Videos from Open Hardware Summit 2014 are now available on Vimeo, here’s my “What’s Working in Wearables” talk as well as a re-post of my notes!
Notes/links:
Cosplay
Halo 3 Energy Sword
Costumes from Baltimore Comic Con as discussed on WEBS
~$130 single-purpose bluetooth devices you’re meant to wear all the time
–Reebok Checklight
–June UV sensor
–Narrative Clip lifelogging camera
–Cynaps bone conductor speaker hat
–ICEdot crash sensor
–Necomimi brainwave cat ears
–Neurodreamer lucid dreaming mask
–Whistle dog activity monitor
–Fitbit Force
–Shine activity monitor
don’t exist yet:
–Gotenna
–Myo armband
–Ringly
–Nod gesture control ring
-Luxury market exploring with materials/aesthetics like Intel’s MICA and DVF google glass frames
Wearables built by boys & girls and families together
-boyfriend makes VU meter earrings for girlfriend
–dad makes digital princess tiara for daughter
–hunger games catching fire dress
Wearables built by textile craftspeople – instant experts
-Leslie Birch’s FLORAbrella
-Sally Byers’ NeoPixel coats
-Gladys Delgado-Garced doggy-and-me hats
Fashion designers with wearables in their runway shows this year:
–Pauline van Dongen solar fashion and Philips flexible LED panels
–CuteCircuit LED skirts and jacket lapels (creative director Francesca Rosella, CEO Ryan Genz)
–Chromat (Becca McCharen) cage-like garments with Adafruit NeoPixels