Showing posts with label wearable. Show all posts
Showing posts with label wearable. Show all posts
Nathalie Fougeras’ “Wearable Breast”
Usually work produced as part of a short workshop tends to be quite a routine testing of process and technique and not a fully fledged work / performance however intensive workshops can provide that opportunity to explore very directed ideas which may not have been possible for the artist due to knowledge or access to materials. Nathalie Fougeras’ wearable object / performance, Breast, What is the Breast to Choose (image above, video below) is without a doubt a fully fledged work with considerable reflection.
Created at Hybrid Scrapyard, part of the iMAL New Brave World series of workshops about the Internet of things, hybrid world and networking & locative media, the work is a technical exploration of Arduino and Xbee but conceptually explores ideas of feminine sexuality, intimacy and gratification in relation to what is most predominantly a domain (as previously media forms have been) seen through masculine eyes, the internet. The wearable device allows the artist, through self gratification, to trigger visual internet searches related to the part of the body she is touching, the breast, mimicking, parodying and subverting the male act of self-gratification and the internet’s role in the contemporary variant of that.
http://turbulence.org/blog/2009/04/15/nathalie-fougeras’-wearable-breast/
Lux : Fashion + Green Technology
Lux is an innovative technology brought to you by Mae Yokoyama, a Konstfack student, that shows the means of getting benefited from the sun and how to turn energy into beauty. This is actually a necklace that comprises solar panels in order to accumulate energy from the sun during daytime. This accumulated energy then is used to lighten the LED bulbs to give an appearance of dazzling pearls of this fashionable necklace. This useful product will help people realize the value of sun and will give a feel of elegance to fashion concerned personnel. After charging for two hours only, the pearls can remain on for a minimum of four hours.
http://www.tuvie.com/lux-fashion-green-technology
A Hood That Will Make All The Difference
Blockbuster Hollywood movies can bring on the spotlight to lesser know disease and medical conditions. For example, After Rain Man we all knew what Autism was. That story told us how autistic people suffer from impaired social interaction and communication. In children the condition is heightened with sensory disorders and even minor noises can disturb them. A recent research suggests that stimulants like music, aromatherapy, and textured toys can help alleviate the condition. This where something like the Beagle scarf-hoodie can help.
This scarf includes speakers in the hood making it the perfect soothing wrap, around the child’s ears. Furthermore, customized aroma patches along with textured inner pockets can be integrated to the scarf. Coping with as autistic child can be trying at times and if something like the Beagle can bring the child some relief, then so be it.
Designer: Leo Chao
http://www.yankodesign.com/2009/03/19/a-hood-that-will-make-all-the-difference/
Glowing button cycling jacket
Not everyone wants to look like an athlete while cycling to work or school. This cycling-jacket, made of hemp and wool, is equipped with lots of shining bright LEDs. It looks just as good during the day as it does during the night. Embedding the Arduino Lilypad electronics in the jacket, makes it at practical as it is nice to look at!
Add a 3rd eye: ATC3K to Goggle Cam mod
[will] submitted his ski goggle mod. he has mounted an oregon scientific atc3k digicam in his goggles. this should make recording ski trips a lot easier. most of the electronics fit just fine in the mask, though he did need to use an ide cable to extend parts of it to the custom pack mounted on the strap. we’re also curious how much wind noise he’s going to get on that microphone.
http://biobug.org/index.php/2009/05/19/add-a-3rd-eye-atc3k-to-goggle-cam-mod/