This research aims to investigate the emotional effects of movement-based interaction and its sensory feedback mechanisms. To this end, we developed a smart clothing prototype, E-motionWear, which reacts to four movements, fabric-based detection sensors, and three-movement feedback mechanisms.
In this article, we discuss challenges and design potentials related to user experience and aesthetics of actuating wearables.
This paper provides examples, guidelines and a framework that will support designers to prototype effectively during the co-development of digital PSS.
Developments of advanced textile manufacturing techniques---such as 3D body-forming knitwear machinery---allows the production of almost finalized garments, which require little to no further production steps to finalize the garment. Moreover, …
Vigour is a rehabilitation tool that enables geriatric patients, physiotherapists, doctors, and family to gain more insight into the exercises and progress of a rehabilitation process. A knitted cardigan with integrated stretch sensors monitors the …
Wearable Senses (WS) focuses on designing close-to- the-body interactions, specifically designs that incorporate wearable computing or smart textiles. It is a community that feels like an emerging multidisciplinary culture, where practitioners from …
In our global village, distance is not a barrier anymore for traveling. People experience new cultures and face accompanying difficulties in order to live anywhere. Social support can help these sojourners to cope with difficulties, such as culture …
Research through design allows creating a dialogue with the material. It uses making and reflection on action as a generator of knowledge. Our aim is to explore the opportunities and challenges of smart textiles. The Fablab is our set up, a place …
Photographic mementos are important signifiers of our personal memories. Rather than simply passive representations of memories to ?preserve? the past, these photos are actively displayed and consumed in the context of everyday behavior and social …