December 19, 2011 at 17:04About Wi-Fi in a dress, LED underwear and printing a pair of shoes
Alison Lewis is an amazing woman who is also well versed in fashion and IT technology. If you still don’t know why dresses with Wi-Fi are needed, why the most important thing for winter fashion is the thinnest fabric with heating, how the latest biotechnologies can be used, and how close we are to Surrogates, you’ll get to it right away.
Under the cat, her lecture on bleeding edge-technologies is in fashion , plus the main presentation of theses for those who are too lazy to watch. The technology of the sea: from banal underwear with LEDs and 3D printing of shoes to changing skin pigmentation and a prototype linen handbag with built-in electronics to change colors on the fly, which will soon go into production.
Here is a video of the performance in two languages.
Alison started from afar: at first she mentioned fashion history as such, reminded that the aerospace industry largely determined materials of the 30-60s, reminded of Paco Rabana, who suddenly realized that such technogenic materials as rubber, rubber, nylon and other things can be set not only in a tank, but also turned into very sexual images. Then came the game with the light, and then - embedding computers in clothes.
The lecture began with a short retrospective: the increasing miniaturization of computers, a variety of energy sources, biosynthetic developments, robotics ... in sportswear, for example, built-in heart rate sensors that can transfer data to the iPad are already actively used.
More interesting examples are paired shirts with tactile feedback (you can hug a loved one, or you can give yourself a face). An even more interesting example of adaptive technology is that a glove helps a woman with memory loss syndrome. A lady touches objects on which her husband previously recorded audio information, and recalls why they are needed.
Robotics allows you to take a fresh look at the design of dresses or hats. Robotic corsets modify the silhouette and design of the outfit. Synthetic biology uses viruses and molds to mutate objects. Alison fell in love with the dress she saw at the exhibition, which filters the air due to reagents growing on its surface (mold).
Alison loves the proliferation of 3D printing items. She says that the topic is already popular in several countries - you can quickly and efficiently make shoes, for example. Probably, it looks like this: "Darling, now he will finish the shoes to my hairstyle, and we finally go!".
Alison believes that in the future there will be a lot of augmented reality, tattoos with a change in skin pigmentation, dynamic repainting of the iris of the eye ... In general, Lewis believes that changes in the body will begin soon, and not just the image. If before the hairstyle and hair color could not serve as signs of a woman, then it seems that soon, many more will be added to this list.
In the finale, inspired Alison reveals her projects and those of colleagues developed over the past 9 years. Not everyone is ready to produce full-fledged things, but Alison is sure that accessories with technological elements will definitely become popular in the coming years.
In conclusion, she made the premiere screening of a video about a novelty - a handbag that changes color from touching it: this will be the first linen handbag with built-in electronics, which will be produced not at a clothing factory, but at a high-tech factory.
Here are some interesting things:
Rings for couples that transfer the warmth of touching from one ring to another anywhere in the world.
The jacket, where you can send the image from the phone via Bluetooth, was first shown in 2004. For athletes, an option is being developed with a pulse and other vital indicators in the picture.
A simple thing in terms of technology: a luminous dress.
And shoes with backlight.
Backlit wallet. So Alison solved her eternal problem with finding the right things in a small but very stuffed women's bag.
Prototype clothing with physical feedback.
The picture at the beginning of the post is a solar-powered swimsuit that can power small electronics.
A few more points surfaced in the discussion:
With all this, Alison believes that online shopping will not replace the usual for a long time: after all, any thing needs to be watched and felt. To some extent, this captivates and very convinces one of sobriety of the assessment: after all, a fan of innovations would argue that online would soon supplant the real.
Under the cat, her lecture on bleeding edge-technologies is in fashion , plus the main presentation of theses for those who are too lazy to watch. The technology of the sea: from banal underwear with LEDs and 3D printing of shoes to changing skin pigmentation and a prototype linen handbag with built-in electronics to change colors on the fly, which will soon go into production.
Here is a video of the performance in two languages.
Summary
Alison started from afar: at first she mentioned fashion history as such, reminded that the aerospace industry largely determined materials of the 30-60s, reminded of Paco Rabana, who suddenly realized that such technogenic materials as rubber, rubber, nylon and other things can be set not only in a tank, but also turned into very sexual images. Then came the game with the light, and then - embedding computers in clothes.
I always wondered how fast the convergence of these two worlds would go: fashion and technology. And the events of the last 30 years leave no doubt that it happened.
Magical
The lecture began with a short retrospective: the increasing miniaturization of computers, a variety of energy sources, biosynthetic developments, robotics ... in sportswear, for example, built-in heart rate sensors that can transfer data to the iPad are already actively used.
More interesting examples are paired shirts with tactile feedback (you can hug a loved one, or you can give yourself a face). An even more interesting example of adaptive technology is that a glove helps a woman with memory loss syndrome. A lady touches objects on which her husband previously recorded audio information, and recalls why they are needed.
Robotics allows you to take a fresh look at the design of dresses or hats. Robotic corsets modify the silhouette and design of the outfit. Synthetic biology uses viruses and molds to mutate objects. Alison fell in love with the dress she saw at the exhibition, which filters the air due to reagents growing on its surface (mold).
The real
Alison loves the proliferation of 3D printing items. She says that the topic is already popular in several countries - you can quickly and efficiently make shoes, for example. Probably, it looks like this: "Darling, now he will finish the shoes to my hairstyle, and we finally go!".
Alison believes that in the future there will be a lot of augmented reality, tattoos with a change in skin pigmentation, dynamic repainting of the iris of the eye ... In general, Lewis believes that changes in the body will begin soon, and not just the image. If before the hairstyle and hair color could not serve as signs of a woman, then it seems that soon, many more will be added to this list.
In the finale, inspired Alison reveals her projects and those of colleagues developed over the past 9 years. Not everyone is ready to produce full-fledged things, but Alison is sure that accessories with technological elements will definitely become popular in the coming years.
In conclusion, she made the premiere screening of a video about a novelty - a handbag that changes color from touching it: this will be the first linen handbag with built-in electronics, which will be produced not at a clothing factory, but at a high-tech factory.
Here are some interesting things:
Rings for couples that transfer the warmth of touching from one ring to another anywhere in the world.
The jacket, where you can send the image from the phone via Bluetooth, was first shown in 2004. For athletes, an option is being developed with a pulse and other vital indicators in the picture.
A simple thing in terms of technology: a luminous dress.
And shoes with backlight.
Backlit wallet. So Alison solved her eternal problem with finding the right things in a small but very stuffed women's bag.
Prototype clothing with physical feedback.
The picture at the beginning of the post is a solar-powered swimsuit that can power small electronics.
A few more points surfaced in the discussion:
- In 2015, almost every fashion house will have an R&D department.
- In the coming years, accessories with high-tech filling will be quite expensive: about $ 500 in the United States. Five years later, the cost will begin to decline, but not at the expense of quality.
- Now everything is funded by research grants, later it is planned to work with venture funds.
- For us, accessories with electronics are safe. Not for the environment. But, nevertheless, the manufacture of piece shoes to order is harmless than mass production.
- One of the most anticipated technologies in fashion is a thin heating fabric, which, it seems, is made for the military. Being a civilian, it will invert the whole world of winter fashion.
With all this, Alison believes that online shopping will not replace the usual for a long time: after all, any thing needs to be watched and felt. To some extent, this captivates and very convinces one of sobriety of the assessment: after all, a fan of innovations would argue that online would soon supplant the real.