{"299181":{"#nid":"299181","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Industrial Design students show work at Solid Wearable Tech Showcase","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EIndustrial design students studying in the School of Industrial Design\u0027s Interactive Products Lab have their work on display at the Solid Wearable Tech Showcase in San Francisco. \u003Cbr \/\u003EThe lab has a focus on soft-goods wearable technology that is embedded in clothing and accessories. The projects monitor the moving body in different ways, and provide visual, audible, and haptic feedback in response.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe projects being displayed at the showcase include:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EBallet Hero\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBallet Hero is a full-body dance instruction garment, intended to help new dancers better understand the motions the instructor is making, and move in sync with them. The project uses lit bands on the arms and legs of the garment to break the dancer\u0027s moves down into the flashing keyframes, and are used to signal the student when they are out of sync.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EgloSkirt\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDesigned in collaboration with gloATL, an experimental dance company based out of Atlanta, the skirt has a network of sensors and LEDs sewn into the lining. As the dancer moves, the skirt compresses and pulses the lights in response -- enhancing the dance performance and drawing attention to subtle movements.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ENASA Shirt\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ESponsored by NASA, and exhibited at the 2013 Johnson Space Center Wearable Technology Symposium, this shirt is designed to address the challenges of moving in space. The garment uses a series of bend and stretch sensors to detect movement along the arm, with the intent of using the data to predict overuse and help prevent injury.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003Eglo Hoodie\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EAnother collaboration with gloATL, this hoodie is designed to augment the dancer\u0027s performance, and to give them a palette of 50 LEDs to play with on the surface of their clothing. The garment has an accelerometer and RFID tags embedded in it, with a reader on the wrist that senses the tags and plays back animations the pair with the choreography.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EHaptic Mirror Therapy Gloves\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe gloves are designed to enhance the efficacy of mirror therapy -- a therapeutic technique used to treat arms and hands weakened by the effects of a stroke. This is done by allowing the user to stimulate the fingertips of their affected hand by tapping the fingers of their unaffected hand, and playing back that stimulation with layers of haptic, audible, and visual feedback. 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