Emotiwear : Expressive Clothing to Aid Emotional Communication
Jin Yu, Nazanin Tabatabaei, Catherine Lee, Komal Shrivastava, Mobile Ubiquitous Computing (MUC) class group project PDF
Textual garments have always been a key player in expressive history. In recent computing history, we can see the rise and effect of electronic textiles in wearables. Motivated by these textiles’ potential in expressing emotions for the user, we plan to incorporate emotive properties of textiles along with properties of computing to create an interactive, wearable electronic device that aids in expressing and interpreting emotion. This project aims to create a wearable device that uses biometric data, specifically the user’s heart rate, oxygen saturation, and body temperature, to map the corresponding emotions onto a wearable device.