14-24 January 2010
Realized as part of the ten day SCU+MIT workshop in Taipei, Taiwan. A collaboration between Shih Chien University and MIT Architecture and Media Lab departments
March 15-18
Wearable Sound workshop at Atelier Nord in Oslo, Norway
January 26
Handcrafting Textile Sensors from Scratch workshop at TEI in Cambridge, MA
January 15-24
Participant in workshop collaboration between SCU and MIT Architecture and Media Lab departments held in Taipei, Taiwan
Two hanging scales that converse about the weight of the objects they hold. The scales are made from knit wool tubes that have a resistive yarn included in part of their structure, which allows them to sense weight through stretch. At the bottom end of the tubes the knitting is composited into a semi-rigid container, [...]
2009 - work in progress
Circular knitting machine, wool, craft glue, balloon, needle.
Massage my feet tutorial is published in the current issue of the German WEAVE Magazine on interaction design, conception and development. Instructions written by Mika Satomi and Hannah Perner-Wilson, translated into German by Ilona Koglin.
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2009 - work in progress
Using conductive paints, pencils, paper, magnets and printed circuit boards designed by Leah Buechley.
2009 - work in progress
Exploring ways to sense inclination through a variety of crafting and needlework techniques, using affordable and available materials such as conductive threads, yarns, fabrics, and paints.
The DIY Wearable Technology paper was published in the procedings of the Wearable Materialities Panel at ISEA 2009 in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
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Our work as KOBAKANT is featured in the book Home Made Electronic Arts that was published by the Christoph Merian Verlag in Switzerland. Text by Verena Kuni.
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2009
TILT SENSING BRACELET
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A bracelet decorated with six conductive fabric petals and a row of beads with a metal bead on the end, makes for a simple six point tilt detection. It is also designed so that the metal bead will make contact with two petals if it lies in between. and then of course [...]
2009
Seashells and electronics. What to do with all those limpets except for to fit push-buttons, batteries, holders and motors and LEDs inside.
The Fabric Bend Sensor Instructable was published in the proceedings of the DIY for CHI workshop that was held on April 5th 2009 in Boston, USA
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