Wearing (and protecting yourself) with 3-D printed fashion wear
Three-dimensional printed fashion has been making headlines for some time now. Lady Gagawore a 3-D printed dress last year and there were numerous runway shows featuring 3-D printed dresses. But the real promise of 3-D printed dresses lies in wearable tech.
The technology, which has become popular in the past few years, instils interactivity and intelligence into fashion. These printers take the promise of wearable tech a step further because they enable experimentation of materials and sensors.
For example, CNBC reports that Belgian designer Anouk Wipprecht collaborated with semiconductor chip giant Intel to design the Spider dress, a 3-D printed wearable garment. The dress, which is fitted with sensors, reacts to proximal movement. Thus, it defends its wearer if it detects aggressive and rapid movements. It has the opposite effect and makes suggestive movements, when it detects favorable motion.
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