wearable technology
Electric Skin gives a breath of light
New media installation artist and faculty member of Emily Carr University of Art and Design, Suzi Webster, has been exploring and critiquing the ways in which technologies impact and shape ...
Useless networks experimentation
I am loving this experimental work by Art Center College of Design student Daniel Lara called Useless Networks. Daniel describes us as becoming numb to our own sophisticated body sensors ...
Nancy Tilbury fashion phreaks
Wearable technology designer, Nancy Tilbury, has recently launched a project called Fashion Phreaking, which is new form of contextualizing Smart Clothing and Intelligent Cloth. “Most ‘Smart Fashion’ is currently awkward, ...
A low-cost rehabilitation glove
Students from Montreal’s McGill University have created a prototype recovery glove that encourages stroke patients who suffer the loss of hand motor skills to “relearn” how to use it through game ...
Wearable device helps chronic back pain
Industrial Design student Justine Smith has looked to new technology for a solution to one of the most common ailments in the world today – chronic back pain. The result ...
Katy Perry Lights up the stage…again
There’s an abundance of light up stage-wear these days with another appearance on last night’s American Idol show. Katy Perry enters the stage wearing a gorgeous and futuristic skin-tight suit ...
The Illuminated fashion line-up
From the stage to the shelves, illuminated clothing seems to be paving the way right now for wearable technology to reach a wider audience. As I was once skeptical about ...
Chris Brown lights up the stage
Illuminated clothing has been exploding on the stage recently from Tron’s drool-worthy illuminated costumes, CuteCircuits Illuminated performance couture, to Anouk Wipprecht‘s illuminated Black-Eye Peas Super Bowl couture, light-up clothing seems to be paving the way ...
Exploring soft sensors and eTextiles
The DIY community and small research studios around the world are continuously pushing the boundaries on the possibilities of eTextiles. Here are some interesting projects and sensors that are being ...
An incredible wearable technology resource list
Digital media designer-artist, theorist and curator Valérie Lamontagne has an incredible wearable technology resources page that lists the who’s who and who’s upcoming in the wearable technology and eTextile field. ...
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.