New project plan 2

Title: Everyday Inventory Bag for Kids

A belt bag for Kids
When the kids put the bag around the hips and lock the closing the eye of the shark starts to glow.

For the Kids this could visualize something like their stuff is protected by the shark, but the lights (maybe in an advanced version of the bag with more than one LED) could also be used to protect the kids in the twilight or darkness on the streets.

Things I need:

• conductive yarn, cunductive fabric (optional)
• velcro, buttons or a belt buckle
• fabrics
• LEDs
• battery & batteryholder

first prototype:

New project plan

concept:

jojeste (Jona Hoier, Jeldrik Schmuch, Stefan Kainbacher)

a fabric painted with heat sensitive ink is placed into a frame.
a dynamo that is combined with a wheel is connected to a wire-image that is placed behind the fabric.
If someone is turning the wheel the dynamo creates electricity that is flowing through the wire that is producing heat wich let the ink on the fabric changing its color and makes the image visible.

In a further step we want to have several images that will crate some kind of animation controlled by switches

materials:

frame, dynamo, wheel, wire, heat sensitive ink, fabric

thermochromic ink examples

There are some examples of thermochromic ink products on ctiink site.

http://www.ctiinks.com/page.asp?pageid=0|4|89|126&id=0|thermochomic_portfolio

loudness of intimacy

Sonic fabrics unique property is creating sounds via drawing a soundhead over the weaved soundtapes. We will use the contrast between sound and silence. Defining specific zones on our shirts that are “silent” (the normal white t-shirt) and “loud” (spots of sonic fabric) should envision our understanding of “private zones” and “public zones” of clothes. The sound is produced with the hand (wearing a glove with the soundhead in it).
In future we think about extending this version with the posibility mixing and visualising the produced sound.

Equipment:

- 2 white T-Shirts
- gloves
- walkman
- battery
- loudspeakers

Conductive thread project plan

Dynamic wearable display

jojeste (Jona Hoier, Jeldrik Schmuch, Stefan Kainbacher)

We will sew a matrix of squares, that will be painted with heat sensitive color (for presentation 8×6 matrix). Every single square could be connected to a battery, what will force the color – on top of the squares – to transform. By doing that we want to create a dynamic display that could be controlled via any interface (e. g. Mobile phones, micro-controllers, …) in a later approach.

Materials
- T-Shirt (white)
- Heat sensitive color (green, black?)
- conductive seam
- battery (9V)

Additional Material

I have additional material of Sonic Fabric and Thermochromic ink (yellow-orange) from Sabine.Please contact me if you need them.

Thanks,

Mika

Luminex Project: Magic Blowing Cloth

Luminex’s unique property of emitting its own light lets it stand out from our everyday life cloth. Its self-portrayal “glowing” quality turns itself into a magical artifact.

Our challenge is to find the right performance for this glamorous cloth. Presenting Luminex as “the magic blowing cloth“ to emphasize its quality of glamorous glow. Amount of light emitted by Luminex changes as an audience blows onto the blow sensor.
A mythic story around this cloth is told in a short animation at the beginning of the presentation to spice up this fictional artifact.

“Luminex, “the magic blowing cloth
will shines and glows in a dark with a magic spell of a blow. “

Equipment request: Projector to show the animation at the beginning and the room has to remain dark since Luminex is not very bright.

Description text for the website of the “Design-Tagung”

Technologie und Textil sind nicht so weit voneinander entfernt. Die beiden Koordinaten des Webens, Kette und Schuß, korrespondieren mit der binären Logik von 0 und 1 eines Computerschaltkreises. Elektronische Textilien resultieren aus der Integration von Computertechnologie, Textiltechnologie und textilem Material. Smart Textiles – auch elektronische Textilien oder funktionelle Textilien genannt – integrieren Sensorik (z. B. biometrischer Daten), Kommunikation (vor allem drahtlos), Energie und wenn notwendig Mikroprozessoren, spezifische textile Eigenschaften (Haptik, Formbarkeit, Weichheit, …) und Design.
Die Studienrichtungen Interface Cultures (Institut für Medien) geleitet von Prof. Sommerer und Textil/Kunst&Design (Institut Kunst und Gestaltung) geleitet von Prof. Persson, begannen bereits 2005 eine lose Kooperation. Die Kooperation ist ein internationales Pilotprojekt, das von Sabine Seymour initiiert wurde und das eine Kombination des Know-how in den Bereichen Textiltechnologie, Textildesign und digitale Technologien zum Ziel hat. Der Fokus der Zusammenarbeit liegt in der Schaffung interaktiver elektronischer tragbarer Textilien im hochwertigen Design.
Sabine Seymour präsentiert Trends und Projekte zum Bereich Emotionale Kleidung. StudentInnen der Lehrveranstaltung Fashionable Technology von Sabine Seymour stellen ‘Fashionhack’ Projekte aus der Wunderkiste vor. Diese Projekte sollen die Eigenschaften der Materialien und mögliche Anwendungen demonstrieren. Dies sind zum Beispiel Farben, die auf Wärme reagieren, Textilien, mit dem man Sound erzeugen kann, Fäden, die Elektrizität leiten und ein textiles Objekt Textil, das zum Leuchten gebracht werden kann.

