Crafting Wearables : Blending Technology with Fashion /: Blending Technology with Fashion. (2016)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Sibel Deren Guler with Madeline Gannon, Kate Sicchio.
• Authors: Guler, Sibel Deren; Gannon, Madeline; Sicchio, Kate, 1982-
• Contents: Part I: What Are Wearables? -- 1. A Brief History of Wearables -- 2. Wearable Fictions -- Part II: Methods and Techniques -- 3. From Textiles to Wearables -- 4. Cutting and Sewing -- 5. Making Electronics Sewable -- 6. Soft Circuits -- 7. Materials that Matter -- 8. Digital Design for Wearables -- 9. Digital Fabrication for Wearables -- 10. Designing for the Body, On the Body -- Part III: Fashion and Product -- 11. Wearable Wellness -- 12. Beauty Tech -- 13. Superhumans and Cyborgs -- 14. Activated Garments -- 15. Wearable Costumes -- 16. Speculations of Wearable Futures -- 17. Looking into the Future -- Part IV Appendix -- A. Cyborg "Fingercaps" and Resources.
• Publisher Details: New York : Apress
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource (xxiv, 216 pages), illustrations (chiefly color)
• Subjects: 677/.0283; Computer science; Electronic textiles; Smart materials; Wearable technology; Textile fabrics -- Technological innovations; Fashion; Computer hardware; Education; Information systems; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Technical & Manufacturing Industries & Trades; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Textiles & Polymers; Electronic textiles; Fashion; Smart materials; Textile fabrics -- Technological innovations; Wearable technology; Computers -- User Interfaces; Computers -- Hardware -- General; Education -- Computers & Technology; Computers -- Computer Science; User interface design & usability; Computer hardware; Educational equipment & technology, computer-aided learning (CAL); Humanities; Computer Science; User Interfaces and Human Computer Interaction; Computer Hardware; Computers and Society; Computers and Education; Computer Appl. in Arts and Humanities; Electronic books; Electronic book
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781484218082; 1484218086; 1484218078; 9781484218075
• Related ISBNs: 9781484218075
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-207) and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed August 24, 2016).
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.