Presentatie tijdens #devdate nr. 5 over wearable senses door Maarten Versteeg en Michel Peeters van Industrial Design, TU/e

1. Wearable Senses
ir. Maarten Versteeg
ir. Michel Peeters
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2. Smaller, faster, more powerful
Medical
Implant
published
in
Bloomberg
Businessweek
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3. Industrial Design
• Designing intelligent product, systems and related
services in a societal context
• Societal transformation
• Seven themes
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4. grote trends
- vergrijzing
- sedentary lifestyle
- continue verbondenheid
- ....
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5. grote trends
- vergrijzing
- sedentary lifestyle
- continue verbondenheid
- ....
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6. Wearable Senses
• Designing intelligent product, systems and related
services in a societal context on or close-to-the-body
• Permanent staff & freelancers
• Tools & skills
• Research & education
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7. body
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8. textile
Meerthe
Heuvelings
-­‐
Tech
&
Fashion:
a
sustainable
combina?on?
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9. technology
Grote
Industries
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10. body
technology textile
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11. body
technology textile
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12. Data from the Body
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13. body
technology textile
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14. Novel Interfacing
Designer:
Jordy
Rooijakkers
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15. body
technology textile
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16. New
Materials Sewing
&
Soldering
SoI
vs.
Hard New
CraIsmanship
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17. Two worlds merge...
Textiles World Electronics World
light heavy (batteries)
breathable solid
foldable / drapable at most once
washable usually non-washable
‘imprecise’ dimensions precise dimensions
damages/flaws have low impact damages have high impact
.... ....
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18. body
WS
technology textile
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19. Tender
Designers:
Kris?
Kuusk,
Mar?jn
ten
Bhömer,
Paula
Kassenaar
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20. http://vimeo.com/51436809
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21. Tender
• networked modules
• ‘Knit & Wear’-technology
• carrier for research
• streamlining product creation and realization
process through multi-stakeholder collaboration
body
technology textile
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22. Flowtime
Designer:
Ralph
Zoontjens
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23. http://vimeo.com/52259761
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24. Flowtime
• garment, device, user experience, living room
• technology integration
• mature prototyping
body
technology textile
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25. UnLace
Designer:
Eef
Lubbers
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26. http://vimeo.com/44372094
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27. UnLace
• craftsmanship: bobbin lacing
• technology integration
• new type of interaction / feedback
• new frame of reference
body
technology textile
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28. PeR
Designer:
Eva
Deckers
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29. http://vimeo.com/58873417
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30. PeR
• canvas for behavior and new meaning
• carrier for research on perceptive products
• machine-tufted textile and electronics
body
technology textile
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31. Bouncers
Designer:
Terence
Nelson
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32. http://bouncersapp.com/video/bouncers.mp4
Soon
available
in
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33. Bouncers
• measure and share daily activity
• ‘always ON’: unlocking longitudinal data
• peripheral meaningful data vs. numbers
• society and wellbeing
body
technology textile
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34. Wearable technologies
• utilize untouched richness, qualities and
interaction possibilities
• strong value proposition
• new skills and attitudes required
• need for multi-stakeholder collaboration to
bridge two worlds; textiles and electronics
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35. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION
www.wearablesenses.net
info@wearablesenses.net
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