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Wearable tech

Galvanic Skin Response   Nov 20,2006
     Björn Hartmann and colleagues made this galvanic skin response sensor based on Michael Sung and Vadim Gerasimov's circuit design.

International Fashion Machines   Jul 31,2005
     "International Fashion Machines is a design and research company whose broad mission is to understand and transform the aesthetic and material properties of technology.... IFM's projects in this area range from one-of-a kind interactive textile artworks to research for the military and design and strategy for the fashion industry."

Neurosky   Feb 20,2006
     From their site: "NeuroSky, a fabless semiconductor/module company, has developed a non-invasive neural sensor and signal processing technology that converts brainwaves and eye movements into useful electronic signals to communicate with a wide range of electronic devices, consoles, and computers." So far they haven't got any links to an actual product for sale up.

Open Prosthetics Project   Sep 22,2006
     The Open Prosthetics Project is an open source project dedicated to the sharing and dissemination of knowledge on the construction of artificial limbs. This article by Quinn XXX summarizes it nicely.

Robot Clothes   Aug 27,2005
     Robot Clothes is James Powderly and Michelle Kempner's company and blog on robotics and wearable technologies. Includes some useful how-to's and interesting projects.

Sewing Circuits   Dec 29,2005
     Sewing Circuits is a collaborative project between Leah Buechley, Nwanua Elumeze and Sue Hendrix of the University of Colorado. It's a construction kit and acompanying activities that will allow kids to learn about circuits through sewing.