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Project Research

Essence Wearables: Biometric Olfactory Interfaces for Day and Night

Human-computer interaction (HCI) has traditionally focused on designing and investigating interfaces that provide explicit visual, audito...

in Fluid Interfaces
Judith Amores Fernandez
#design #virtual reality #human-computer interaction +18 more
Project Research

On-Face Olfactory Interfaces

We envision that a close-to-nose interface could be used as a complementary or alternative wearable method to nasal cannulas or mask...

in Fluid Interfaces
Pattie Maes · Judith Amores Fernandez +1 more
#design #human-computer interaction #consumer electronics +6 more
Project Research

DefeXtiles: 3D printing quasi-woven textiles via underextrusion

OverviewDefeXtiles are thin, flexible textiles of many materials that can quickly be printed into a variety of 3D forms using an inexpens...

in Tangible Media
Jack Forman · Hiroshi Ishii
#design #fashion #3d printing +3 more
Research
Tangible Media

Seamlessly coupling the worlds of bits and atoms by giving dynamic physical form to digital information and computation

#robotics #design #virtual reality +39 more
Accepting Applicants
Research
Human Dynamics

Exploring how social networks can influence our lives in business, health, governance, and technology adoption and diffusion

#robotics #design #social networks +63 more
Not Accepting Applicants
Archived
Research
Design Fiction

Sparking discussion about the social, cultural, and ethical implications of emerging technologies through design and storytelling

#design #art #bioengineering +8 more
Not Accepting Applicants
Research
Responsive Environments

Augmenting and mediating human experience, interaction, and perception with sensor networks

#robotics #design #virtual reality +50 more
Accepting Applicants
Research
Mediated Matter

Designing for, with, and by nature

#robotics #design #architecture +33 more
Not Accepting Applicants
Archived
Research
Object-Based Media

Changing storytelling, communication, and everyday life through sensing, understanding, and new interface technologies

#robotics #design #virtual reality +50 more
Not Accepting Applicants
Project Research

Essence

The sense of smell is perhaps the most pervasive of all senses, but it is also one of the least understood and least exploited in HCI. We...

in Advancing Wellbeing
Pattie Maes · Judith Amores Fernandez
#design #fashion #perception +3 more
Project Research

KnittedKeyboard

Knitting is an established textile manufacturing technique that has been pervasive in the garment and technical fabrics industry. In comp...

in Responsive Environments
Irmandy Wicaksono · Joseph A. Paradiso
#design #human-computer interaction #consumer electronics +9 more
Archived
Project Research

Kicks x Cliques

Leveraging sneaker culture to influence civic engagement. Marginalized groups have influence on digital platforms but are often unhe...

in Viral Communications
Britney Johnson
#fashion #health #social media +3 more
Archived
Project Research

Dressed in Data

This project steps beyond data visualizations to create data experiences. It aims to engage not only the analytic mind, but also the arti...

in Object-Based Media
Laura Perovich
#data #fashion
Project Research

bioLogic—Science Advances

Cells’ biomechanical responses to external stimuli have been intensively studied but rarely implemented into devices that interact w...

in Tangible Media
Wen Wang · Lining Yao +6 more
#human-computer interaction #fashion #sensors +3 more
Archived
Post Research

Jamming to Knitting, Music to Machines: Bringing interdisciplinary research to the manufacturing ecosystem

Here's my take on the future of textiles, as well as the connection between research and manufacturing.

April 13, 2020
in Responsive Environments
#design #human-computer interaction #consumer electronics +7 more
Article Research

ETH Zurich at the WEF – RETHINKING Creativity

KnittedKeyboard at ETH Rethinking Creativity Pavilion

via ETH Zurich · Jan. 24, 2020
in Responsive Environments
#design #human-computer interaction #consumer electronics +5 more
Project Research

FabricKeyboard

Multimodal textile sensate media as an expressive and deformable musical interfaceIn the area of intelligent textiles, we are exploring a...

in Responsive Environments
Joseph A. Paradiso · Irmandy Wicaksono
#design #fashion #music +2 more
Project Research

Orbit Weaver Suit

​​​​​​​​​The Orbit Weaver Suit for zero gravity was designed by Media Lab Director's Fellow Andrea Lauer in collaboration with ...

in Space Exploration Initiative · Director's Fellows
Andrea Lauer · Xin Liu
#design #art #fashion +3 more
Article Research

Fresh takes on "sustainability"—except call it ecology

Neri Oxman, Abrima Erwiah, Tracy Reese, Gabriela Hearst, Eileen Fisher, Karina Givargisoff addressed the issue at UN Women USA event.

via WWD · Nov. 14, 2019
in Mediated Matter
#design #ecology #environment +2 more
Post Research

Future Fur: A collaboration in fashion, design, and technology

Researchers have come up with an innovation that will delight the fashion industry and people concerned about animal welfare: 3D-printed fur

Nov. 13, 2019
in Tangible Media
#design #fashion #3d printing +1 more
Project Research

Cilllia: 3D-printed micro pillar structures for surface texture, actuation, and sensing

In nature, hair has numerous functions such as providing warmth, adhesion, locomotion, sensing, and a sense of touch, as well as its well...

in Tangible Media
Hiroshi Ishii · Jifei Ou +1 more
#design #environment #fashion +4 more
Publication Research

Essence: Olfactory Interfaces for Unconscious Influence of Mood and Cognitive Performance

