At the tips of your fingers, this contact switch is closed by touching the tips your thumb and index finger together. Conductive fabric pads are fused underneath stretch fabric.
Sketches on the hand:
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
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