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This project juxtaposes electricity and water in a raincoat that luminescences in response to droplets
of rain. Embroidered water sensors act as inputs to a system with sealed electroluminescent panels
that illuminate based on patterns of rain [87]. In the following illustration, her samples are shown.
EL lamp silkscreened onto
polyester taffeta (off); copper foil is
used to contact the silkscreened
leads
Fig. 32 Fabric samples used for the Puddlejumper jacket
With charge, part of the
silkscreened area phosphoresces
blue-green
Samples of embroidered rain
sensors. The sensors are
embroidered directly onto the body
fabric and detect contact with water
anywhere on the embroidered area
Another expressive example in fashion is ‘Elroy’ by Megan Galbraith, which is an illuminating dress
that encodes time information through the visual arrangement and animation patterns of the
electroluminescent panels. Megan Galbraith is also a student of the aesthetics and computation group
at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. In Fig. 27, the electrical dress is illustrated.
Fig. 33 Elroy dress by Megan Galbraith [88]
It is constructed out of a Panasonic EL element, a microprocessor, a copper sided electrical circuit
board and a polyester fabric.
Katherine Moriwaki turned a handbag into an interactive product by making it capable to detect
environmental irritants (either air quality or audio pollution) and display the information on the surface
of the bag, storing it in a “digital data diary” for later review. She developed the Inside/Outside
handbag principle at the NTRG, Trinity College Dublin.
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