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      Wearable Tech Guide to SXSW

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      Conductive Tattoos Turn Your Skin Into An Interface

      August 24, 2016

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      Biofabrication: The New Revolution in Material Design

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      ‎BODYSONG‬./Glitchaus GLITCHJK Jacquard Bomber Jacket

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      3D Print and the Jewellery Industry: An Overview

      December 11, 2015

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      Wearables in Contemporary Ballet

      November 18, 2014

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      Fibers Software Transforms Your Fuelband Data into Art

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      Adidas Reissues Micropacer OG

      August 14, 2014

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      Fashionable therapy brightens winter SADness

      July 30, 2015

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      Lightwear: An Exploration in Wearable Light Therapy for Seasonal Affective Disorder

      February 4, 2015

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      Vigour — A Gorgeous Wearable For Rehabilitation and Physical Therapy

      December 18, 2014

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      Space: What to wear?

      June 7, 2014

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      E-textile Pillow for Communication Between Dementia Patients and Family

      November 5, 2013

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      Moff: Wearable Smart Toy For Kids

      August 21, 2014

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      Temporary NFC Tattoo

      July 29, 2014

      Wearables UX

      Wearable Tech Guide to SXSW

      March 7, 2014

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      PixMob’s LED beanies light up the SuperBowl by turning the crowd into human pixels

      February 3, 2014

      Wearables UX

      Cadbury Joy Jackets

      January 16, 2014

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      Interview with Davide Vigano of Heapsylon

      April 30, 2014

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      Make It Wearable Video Series by Creators Project

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      Interview with Sparkfun’s Dia Campbell

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      Interview with Julia Koerner

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      Interview with Akseli Reho from Clothing Plus

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      Aerochromics: Pollution Monitoring Garments Aim to Become A Sixth Skin

      August 17, 2016

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      Biomimicry and Sports Apparel

      August 15, 2016

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      Smart Fabrics Conference May 11 – 13

      April 27, 2015

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      Techno Textiles – Concordia University

      January 18, 2016

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      Smart Fabrics + Wearable Technology 2015 Review

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      Explore and Learn from the Students of the Wearables Class at CCA

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      Make It Wearable Winners

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      September 22, 2014

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Christopher Raeburn Introduces Inflatable Puffer Jackets

written by Syuzi Pakhchyan

Christopher Raeburn’s latest collection “Raft” includes primary-colored inflatable latex puffer jackets that are far sexier than any life preserver. 

The collection with its darker “survival” theme is playfully juxtaposed with a novel use of colorful inflatable latex, essentially creating designer floaties for adults.

So why do I write about this on a wearable tech blog? It’s important to see how designers reconsider materials in order to create something that looks fresh and at the same time familiar. 

 

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Bring A Little Bling To Your Workout with Misfit’s Solar-Powered Activity Trackers Made From Swarovski Crystals

written by Syuzi Pakhchyan

Swarovski, best known for their blingy crystals, has a history of innovative collaborations with product and fashion designers. Nearly 8 years ago, a collaboration with Swarovski and Hussein Chalayan resulted in the first wearable tech garments, decorated with crystals and lasers, to be shone on the runway. 

No stranger to fashion tech, Swarovski’s latest fashion tech collaboration is with Misfit. The offerings radically reconsider the materials that tech products can be constructed from. To note, the Misfit Shine set itself apart from other activity trackers by creating an elegant activity tracker, minimal in design, entirely constructed from metal not plastic. Now the Shine is available with a crystal surface that allows the LED lights (indicating a user’s progress) to glimmer through the faceted glass interface.

A purple solar-powered version is also available for pre-order which Misfit claims will never need external charging. 

Let’s pause here for a second to focus on the significance of this particular feature. 

If the solar-powered Shine works as promised, one of the greatest usability hurdles that affects a user’s persistent use will be entirely eliminated, moving us one step closer from perceiving these products from being gadgets to authentic lifestyle products. And for that alone Misfit deserves to be lauded. 

Whether bling is your thing or not, the Swarovski Shine is simply another voice to add to Misfit’s accessory collection. 

Personally, I prefer studs to shine, leather to lace, but I can appreciate a brave fashion risk when I see one. 

The collection, including several new accessories for the all-metal Shine, is available for pre-order here. 

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Vigour — A Gorgeous Wearable For Rehabilitation and Physical Therapy

written by Syuzi Pakhchyan

Designed by Pauline van Dongen in cooperation with TU Eindhoven & Textiel Museum, Vigour is a beautifully knitted cardigan with knit stretch sensors that continually monitors the wearer’s movement. 

The data connects to a mobile app that can be used by patients, therapists and caretakers to monitor and watch the rehabilitation process. 

Little detail is currently available on the app and explicitly how the garment can be used in rehabilitation, but the soft, knit design of the garment hints to the next phase of wearables: the movement away from devices to actual wearable garments. 

