Worksession e-textile / healthcare → How can textile and electronics can help disabilities (human or non-human) @iMAL

 

Industrial production means “one design fit all”. Fablabs are already a solution to produce on-demand tailored garments.

But designs are not thought for people with disabilities. New technologies can help us design garments/objects to facilitate people's lives. (human or non-human).

 

This worksession will happen at the same time as the Fabricademy “Skin Electronics” week in which participants explore electronic textiles close to the skin.

 

We will take this opportunity to explore devices for healthcare: preventing danger, biometrics monitoring, augmenting our senses, communicating with others…

 

You will work together with invited artists/designers from EUNIC countries to speculate, prototype, experiment. It is not a classical vertical one-to-many workshop but a more horizontal way of working by sharing knowledge and competences.

 

To participate to this worksession, you need to have at least one of these competences:

- making electronic circuits

- making e-textile

- coding on micro-controllers (Arduino, micro:bit, xiao…)

 

By registering, you agree to come for the 2 whole days.

Please note that if you would like to attend the conferences on the Sunday, you need to register separately:
https://www.billetweb.fr/the-futur-of-living-rethread-the-needle

 

Photo de Maša Pirc, œuvre de Lavoslava Benčić