Wearable Tech Design - Week 1

Despina Papadopoulos Wearable Tech Design - Spring 2016 ITP / NYU

Wearable Technology in the Year e-textiles & Wearable Technologies from future tense to present


Wearable Technology in the Year 2015


The 'Glasses Apostle' by Conrad von Soest, 1403


Museum of Contemporary Crafts, New York, “Body Coverings”, 1968, - photo form Body Coverings catalogue

Despina Papadopoulos Wearable Tech Design - Spring 2016 ITP / NYU Diana Dew, Harper’s Bazaar, 1967


Howard and Marion Armstrong in 1923 at the beach with the world’s first “portable” radio


Studio 5050 / Principled Design, 2005



Growing Consumer Interest

Key Wearable Technology Markets, Sept. 9 2015, IDTechEx


…the wearable electronics business powers from $20 billion in 2015 to almost $70 billion in 2025

Key Wearable Technology Markets, Sept. 9 2015, IDTechEx

Wearable Electronics Market



IFAI’s market research manager Jeff Rasmussen says that the worldwide smart fabrics market is growing at an annual rate of about 18 percent from about $984 million in 2011 to a projected $1.9 billion in 2015.

Smart Fabrics Market Projections


Limited consumer demand – Rapidly expanding demand for comfort and performance in apparel and footwear, growing demand for Internet of Things Applications

Limited range of technical materials – Expanding range of textiles with new material characteristics including conductive threads, phase-changing materials and stretchable electronics

Component cost and performance – Advances and drops in price for sensors and other electronic components including battery power

Past Market Barriers Rapidly Disappearing


Paul Smith, A Suit to Travel In, 2015

Increased interest (and opportunity) in performance fabrics


Increased interest (and opportunity) in performance fabrics


Other Materials


Systems


Conductive Threads


Coats metallized thread antenna on RFID tag

Conductive Threads


Sensing Fabrics (under development)

Google’s Jacquard Project


Other materials (under development)

DuPont’s stretchable inks for wearable electronics


Wearable Computing

Intel’s Curie


Wearable Computing

mbient

The C series are low-cost sensors ideal for motion, location, and wearable applications.

This is the smallest platform and powers products the size of a button with sensors that temperature, pressure, accelerometer, gyro, magnetometer, and light sensors.


The price of an accelerometer in 2005/2006 was about $3.0 and today the price of an accelerometer with better performance and more embedded features (FIFO, temperature sensors, wake-up function, interrupt generator,…) has fallen considerably below $0.50 for high volumes.

Other Components


Other materials (under development)


Sensoria, Monitors your foot-landing technique as you run


Om Signal Bra


Polo Shirt, designer by Om Signal


Monitors breathing as well their body position, sleeping temperature, activity level, and whether they’re asleep


The Unseen’s AIR collection, a series of handmade leather garments which respond to unseen changes in the environment


The Quest for Connectors


Examples


Wearables & e-textiles Apparel

compelling applications

design

materials/supply chain

manufacturing

technology know-how

< strategy >

The Building Blocks


“Clothes will always outsell phones”- Dr. Michael Burrows, DuPont


The Jacquard Loom, invented by Joseph Marie Jacquard, around 1801.

The binary principle embodied in the punched-card operation of the loom was inspiration for the data processing machines to come.


• Active Sportswear and Specialty Footwear

• Military and Uniform

• Health Care

• Older Adult Applications • Industrial and Enterprise Applications

• Social (Communication) and Expressive Applications • Other?

Applications - Industries


From Concept to Service: Wearable Technology Challenge for End-to-End Solutions

Twenty odd years trending and still we have few (if any) examples of truly integrated wearable technology examples that have reached market scalability. Most examples of wearable technology are akin to a “cottage-industry”– handmade, bespoke and expressive, more couture than ready-to-wear, reminiscent of the pre-industrial revolution methods of production for textiles and clothing.

The challenges we had 20 years ago remain largely the same despite growing market interest in the area. But with new developments in rapid prototyping and e-textiles we are in a much better place today to address some of the major roadblocks in taking wearable technologies to scale and disrupting the current manufacturing infrastructure.


Timeline

Jan 25 Feb 1 Feb 8 Feb 22

Feb 29 Mar 7 Mar 21 Mar 28

Apr 4 Apr 11 Apr 18 Apr 25

concept development - design principles - requirements specifications

design prototype - iterations - materials finalized

production and documentation

prototype

make-up class 1-on-1s


1. Develop compelling use-cases and gathering requirements – identify applications, services and wearable environments that address human needs and an engagement model that goes beyond the much quoted 6-month drop-off rate for most existing wearable devices. How do we activate behavioural change, a need for delight and magic, or look at the needs of emergency responders, nurses, and chronically ill patients? Whether we design a wearable environment for dance performers, first responders or expectant mothers, our focus will be in designing a compelling system that addresses the needs of said user’s need and environment and goes beyond single use scenarios.


Timeline

Jan 25 Feb 1 Feb 8

concept development - design principles - requirements


2. Turn requirements to design and technology specifications – having identified a target audience and their needs, we will work to select existing technologies and solutions and specify how our wearable solutions addresses each requirement, making sure that intention, design and creative vision are retained in specifications.


Timeline




3. Experiment with solutions for with an eye to manufacturability and scale – we will look at existing manufacturing processes and come up with solutions that can be adapted to manufacturing or crate solutions that do not yet exist. Experimentation and rapid prototyping will be the focus of this phase while we develop design guidelines and development specs.


Timeline




design prototype - iterations - materials finalized prototype


4. Develop a final prototype and production plan – at this stage we will build a robust prototype that addresses production needs and outlines how we will source and take prototypes to scalable products.

We will do these with an eye to integration and scalability and with placing special emphasis on design and rapid, iterative prototyping. Visiting guests will provide context on processes in the apparel and footwear industry as well as updates on emerging solutions in e-textiles and conductive yarn developments.


Timeline



Apr 4 Apr 11 Apr 18 Apr 25


design prototype - iterations - materials finalized

production and documentation

prototype

make-up class 1-on-1s


Timeline

Feb 1

WHO WHAT WHEN (HOW) WHY


Basic Requirements

- Who is it for? (detailed user profile)

- What conditions does it need to respond to?

- How is it to be worn?

- What is the MVP (minimum viable product)?

- What is the eco-system of use?

- What would be the cost that could justified added technology/comfort?


WHAT INSPIRES

YOU?


WHAT do

you want to…


seefeel

touch


weave


Assignment(s)

Weave a circuitTrack a favorite garment

Create a mood/inspiration board


Readings

http://www.textileworld.com/textile-world/features/2010/04/e-textiles-for-wearability-review-of-integration-technologies/

https://aeon.co/essays/how-textiles-repeatedly-revolutionised-human-technology

http://www.textileworld.com/textile-world/features/2010/04/e-textiles-for-wearability-review-of-integration-technologies/

https://aeon.co/essays/how-textiles-repeatedly-revolutionised-human-technology


And Finally …

Class Participation: 30%

Readings / Weekly Assignments: 40%

Final Project: 30%


And Finally …

Class Participation: 30%

Readings / Weekly Assignments: 40%

Final Project: 30%

be on time

communicate issues

no computers / cell phones in class


thank you

Despina Papadopoulos [email protected]

www.principled-design.com

www.wwaadvisors.com

@changemodel

http://www.principled-design.com

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