ITP Wearables

Pet Sounds

Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Place the mask on your face and it translates your human speech patterns and movement into animal noises and sounds. As movement and sound increase inside the mask, so does the amount of noise generated outside. The more a viewer makes an effort to communicate, the more nuanced and empathetic the sounds become.

GOALS FOR THIS PROJECT

Goals
- To create a sense of excitement and play
- To point out the inherent challenges and, to some degree, ridiculousness in human communication. You can never perfectly represent your thoughts and emotions to another person
-To make people think about their connection to the larger(natural) world.

Anti-Paparazzi Fashion

Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

In response to the rise of paparazzi I\’ve created an interactive clutch bag that communicates the desire to not be photographed. When it detects a camera flash it responds with another flash that obscures the photo. I think it\’s important for everyone to realize the worth of their own image and to be able to protect that. The goal of anti-paparazzi fashion is to build a two-way communication between the photographer and subject.

The Kickbee

Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

As a baby grows inside the womb, pregnant mothers are constantly and acutely aware of its presence mostly through its movements. With the Kickbee, I intend to extend a baby\’s minute contact with the world beyond the mother\’s body by sensing these movements and transmitting them via digital networks.

Dream Jammies

Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Dream Jammies are pajamas which are aware of your body in several ways. They know whether you are standing or laying down, tossing or lying quietly. Dream Jammies also know your body temperature. This information is relayed to your partner\’s iPhone, and expressed on their screen in color, changing in realtime.

As you lay down to sleep, the screen fades from green to blue, the shade of blue reflecting your body temperature. As you roll around, the screen flickers red. By shaking the iPhone your partner is able to reach out, causing the chest of your pajamas to vibrate. Not pleasant while you sleep, but a perfect alarm clock. Not only are you able to keep in touch while living on opposite sides of the world, Dream Jammies offer insight into how you sleep by capturing data as you snooze.

CyranoSuit

Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

We are eager to communicate with the people through various methods; phone conversation, instant messanger, textmessage. However, the contents of the conversation still remains as ours to chose. Then,what about things that remain and were not communicated? What abut things hard to be verbalized because of our \’vulnerable emotional state\’ CyranoSuit is men\’s suit to help a nerve-racking shy man to express his feeling to his dearly loved women. The suit provides him the scripts / notes to act and perform as sensible and gentle men in confidence. it supplies the lines in order to reveal his unshown true feelings. Also it suggests great conversation topics for him to engage in the conversation with the woman in front of him. He becomes men of confidence with CyranoSuit!

KneeSlapper

Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

There are two controllers that can be attached to both of your thighs (or share one with a partner), giving you the option to move around or dance while you play. The sensor pads can be slapped like an electronic drum kit, with the volume varying according to the strength of the slap. The Kneeslapper inputs midi data to a midi synthesizer or audio recording program like Garageband. You can choose a different instrument sound for each of the sensor pads.

Sousveillant Style

Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

I intend to create public structures and/or personal portable structures out of reflective or distorting materials which will allow a momentary escape from the ominous surveillance camera\’s eye.

The Sunstrap

Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

The Sunstrap is a necklace that provides a trickle charge for rechargeable batteries. It\’s made of an array of solar cells, each packaged in clear plastic, that look like precious stones.

The Inner Fabric of New York City

Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

The Inner Fabric of New York City is a proposal for an object-driven exhibit, discussing the role and impact of the garment industry on New York City.
Over the last two decades, many museums have put their energies into object driven exhibit design. The presented thesis project attempts to push boundaries, providing an object as personal guide, which leads through and becomes a part of an exhibit.
As pieces of clothing, until recently, were often passed on between sibling, from father to son, between cousins, neighbors or strangers, these passed along articles have become witnesses to times, events and people. It is these pieces of clothing that will guide the visitor through the exhibit, giving him or her a personalized experience as they venture through time.
A 3D flythrough shows the full floor plan of the proposed exhibit, while three build out elements, give examples of the proposed interaction.

This device is for you.

Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

I am designing and distributing a new line of hand-made communication devices whose form and function examine the subtle ways we relate to ourselves and to others. The result is a cross-referenced video archive that captures their transformation and interpretation in a variety of locations and situations around the world.