© Sibel Deren Guler, Madeline Gannon, and Kate Sicchio 2016

Sibel Deren Guler, Madeline Gannon and Kate Sicchio, Crafting Wearables, 10.1007/978-1-4842-1808-2_11

11. Wearable Wellness

Sibel Deren Guler, Madeline Gannon2 and Kate Sicchio1

(1)Brooklyn, New York, USA

(2)Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

Can wearables improve our quality of life ? This is perhaps the most important question we need to answer. How can we convince people all over the world that wearable electronics are a necessary evolution of our wares? Thus far, you have been presented with different methodologies and toolsets for exploring and inventing wearables. 3D printers and laser cutters are opening doors for democratizing the design and manufacturing process. Digitized sewing and ...

Get Crafting Wearables: Blending Technology with Fashion now with the O’Reilly learning platform.

O’Reilly members experience books, live events, courses curated by job role, and more from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers.