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Mein aktuelles Lieblingsfoto aus den 90ern: Die Entwickler vom MIT Wearable Computing Projekt, die an futuristischen Geräten für einen tragbaren Technology-Lifestyle gearbeitet haben (einer davon hat 20 Jahre später die gefloppte Google-Brille erfunden). Und zwar zusammen mit Modedesignern - für die Fashion-Nerds der Neunziger.
Die Trash-Version der Matrix-Ästhetik, die allerdings nicht billig war - zum Millenium gab's eine unfassbar hässliche Cyberpunk-Weste für schlappe 5000$.

A handful of makers and academics began designing wearable computers to be used as part of their everyday lives in the early- to mid-1990s. Instead of focused, work-related duties, these devices were used for more personal tasks: email, messaging, music, note-taking, photography, and scheduling.
The MIT Wearable Computing Project established a “living lab” where advocates explored a wearable computing lifestyle in a community of users. Collaboration with designers led to wearable computing fashion shows, where the importance of fashion for devices on the body became clear. A community led by Carnegie Mellon University, Georgia Tech, and MIT established wearable computing as its own academic field and encouraged makers to participate. (Quelle)

...weiterlesen "The 90s MIT Wearable Computing Project"