Philips SKIN and the Future of Emotional Communication
April 11, 2008 by UltraFuture
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Philips has developed new emotion sensitive apparel, called SKIN. I blogged about some older products from Philips in the Philips Lumalive post. The newest fabrics and designs are very cool and very UltraFuture. They actually adjust color and form, meaning that you can communicate your moods via your clothes.  Design Probe is an in-house far-future research program that considers what lifestyles might be like in 2020.The SKIN probe project is part of the program and challenges the notion that our lives are automatically better because they are more digital. It looks at more ‘analog’ phenomena like emotional sensing, exploring technologies that are ’sensitive’ rather than ‘intelligent’. Two outfits have been developed as part of SKIN to identify a new way of communicating with those around us by using garments as proxies to convey deep feelings that are difficult to express in words. The Bubelle - Blush Dress comprises two layers, the inner layer of which is equipped with sensors that respond to changes in the wearer’s emotions and projects them onto the outer textile. The body suit Frisson has LEDs that illuminate according to the wearer’s state of excitement. Both measure skin signals and change light emission through biometric sensing technology. (from design.philips and trendhunter) |
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