Category: Coursework
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Hunger Health Bar
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Sparkle Hoodie
My project in essence was to make a wearable fashion technology that addressed the issue of gender identity by attempting to break gender roles. I believe the project was successful in doing this and raised a number of issues.
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Tyranny of the Arbitrary
Tyranny of the Arbitrary Hardware This project aims to recreate a simplistic version of a fitness tracker. Instead of being made for humans, however, this device is designed to be worn by a dog. The garment is a collar made from fabric and garment interfacing. The collar is constructed in such a way that two…
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“You gotta hear this one song, it’ll change your life I swear.”
The original idea behind the Theme Music Hoodie was to be able to have a quick way to a.) share your favorite music with others and b.) carry your own soundtrack with you wherever you go. The hoodie has an LilyPad MP3 and two speakers sewn into a piece on lining on the inside of…
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Spoonflower
By: Carion Jackson
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Why just monitor physical performance; enhance it!
Jetpacks. Not only cool, but also an originally sci-fi concept that actually exists. The word normally invokes visions of adventurous self-propelled flyers, like in the 1965 James Bond feature film Thunderball. “What goes up must come down,” is an applicable cliché. Functional jetpacks average a flight time of about 20 seconds, but what if flight wasn’t…
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Hexoskin
By: Thomas Hall A better-performing you? “It’s as easy as putting on a shirt!”
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How can you see emotional abuse?
In my first proposal, I was so sure that my project was going to start some type of movement. I was overly ambitious and I could truly say that this project has humbled me with the understanding that Rome was not built in a day.
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Recognizing Anxiety
My project concept was to create a device that would allow people suffering an anxiety attack to alert people around them of their impending attack. The device checks a wearer’s pulse and alerts those around the person when the pulse increases. I know this sounds oddly familiar. If you’ve ever been on a treadmill you…