Technology and textile are not so far apart from each other. The two coordinates of weaving, warp and weft , correspond to the binary logic of 0 and 1 in a computer circuit. Electronic textiles result from the integration of computer technology, textile technology and textile material. Smart textiles – also called electronic textiles or functional textiles- integrate sensor technology (e.g. biometric data), communication (above all wireless), energy, and, if necessary, microprocessors, specific textile characteristics (haptic, mouldability, softness,…) and design.
First co-operation of the classes of Interface Cultures (Institute for Media) led by Professor Sommerer and Textile/Art&Design (Institute for Art and Design) led by Professor Persson, started in 2005. This co-operation is an international pilot project, initiated by Sabine Seymour, which aims to combine know-how within the ranges of textile technology, textile design and digital technology. The focus lies on the creation of interactive electronic wearable textiles of high-quality design.
Sabine Seymour presents trends and projects correlated to the topic of emotional clothing. Students of Sabine Seymour s Fashionable Technology class present projects out of the ‘fashionhack miracle box’. These projects are to demonstrate the properties of different materials and possible applications. These are for example colors reacting to change of temperature, textiles, with which one can produce sound, threads with the ability of leading electricity and a textile object which can be illuminated.
–English text translated by Irmgard. Thanks!

Notepad: Interesting stuff we came across …

Die Discokugel zum Anziehen
day-for-night (modular extensible reconfigurable)

ASSIGNMENT “THE FASHION HACK” & DESIGN-TAGUNG

Please become familiar with both blogs. In particular follow up on the work done at Parsons.

Blog Linz: www.fashionabletechnology.org/interface
Blog Parsons: http://a.parsons.edu/~fashiontech_fall2006/weblog/

ASSIGNMENT
Due: November 8, 2006. The projects have to work by then!
See the project by Shannon from Parsons. Assignment 3 on the Blog from Parsons – the Panda bear children’s handbags.

Send you project ideas with a description of the materials you might need to Mika by TUESDAY, October 17. This will allow us to see what materials are needed, whether the idea is feasable, etc.
The next day on November 9, 2006 you will be showing them at the Design-Tagung-06. Be aware that the theme of the conference is Design & Emotion. What do I mean with showing? Similar to what I did in class today: You first present the project and show how it works. Then people from the audience (hopefully active) will then try out to do the same. For example: Scratch the Sonicfabric.

Please be aware that this is your first assignment, your “Fashionhack” project, to get familiar with the subject, the use of materials, conductive textiles, … It is NOT the final project. Use the materials available. We will order more but those will most likely not come in time for November 9.

MATERIALS
The following are the materials and who has what:
Timm: Conductive thread (Be CAREFUL in using it. I need it back!), thermochromic ink
Mika: Luminex, Sonicfabric, Phase changing material
I have more Sonicfabric and a thermochromic ink that changes from purple to pink in Vienna and will send it. Mika will have it. Please do not use all. Those are my only samples I have right now. Also, do NOT destroy them i.e. Luminex. First try out the various properties.

We have a limited budget. Please check with Mika and let her know what you might need. We will then decide whether it is feasable. Please note that it might not come in time. Buy what is really needed immediately and what you can get easily (i.e. at Konrad).

NEXT PHASE
If the projects are considered suitable for the museum by Nicoletta Blacher who runs the museum we will evaluate the projects shown on November 9. Only by then the projects for the Robolab will be decided and are due in January 2007 at the end of the semester. The projects should be able to be demonstrated by assistents at the museum and interesting for kids/teenagers.

COLLABORATION WITH PARSONS
After this first “Fashionhack” we will talk about potential project ideas, collaboration with ideas developed at Parsons, etc. So no worries about it right now. Become familiar with the Blog from Parsons: Alison Lewis (who is co-teaching with me in NYC) and I are posting a lot of information. Also check out some of the blogs or websites from previous classes at Parsons: http://a.parsons.edu/~fashiontech and the last 2 semesters at IC (see the blog).