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TORONTO WEARABLES MEETUP 30: AMPGEAR, PEAKSKIS
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TORONTO WEARABLES MEETUP 29: MEU
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TORONTO WEARABLES MEETUP 28: BOOK LAUNCH OF MAKE: WEARABLE ELECTRONICS BY KATE HARTMAN
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TORONTO WEARABLES MEETUP 27: IMAGINATION CATALYSTS
Loretta Faveri of SoMo
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TORONTO WEARABLES MEETUP 26: ERIC BOYD AND ALEX HAAGAARD
Eric Boyd discussed with us his process of prototyping his Northpaw wearable haptic compass that is now available in readymade kits on
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TORONTO WEARABLES MEETUP 25: LIBS ELLIOT AND GUILD EYEWEAR
This month our guest speakers were Elizabeth Elliot, textile designer, and Rod Fitzsimmons Frey, eyeglasses designer and maker.
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TORONTO WEARABLES MEETUP 24: PUSH AND KIWI WEARABLES
Mike Lovas of PUSH gave a talk not only about the PUSH armband, which tracks reps, force, and other parameters of weightlifting, but he t
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TORONTO WEARABLES MEETUP 23: IZZY CAMILLERI, MAZ GHADERI AND RYAN MAKSYMIC
To kick off the return of the Toronto Wearables Meetup, we’ve brought in Canadian fashion designer Izzy Camilleri to speak about her newe
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SOCIAL BODY LAB AT TORONTO MAKER FAIRE
The Social Body Lab spent Toronto Mini Maker Faire at Wychwood Barns.
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TWM 22: SOCIAL BODY LAB PROJECTS
For the final installation of TWM in this academic year, we shared the various projects that we’ve been working on for the past eight mon
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TORONTO WEARABLES MEETUP 21: FRANCIS LEBOUTHILLIER, MANDAD TABRIZI, STACIE VOS
Francis LeBouthiller, an OCAD Professor and former Chair of Sculpture/Installation, has been busy making babies. Silicone babies, that
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TORONTO WEARABLES MEETUP 20: NICK PUCKETT, ALEX BERIAULT
Assistant Professor Nick Puckett begins by asking, “how does one take “hacking” into the realm of chemicals and smart materials?” Rather
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TORONTO WEARABLES MEETUP 19: JORGE SILVA, DR. KERYN LIAN
This month we were fortunate to bring in Dr.
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TORONTO WEARABLES MEETUP 18: HOLIDAY HACKING
What great cheer and merriment was had at our festive Holiday Hacking meetup!
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TORONTO WEARABLES MEETUP 17: CAROL MOUKHEIBER, CHRISTOS MARCOPOULOS, DAVID CECCHETTO
This month Professor Carol Moukheiber and Assistant Professor Christos Marcopoulos from U of T’s Responsive Architecture at Daniel’s Lab
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TORONTO WEARABLES MEETUP 16: ALEX WILLIAMS, SETH HARDY, CARL PENNY
In this installment of Toronto Wearables Meetup, we were joined by guest speakers Alex Williams of Up
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TORONTO WEARABLES MEETUP 15: GREGORY PHILLIPS AND JP RISHEA
Our September meetup was a smash hit! Gregory Phillips, a recent OCAD graduate with a background in jewelry design gave us a detailed pr
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TORONTO WEARABLES MEETUP 12: RACHAEL KESS, RYAN TAYLOR
“One is never so dangerous when one has no shame, than when one has grown too old to blush” This quote by Marquis de Sade was,
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TORONTO WEARABLES MEETUP 11: MARISA RANALLI
When Marisa Ranalli began making electronic garments, there were few resources available to her. Arduino hadn’t quite hit the mass marke
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TORONTO WEARABLES MEETUP 10: PAPER CIRCUITS HOLIDAY PARTY
This holiday installation of Toronto Wearables Meetup involved a brief presentation on new materials on the market, foll
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TORONTO WEARABLES MEETUP 09: ISABEL PEDERSEN
Isabel Pederson is a Professor of Digital Cultures and Communication at Ryerson University. Her area of research is in augmented reality
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TORONTO WEARABLES MEETUP 08: JESSICA THOMPSON AND THE H2.0 COLLECTIVE
Kate Hartman with the H2.0 Collective
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TORONTO WEARABLES MEETUP 07: JEREMY BAILEY
Jeremy Bailey is Toronto-based "famous New Media artist" who doesn't travel alone to when giving artist talks -- he brings his virtual se
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TORONTO WEARABLES MEETUP 06: ANGELLA MACKEY
Angella Mackey is an independent Canadian clothing designer currently based in Gothenburg, Sweden.
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TORONTO WEARABLES MEETUP 05: DR. SEAN MONTGOMERY
Wearable Technology Meet Up 5 at Site 3 on Ossington boasted guest lecturer, Dr.
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TORONTO WEARABLES MEETUP 04: FEELING NORTH AND NEWS FROM AFAR
The Toronto Wearables Meetup is on the road.
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TORONTO WEARABLES MEETUP 03: FASHION, PERFORMANCE ART, TEXTILES, OH MY!
Avatar by Robert Lendrum
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TORONTO WEARABLES MEETUP 02: SHAPE SHIFTING, SLOW DANCING, AND HIDDEN MESSAGES
TORONTO WEARABLES MEETUP 02
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TORONTO WEARABLES MEETUP 01: LAUNCH
On Tuesday, March 16th, Angella & I hosted the first ever Toronto Wearables Meetup! Here is the description of the event:
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