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| Skorpions (Siggraph video) |
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SKORPIONS are a collection of kinetic electronic
garments that use the shape-memory alloy Nitinol
to move and change on the body in slow, organic
motions. They have anthropomorphic qualities and
can be imagined as parasites that inhabit the skin
of the host. They are living behavioral kinetic
sculptures that exploit characteristics such as
control, anticipation, and unpredictability.
SKORPIONS integrate electronic fabrics, soft
circuits, custom circuit boards, Nitinol,
mechanical actuators such as magnets, and
traditional textile construction techniques. The
cut of the pattern, the seams, and other
construction details become an important component
of engineering design. SKORPIONS are not
interactive: their programming does not respond to
sensor data. SKORPIONS reference the history of
garments as instruments of pain and desire. They
shift and modulate personal and social space by
imposing physical constraints on the body. They
alter behavior, by hiding or revealing hidden
layers, inviting others inside the protective
shells of fabric, erecting breathable walls, or
tearing themselves open to divulge hidden secrets.
XS Labs is a Montreal-based design research studio
with a focus on innovation in the fields of
electronic textiles, reactive garments, and
wearable computing. We look at both the technical
and the cultural history of how textiles have been
made for generations (weaving, stitching,
embroidery, knitting, beading, quilting) but use
materials with different electro-mechanical
properties, which enables us to construct more
complex textiles with electronic properties.
http://www.xslabs.net
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Affichage : 134
Durée : 130 s |
| Memory Rich Garments |
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This experiment in memory rich garments consists
of dresses that explore touch, embodied intimacy,
and the technical implementation and construction
of visually reactive substrates for manipulating
use data on a textile. The conceptual framework
consists of the gathering and displaying of
intimate touch events but also explores social
choreographies that emerge when bodies actively
inhabit identical reactive costumes.
Wearable artifacts, by virtue of the fact that
they are worn on the body, are a very intimate
technology. Social and cultural changes are
implicit in any new technology. These dresses
explore the idea of wearable technologies that
encourage physical touch and contribute to create
embodied as opposed to virtual proximity between
people.
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Affichage : 1755
Durée : 219 s |
| Enleon: kinetic electronic garment |
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ENELEON is constructed out of heavy hand-made
felt, creamy leather, and reflective lamÈ lining.
It is shaped like a large bilateral symmetric pod
that encloses the body from front and back. The
materials are perforated with small decorative
holes that allow some airflow around the body.
Each side features six scattered scales that rise
and lower in order to reveal a mirrored lining.
The movement is activated by beaded shape memory
alloy (SMA) coils, controlled through custom
electronics. A sculpted felt mask obscures the
face with reflective chain mail, further erasing
the hostÃs identity. The front and the back are
identical, so the host assumes an element of
radial as well as bilateral symmetry.
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Affichage : 3810
Durée : 65 s |
| Pulp-based computing |
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We have developed a series of techniques for
building sensors, actuators and circuit boards
that behave, look, and feel like paper. By
embedding electro-active inks, conductive threads
and smart materials directly into paper during the
papermaking process, we have created seamless
composites that are capable of supporting new and
unexpected application domains in ubiquitous and
pervasive computing at affordable costs.
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Affichage : 356
Durée : 112 s |
| Constellation Dresses |
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The Constellation Dresses are made of recycled
garments (we give them a second life through soft
electronics), conductive textiles, and simple
textile-based circuits. Each is covered with a
dozen irregularly arranged magnetic snaps
connected with conductive thread that act as a
mechanical and electrical connection between
bodies, a well as embroidered LEDs.
When one dress connects with the snaps from
another, the circuit on the garment is closed and
the constellation of LEDs on the dress lights up.
The irregular placement of the snaps induces
wearers to create playful and compelling
choreographies to connect their circuits.
Rather than relying primarily on the hand for
interaction, the Constellation dresses allow
wearers to enact playful scenarios that bring
humour and the element of chance into
garment-based interactions.
By bringing people together mechanically and
electronically, the garments explore metaphors for
building electronic or social networks.
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Durée : 157 s |
| Kukkia |
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The Kukkia flowers frame the face and slowly open
and close over time, like a caress. The dress does
not respond to proximity, mood, or the stock
market. Rather, it is an expressive and behavioral
kinetic sculpture that develops a visceral
relationship with the wearer. The Kukkia flowers
are constructed out of felt and silk petals that
provide relative rigidity and integrate stitched
Nitinol (a shape memory alloy) wire, which enables
the slow, organic movement. XS Labs © 2005
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Affichage : 1156
Durée : 51 s |
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