Alma and Females
At the beginning of July, the team started working on how to build ramifications within Alma’s ecosystem by answering this question: In what ways can wearable technology further improve the life of Females? This involved looking at different aspects of a female’s life and the …
Relational Design for Healthcare: An emotional and tactile experience
We are nearing the end of May 2020 and the entire world has now been in some state of shut down since earlier this winter because of the COVID-19 pandemic. It has been a strange experience so far that has brought physical limitations, but also …
Past and current trends in FashionTech
Past and current trends in FashionTech by Christian Dils, Fraunhofer IZM Electronic textiles (e-textiles) combine the soft, flexible and drapable properties of textiles with electronic functionality and are mainly used in the areas of health, sports and workwear. Nowadays, however, there are only a few …
Co-Creation – The Ecodesign Prototype halfway
Here we are at the halfway of this Co-creation journey. During the last week of January, at the Mid-term, every hub met in Madrid to re-think fashion and technology, using the occasion to check the progress of each project since Re-FREAM started, four months ago …
Innovation Everywhere!
During the last week of January all of the Re-FREAM artists, tech collaborators, hubs and administrators convened in Madrid for the mid-term presentation and review. Spread out over two days, we had the opportunity to share what we’ve been co-creating with our partners and, therefore …
Female Bodies – Intimate Health Care
Gynaecological conditions, particularly infections such as Candidal vulvovaginitis (CVV) and Bacterial Vaginosis (BV), are still a significant burden for many women, particularly as these may be recurrent. Statistically, 75% of women suffer from CVV at least once in their lifetimes, and up to a 10% …
ALMA – Monitoring Vaginal fluids
Health monitoring is moving home, as consumers seek to gather data allowing them to both optimise their day-to-day wellbeing and potentially prevent future medical problems using the latest technology. At-home testing kits have the potential to boost the diagnosis of medical problems that may be …
From Functional to Relational
Over the last three months I have made several trips back and forth to Berlin, working with the scientists at Fraunhofer IZM. Our goal is to find a material, process, and design combination that optimizes the performance of the textile integrated EMG sensors that we …
The Adventure Begins…!
On October 27th I began my journey from Eindhoven to Berlin by train. I decided it would be better to extend my trip by a couple extra hours and at the same time avoid the stress of airport body scans, forced shopping mall exposure, liquids …
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