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Richard Nicoll’s Illuminated Garment at London Fashion Week

written by Syuzi Pakhchyan

Richard Nicoll  sent a lovely, illuminated garment down the runway at London Fashion Week. The garment appears to be made from Lumigram fiber optic fabric. Although we’ve seen plenty of examples of Lumigram’s fiber optic fabric in use, Nicoll nailed the fluidity of the design (reminds me of jellyfish) that the fiber optic textile lends itself too. 

The project was done in collaboration with Studio XO and Disney. 

via Forbes

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MICA at NYFW

written by Syuzi Pakhchyan

Below are some photos of Opening Ceremonies debut of MICA at New York Fashion Week. 

Enjoy!

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The Latest Fashion + Tech Collabs

written by Syuzi Pakhchyan

Fashion is the tech industries latest muse. Check out the latest announcements of future collaborations between tech giants and fashions brands. 

1. Intel just announced a new collaboration with fashion brand Fossil.  

2. Guess recently announced a new collaboration with smartwatch maker Martian. 

3. Samsung collaborates with Swarovski to bling out its smartwatch.

4. Michael Bastian collaborates with HP for new smart watch design.

5. Swatch is bringing activity tracking to its watches.

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Fashion

Metamorphosis — A Kinetic Wearable That Responds to Alcohol Consumption

written by Syuzi Pakhchyan

Metamorphosis is an experimental wearable that responds to the wearer’s alcohol consumption. Designed with pleated origami sleeves that expand and contract, the wearable technology garment reflects the drinker’s confidence levels as she consumes alcohol. The more alcohol consumed, the higher the sleeves. It naturally also expresses how quickly someone has consumed alcohol and their intoxication levels. 

The garment is witty commentary on Korean drinking culture and the customary obligation to drink when invited. 

The garment was developed by a team of artists during a 5 day wearable hackathon in Seoul. 

More details regarding the wearable can be found here. 

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MICA The Smart Bracelet You Will Covet

written by Syuzi Pakhchyan

Just before the start of New York Fashion Week, Intel reveals images of MICA, an acronym for “My Intelligent Communication Accessory,” their much anticipated collaboration with fashion house Opening Ceremony. 

Unlike most wearable tech jewelry that falls into the fitness category, MICA  is a lifestyle accessory competing with others like Ringly, Kovert, BlueJewlez, Elemoon and Rebecca Minkoff’s soon to debut smart baubles. 

MICA’s main functionality is that it handles your communication and social feeds acting like as alert mechanism. The difference between MICA and its predecessors (none by the way are on the market quite yet) is that it contains its own 3G cellular radio so it will not need to be tethered to your phone. 

MICAs main advantage is that it has an aesthetic edge compared to Ringly or Minkoff’s wearable jewelry. Made from snakeskin and embedded with pearls and stones, MICA will certainly appeal to the fashion crowd. 

My favorite design and usability feature is the curved touch screen display which is located on the inside of the wrist, allowing private messages to be displayed more discreetly. 

The bracelet will be available at Barneys and Opening Ceremony for the holiday season. The price tag is sure to be high which a luxury brand like Opening Ceremony can pull off. 

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Fashion

Wearable Tech at Fashion Week

written by Syuzi Pakhchyan

As Fashion Week approaches, I anticipate seeing a lot of new wearable tech pieces hitting the runway. Fashion companies have embraced wearable tech accessories transforming them into stylish jewelry pieces to fit the always connected and the on the go lifestyle of  20- and 30-somethings. 

Most of the accessories are low hanging fruit — mobile chargers or alert notification systems for their mobile devices — but the willingness for both the tech and fashion worlds to collaborate promises a bright and fashionable future for wearables. 

Rebbeca Minkoff is the latest designer to offer stylish accessories to juice your mobile phone or to offer you alerts of incoming call. The accessories will run between $60 – $120 — affordable considering Ringly starts at $195. 

Cute Circuit will be showing their second collection tomorrow on September 4rth at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week. Pioneers in the space of illuminated fashion, Cute Circuit has been making gorgeous illuminated wearables for over a decade. 

Stay tuned for more coverage. It’s going to be an exciting month!

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Ralph Lauren Fashions Wearable Tech

written by Syuzi Pakhchyan

Ralph Lauren has entered the wearable tech market with the debut of Polo Tech, a smart compression shirt that reads biometric data. Collabortaing with OMsignal, the Polo Tech shirt contains soft sensors that read respiration and heart rate as well as an accelerometer and gyroscope to capture movement. 

The Polo Tech shirt will be available in the spring and offered in a variety of patterns and colors. 

Incorporating technology into garments is a strategic move for the Ralph Lauren brand in an attempt to make the brand more current and “thoroughly modern,” stated David Lauren, executive vice president of advertising, marketing and corporate communications at Ralp Lauren Corp. 

Ralph Lauren’s move into wearables signifies a must needed shift from wearables gadgets that the current tech world is producing to etextiles — the inevitable future of wearable tech apparel. 

via WWD

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