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Greater Boston Area United States
Occupation
Professor in Computer Science at UTEC
Industry
Electronics / Computer Hardware
Website
http://facebook.com/beautytechie
About
www.katiavega.com
Katia Vega is a Beauty Tech Designer. Inspired by invisible computing, augmenting human capabilities and magic, she proposes novel ways of interacting with the world. Her invention is called Beauty Technology, a wearable computing subfield that integrates technology into cosmetics to be applied directly to one’s skin, fingernails and hair in order to transform the body’s surface in an interactive platform. Conductive Makeup, Tech Nails, FX e-makeup and Hairware are some of her Beauty Technologies. Imagine that you blink and turn on the lights, move your fingernails and open the door, touch your hair and record a conversation.
Currently, she joined the Responsive Envir...
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Presentations
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(5)I Heart LilyPad Arduino
Rain Ashford
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13 years ago
Lilypad Arduino - a small introduction
marrije
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15 years ago
LilyPad Arduino = \o/
Rain Ashford
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13 years ago
Fashion and Innovation Keynote - Madras
Idris Mootee
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16 years ago
Construindo um Planeta Mais Inteligente
Marcelo Sávio
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14 years ago
Personal Information
Organization / Workplace
Greater Boston Area United States
Occupation
Professor in Computer Science at UTEC
Industry
Electronics / Computer Hardware
Website
http://facebook.com/beautytechie
About
www.katiavega.com
Katia Vega is a Beauty Tech Designer. Inspired by invisible computing, augmenting human capabilities and magic, she proposes novel ways of interacting with the world. Her invention is called Beauty Technology, a wearable computing subfield that integrates technology into cosmetics to be applied directly to one’s skin, fingernails and hair in order to transform the body’s surface in an interactive platform. Conductive Makeup, Tech Nails, FX e-makeup and Hairware are some of her Beauty Technologies. Imagine that you blink and turn on the lights, move your fingernails and open the door, touch your hair and record a conversation.
Currently, she joined the Responsive Envir...
Tags
arduino
second life
wearable computers
cross reality
kfcito
ubiquitous computer
virtual worlds
second life lsl workshop
lsl second life treg
game
lilypad
realego
mindstorm
wiimote
mixed reality
time2play
prototyping
treg
See more