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    Content by Mika Satomi and Hannah Perner-Wilson
    E-Textile Tailor Shop by KOBAKANT
    The following institutions have funded our research and supported our work:

    Since 2020, Hannah is guest professor of the Spiel&&Objekt Master's program at the University of Performing Arts Ernst Busch in Berlin

    From 2013-2015 Mika was a guest professor at the eLab at Kunsthochschule Berlin-Weissensee

    From July - December 2013 Hannah was a researcher at the UdK's Design Research Lab

    From 2010-2012 Mika was a guest researcher in the Smart Textiles Design Lab at The Swedish School of Textiles

    From 2009 - 2011 Hannah was a graduate student in the MIT Media Lab's High-Low Tech research group led by Leah Buechley


    In 2009 Hannah and Mika were both research fellows at the Distance Lab


    Between 2003 - 2009 Hannah and Mika were both students at Interface Cultures
    We support the Open Source Hardware movement. All our own designs published on this website are released under the Free Cultural Works definition
    Sensors

    Position Sensing on the Body

    For the longest time (since 2008) I’ve wanted to build a full body suit that can track a point of contact on the surface without being disturbed by contortions of the body itself.

    …WORK IN PROGRESS…

    Slider fabric (version 1)
    Slider fabric (version 1)

    Row-Column Insulated Matrix + Exposing Probe

    Row-Column Insulated Pushbutton Matrix

    Triangulation on Resistive Fabric with Probe

    Insulated Resistive Column Matrix + Penetrating Probe

    Stroke Matrix

    Lots of Individual Pushbuttons

    Massage me

    Electromagnetism Induced Current into Matrix – Magnet Probe

    How can I measure the power (current, voltage) induced into a wire or coil by a moving magnet (ic field)?
    >> http://keywon.com/log/2008/12/16/inductive-led-version-1/

    Power Induced Current into Coils – Power Probe

    Techno-Colour Suit + Colour Sensor

    QR-Code + Camera and Mouse

    Skin Resistance

    Painted Matrix (not insulated)



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