[Bradford] Wearable computing workshop, Saturday 27th April.

[John R. Hudson]

Good to hear your trip was so interesting.

Report at the next meeting?

John
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On Tue, 2013-04-23 at 21:09 +0100, Alice Kaerast wrote:
> There's a few wearable computing groups in Toronto doing some cool
> stuff, and the universities there have some really exciting courses
> [0]
> 
> 
> They had an exhibition while I was there recently with some really
> cool stuff [1]
> 
> 
> I particularly like the technologies which connect people, like
> Closeness [2] - interactive jewellery which glows different colors
> according to your distance from the paired device.  But you could go
> further with this.  In the zine Designing The Future Of Sex [3], they
> suggest a bracelet with a heart rate monitor, gsm modem and actuator
> to mirror each other's pulse - which we can't be too far from being
> able to actually create.  Since the zine is obviously NSFW, I'll paste
> an excerpt here:
> 
> 
> Obviously, at first a bracelet like this would be distracting. 
> Eventually, though, given enough time to get used to the stimulus,
> does 
> it fall into sensory integration? If so, what does that end up meaning
> —
> can you tell when someone wakes up, what the rhythm of their day is, 
> just from a heartbeat? How does it cross over into in-person
> interactions?
> There are some studies that have shown that even loud music can apply
> a
> synchronizing effect to the heart’s rhythm—would this do that? What 
> happens when you have multiple partners, and receive multiple 
> heartbeats via different actuators
> 
> 
> There are some other really interesting ideas in that zine, many of
> which we could at least build the first generation of today.
> 
> 
> I'm at the Keighley Worth Valley Railway's diesel gala all this
> weekend, but I wish you all be best with this workshop and look
> forward to hearing about what creations you come up with.
> 
> 
> [0] http://www.ocadu.ca/students/records_registration/course_calendar/1213/postgraduate/certificate_programs/wearable_technology.htm
> [1] http://webspace.ocad.ca/~technosapien/
> [2] http://webspace.ocad.ca/technosapien/index.php/projects/closeness/
> [3] http://anarchotranshumanzine.files.wordpress.com/2012/11/dfos.pdf
> 
> 
> -- 
> Regards
> Alice
> 
> 
> 
> On 23 April 2013 20:46, Andrew Back <andrew at carrierdetect.com> wrote:
>         Hello,
>         
>         This Saturday Bridge Rectifier are hosting a wearable
>         computing
>         workshop, that will be based around LilyPad Arduino, at the
>         town hall
>         in Hebden Bridge. Further details and registration can be
>         found at:
>         
>           http://brwearable.eventbrite.co.uk/
>         
>         Cheers,
>         
>         Andrew
>         
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>         http://carrierdetect.com
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> Mx Alice Kaerast
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