture of militarization
Carrie Mae Rose’s work is aimed to evoke emotion. Her work includes sculptural mandalas made of confiscated scissors and razors and a proposed necklace constructed out of violet wands (a ...