Judith Amores and Pattie Maes. 2017. Essence: Olfactory Interfaces for Unconscious Influence of Mood and Cognitive Performance. In Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '17). ACM, Denver, CO, USA. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/3025453.3026004

Academic Paper, May 2017
in Fluid Interfaces
#design #fashion #perception +3 more
Publication Research

BioEssence: A Wearable Olfactory Display that Monitors Cardio-Respiratory Information to Support Mental Wellbeing

Amores, J., Hernandez, J., Dementyev, A., Wang, X., Maes, P. "BioEssence: A Wearable Olfactory Display that Monitors Cardio-respiratory Information to Support Mental Wellbeing," Proceedings of the International Conference of IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC), Honolulu, Hawaii, July 2018

Academic Paper, July 2018
in Affective Computing · Responsive Environments · Fluid Interfaces
#consumer electronics #fashion #wearable computing +3 more
Archived
Research
Living Mobile

Enhancing mobile life through improved user interactions

#design #human-computer interaction #art +16 more
Not Accepting Applicants
Project Research

ARTextiles: Promoting Social Interactions Around Personal Interests

Abstract data visualizations for enhancing social interactions through clothing and augmented reality.

in Living Mobile
Chris Schmandt · Anna Fuste
#augmented reality #data #fashion +2 more
Project Research

ChromoSkin

Makeup has long been used as a body decoration process for self-expression and for the transformation of one's appearance. While the mate...

in Living Mobile · Responsive Environments
Cindy Hsin-Liu Kao · Manisha Mohan +3 more
#fashion #wearable computing
Article Research

DuoSkin selected as a finalist in the 2017 World Technology Awards

DuoSkin was one of four finalists in the Design category of the 2017 World Technology Awards.

via 2017 World Technology Awards · Jan. 25, 2018
in Living Mobile
#fashion #wearable computing #interfaces
Project Research

DuoSkin

DuoSkin is a fabrication process that enables anyone to create customized functional devices that can be attached directly to the skin. U...

in Living Mobile
Cindy Hsin-Liu Kao · Andres Calvo +1 more
#art #fashion #wearable computing +1 more
Project Research

Kino

This work explores a dynamic future in which the accessories we wear are no longer static, but are instead mobile, living objects on the ...

in Living Mobile
Cindy Hsin-Liu Kao · Deborah Ajilo +2 more
#robotics #design #fashion +3 more
Article Research

A bacteria-laden shirt that ventilates in response to sweat

In 2013, bioengineer Wen Wang, then a research scientist at MIT, attended a talk on how Bacillus spores shrink in response to falling rel...

via The Scientist · Sept. 1, 2017
in Tangible Media
#fashion
Post Research

DuoSkin rolls out on the runway

From sci-fi to the real world: DuoSkin's temporary tattoos turn your body into an interface.

March 22, 2017
in Living Mobile
#fashion #wearable computing #interfaces
Article Research

FabricKeyboard, la tastiera di tessuto del MIT

È un’interfaccia collegabile a computer e sintetizzatori, è responsive come un pad e suonabile quanto una primordiale tastiera.

via Wired Italia · June 26, 2017
in Responsive Environments
#design #fashion #music +2 more
Article Research

MIT's Experimental Keyboard Is Unlike Any Instrument You've Seen (Or Heard)

In a new project from MIT Media Lab, the FabricKeyboard is an instrument you play by pressing, twisting, pulling and stretching.

via Fast Co.Design · June 14, 2017
in Responsive Environments
#design #fashion #music +2 more
Article Research

8 ways technology is disrupting the design industry

via Interior Design · April 13, 2017
in Living Mobile
#fashion #interfaces
Project Research

Tranceflora—Amy's Glowing Silk

We collaborated with NIAS (National Institute of Agricultural Science) to genetically engineer silkworms to develop new kinds of silk for...

in Design Fiction
Sputniko!
#art #bioengineering #fashion +1 more
Project Research

NailO

NailO is a wearable input device in the form of a commercialized nail art sticker. It works as a miniaturized trackpad the size and thick...

in Living Mobile · Responsive Environments
Cindy Hsin-Liu Kao · Artem Dementyev +2 more
#fashion #wearable computing
Article Research

These temporary tattoos turn you into a temporary cyborg

March 17, 2017 - MIT Media Lab's DuoSkin won the SciFi No Longer prize at the 2017 SXSW Innovation Awards.

via The Washington Post · March 22, 2017
in Living Mobile
#fashion #wearable computing
Article Research

DuoSkin wins 2017 SXSW Interactive Innovation Award

DuoSkin is a winner of the 2017 SXSW Interactive Innovation Awards.

via SXSW Interactive · March 22, 2017
in Living Mobile
#fashion #wearable computing
Article Research

Dezeen's top 10 visions for the future according to 2016

via Dezeen · Dec. 14, 2016
in Living Mobile
#fashion #wearable computing
Archived
Project Research

Awakened Apparel

This project investigates soft mechanisms, origami, and fashion. We created a modified Miura-fold skirt that changes shape through pneuma...

in Object-Based Media
V. Michael Bove · Kent Larson +2 more
#fashion
Archived
Project Research

Fablur

Fablur explores the limit of the self in its relationship to others through the medium of clothing. The augmented gown uses a rear dome p...

in Opera of the Future
Tod Machover · Rebecca Kleinberger
#fashion

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