“We’re starting a smartwear revolution to create light, washable, affordable assistive technology that will be indistinguishable from your current clothing.”
– Dr. Vivian Mushahwar The Smartwear Revolutions Begins
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“We’re able to have different functionality of each subsection of the fibres that would act either as an artificial muscle, stiffness switching actuator, sensor, possibly even batteries in the future, but these will provide us all the intelligence within the fabrics themselves.”
– Dr. Dan Sameoto Inspired Smartwear, Edmonton Journal
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“The project team includes 64 researchers and collaborators from the U of A and across Canada, the United States and Europe. It includes fashion designers, disability advocates, clothing manufacturers, visual artists, a choreographer, as well as researchers from eight faculties in several disciplines.”
-CTV News
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Art & Accessibility eSymposium
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