Intel Chalayan belt is adjusted (photo credit Intel)
We've written before about the exciting progress in wearable technology - that not only lets you look good but helps you feel good too. Portland neighbor Intel's latest project accomplishes this objective in grand style. A collaboration with fashion designer Hussein Chalayan produced 3D printed belts - in both white and black - that gathered bio metric data to measure and track the stress levels of the models who wore them. The information
“was then communicated to a belt via a Bluetooth LE connection. Powered by the Intel Compute Stick, which is a computing device the size of a stick of gum, that data was then translated into the visualizations displayed on the wall as the models moved down the runway; made possible by small Pico projectors housed within the belts.”
The logic is that providing biofeedback allows the wearer to take proactive steps to reduce his or her stress levels.
White version of Intel Chalayan belt with feedback captured on projection (Photo credit: Intel)