Justin Geeslin

Tag: wearables

  • Apple Watch Privacy, 1

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    Monday morning, readings for a wearable technology class. Sounds like people are having days where the only time their heart rate spikes is during masturbation? If people are concerned about data collected during sex, they should consider the microphone too. Or that little place in the Apple Watches memory that’s always recording to listen for…

  • KnitDermis 2

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    Cranberry… assis with self-fitting That’s cool. Isn’t she from here? I find the comparisons to large air cartridges so effective for what they’re trying to convey. Let’s skip ahead now and see how this study went. Wait good graphics Wow. I never thought about many of these places. haptic feedback or dynamic protection Protection? From…

  • KnitDermis

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    Required reading for a seminar course. KnitDermis The guy pitching this in class said something on skin interfaces, which I heard of. I’ll go in order that I’ve read is helpful, front, back, save the middle for last. shape-memory allow micro-springs Why didn’t is see that coming? 😄 It looks like someone is able to…

  • The Second Skin, Ch 8 Role & Status

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    I’ve been thinking about gender schema since last summer, starting with the Lara Croft paper and other influences. Another thing is how our bodies and our clothing enables us to live as who we are, in the roles we prefer. I think about those whose bodies do not enable the roles they prefer. What a…

  • Wild

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    Somewhere I read that shape memory alloys was a sensation in Japan in bras? Like NiTi, the whole thing. True? Google Scholar: shape memory alloys bra wires Apparently, there’s a chapter on “Applications of superelastic alloys in the clothing, sports and leisure industries” from a book “Shape Memory and Superelastic Alloys” What is superelasticity? How…

  • Wild

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    Does clothing have a code? Empirical findings and theoretical implications in the study of clothing as a means of communication – ScienceDirect Fundamental and applicable. Clothing does have a code, language is a good metaphor and so we can entertain these strange connections that might come out of analogy and a connection matrix. Last week…

  • Wild

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    I’m curious about foraging for information in clothing. I don’t know if anyone has put these two together before. Maybe it won’t be fruitful, but it seems interesting. Other animals exhibit what might be called information or information scent and this is a biological advantage. That’s my current thought so far. My curiosity with clothing…

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    I wonder if someone in trouble in the Cyberia suit could be made to look like they’re in trouble, in ways richer than a flash LED. Has anyone tried to predict information scent? Google Scholar: measuring information scent The Scent of a Site: A System for Analyzing and Predicting Information Scent, Usage, and Usability of…

  • functional clothing design 2, Cyberia Suit

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    I think I keep coming back to this because User Testing is one of my favorite things to do from the UI world. So, I’m really interested in how people evaluate wearable products and interfaces. > The electronic components … needed to be separated into smaller units and distributed around the body… most capable of…