Gizmodo
Leave it to the brainiac graduate students at the MIT Media Lab to come up with fashions that blend techno-geekiness with other-planet surrealism. Putting together an event called
Seamless: Computational Couture,
the wigged-out designistas took the meaning of the term
wtf
to an entirely new level. The curators described the event as a showcase for
innovative and experimental works in computational apparel design, interactive clothing, and technology-based fashion.
Pictured here are a few highlights. Here
s
Heartbeat Hoodie,
which probably doesn
t look as good on a woman without particularly large breasts, but it takes pictures as its wearer
s heart rate increases, in what
s called a form of
involuntary blogging.
Check out some more after the jump.
Dark Watch
counts
dark intervals of time.
In this case, it
s programmed to cycle every 261 seconds, the rate at which people are dying in Darfur, Sudan. But what time is it? Who cares? People are dying.
And then there
s
Exhausted
consisting of a pair of vests attached by a bellows-like connector that actually makes whining noises as the two wearers move away from each other. One piece of advice, kids: Don
t wear this when it
s time to go meet the parents.
Lots more examples here, including streaming video: Seamless
