04 PM | 11 Jan

The World of #WearableArt (WOW) Awards Competition open for entries [#geekgirl]

The World of WearableArt (WOW) Awards Competition is an internationally renowned design competition that attracts entries from over 40 countries each year. Anything that is #wearable art can find a place on the stage, as long as it is original, innovative and well executed.

For three weeks every year, WOW showcases the best of these creations in a spectacular show that takes over New Zealand’s vibrant capital city of Wellington in an explosion of creativity. This year 60,000 people will see the show.

Entries are now open and closes Friday 29 March.

Source: WOW

03 PM | 16 Jan

#Robotic #Spider #Fashion #Couture [#geekgirl]

This is going back a few years, but it still is pretty cool. A little early to be calling it retro, but just goes to show that fashion forward thinking has been around for a while now. Hopefully, arachnophobics will still enjoy the design. Then again, perhaps not 🙂

Exploration within the realms of robotic dresses; a spider dress gave birth. A cute little host creature created by fashiontech designer ANOUK WIPPRECHT and hacker & engineer DANIEL SCHATZMAYR – A prototype of a mechanic dress equipped with sensors indicators and controllers, created with the aim to give more power and ‘psychological thrills’ to the sugar sweet character that performative wearables often have. Sensoric, servo controlled, mechanic, microcontroller based and reacting//attacking upon approach, inspired by the game LIMBO.

Presented during VIVE LE ROBOTS / Cafe Neue Romance in Prague during the EU Robotics week NOVEMBER 2012 and prototyped during TEDX Vienna in collaboration with the ‘METALAB’ – Vienna’s famous hackerspace. And with the use of black plexiglass by EVONIK industries (Germany)

MOVIE CREDITS – model BARBORA RIHAK | make up artist LINDA CHUDOMELOVA | shot in PRAGUE, official photoshoot by MOJMIR BURES video shots and edit by Anouk Wipprecht

01 PM | 12 Jul

#Wearable #Technology and e-Textile Challenge: Science Week Submissions [#geekgirl]

National Science Week Callout

Wearable Technology and e-Textile Challenge

Women-in-Engineering Affinity Group Victorian Section would like to invite you to submit your designs for showcase at the National Science Week Energised Fashion runway and hands-on lab. They are looking for wearable technology designs in a number of domains including fashion, communications, entertainment, medical and healthcare, occupational health and safety. The designs will be judged and a total prize money of $500 and certificates will be presented to the best designs.

The competition is free to enter, but you are required to register your interest here: https://registration-of-interest.eventbrite.com.au

Contact  wie.victorian@ieee.org for any question or feedback.

Website for IEEE

03 PM | 09 May

New #Gloves Could Let You Feel In Virtual Reality #VR [#geekgirl]

Gaming might be about to become a lot more hands on. With most major gaming companies focusing on the sights and sounds of virtual reality (VR), a group of mechanical engineering students at Rice University have instead turned their attention to touch. They’ve managed to produce a prototype VR glove that makes it seem like you’re actually feeling objects in the game.

Haptic gloves aren’t new technology, but whilst most systems rely on vibration to tell the brain that a virtual object has been touched, the students decided to go with pressure. The glove works by hiding a network of bladders within the glove, which inflate with air when you touch something in the game. This then provides feedback to the fingertips, telling your brain that you’ve touched or grabbed an item.

Developed in association with Virtuix, the Hands Omni glove is currently in the prototype stage.

Source: IFL Science

03 PM | 23 Jun

“…Jammer Coat makes you utterly untrackable…” [#geekgirl]

[Image via Fast Company]

[Image via Fast Company]

[Via this Fast Company article] “Vienna-based architectural design firm Coop Himmelblau has come up with a CHBL Jammer Coat that lets you disappear, sort of. Unlike wearable tech like Google Glass, meant to better connect you to the world, the Jammer Coat makes you utterly untrackable.

Created for curator Alessandro Guerriero’s “Abiti da lavoro” exhibit (“work clothes”) the “metallized” fabric blocks radio waves and tracking devices so you can be incognito–minus the giant black-and-white coat. (Caveat: No one can access your credit card info and your mobile devices, but that means neither can you.)”