According to Forbes, this idea of innovation has taken on a whole new idea; technology. Using devices like 3D printers and scanners, designers have been able to make clothing that are essentially computers.
Microsoft Research made the dress below. You can text a message onto the dress, where the message will be displayed as you wear it. This is possible by attaching a laptop, projector and four circuit boards to the dress.
Essentially, whoever wears this dress is creating their own piece of fashion. No one else will have the same message you choose to display.
A technology-designed dress was even debuted at this year's Fashion Week in Paris.
Yes, the dress pictured here is a 3D pattern. I repeat, a 3D pattern. This was a collaboration between designer Iris Van Herpen and MIT Media Lab's professor Neri Oxman.
The first of those who established wearable technology have deemed the idea as wearable computing. So, if you wear one of these designs, you are wearing a computer that is operating for the purpose of clothing. It's kind of cyclical if you think about it. You are wearing the piece because it's computer-generated and, without the computer, there would be no piece to wear.
The fashion world has been working on textile innovations for years. For instance, they were able to invent thread that, when heated, sews itself up. However, this idea of a wearable computer takes that innovation idea to a whole new level. Designers can't be just about fashion anymore; they need to be about technology too.
No comments:
Post a Comment