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MIT Fashion Show Online

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the nothing-wrong-with-showing-a-little-ROM dept.

djperception writes "'Seamless: Computational Couture,' a runway fashion event curated by MIT Media Lab graduate students, presented its second annual collection of technologically experimental clothing at the Boston Museum of Science on Feb. 1. Seamless is a fashion event featuring innovative and experimental works in computational apparel design, interactive clothing, and technology-based fashion. Each project [re]interprets the conceptual goal of a seamless relationship between technology and fashion. A full webcast of the event is now available."

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  1. Just what you'd expect from MIT Media Lab by Locke2005 · · Score: 1, Interesting
    curated by MIT Media Lab graduate students Maybe these grad students need to stop desparately trying to justify their grant money and get a job in the real world, where, you know, real people have to actually want to buy the stuff you design or you're out of a job...

    Engineers (myself included) are notoriously bad at figuring out what the average person would regard as "cool" and want to buy. (With a few exceptions, such as the iPod and RAZR phone.)

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    I've abandoned my search for truth; now I'm just looking for some useful delusions.
  2. I for one... by garrett714 · · Score: 3, Interesting

    ...am waiting for TFT embedded clothes that could change the appearence and mood of your clothes on the fly. Heh, it would be awesome, but where would the batteries go?