Design & Wearable Tech Comes to ATL
Interested in the future of design and wearable tech? The Georgia Tech Symposium on Design & Wearable Technology is coming our way and we want you to be a part of it.
The symposium will feature speakers, panels, workshops, a design exhibit, and an opening reception. Each of these events will focus on the role of design in wearable technology. If you're passionate about design and looking for opportunities in wearable technology, you won't want to miss this.
Interested? Check out the details & register now.
When: May 8 - 9
Where:
Georgia Tech College of Architecture
245 Fourth Street, Room 217
Atlanta, GA 30332
This symposium is hosted by the Interactive Product Design Lab and sponsored by the College of Architecture, the Wearable Computing Center, and Sparkfun.
What you'll learn:
- Exploration and the future
- Applications on the boy
- Technology for design
- Materials & processes
- Prototype to production
- Personalization & customization
- Humanizing the quantified self
- Culture & Social Impact
About your speakers: Keynote by Rehmi Post: Samsung Research - Rehmi Post is Lead Scientist at Samsung's Think Tank Team, leading the ideation and development of future technologies and products. Before joining Samsung in 2012, he was a Visiting Scientist at the MIT Center for Bits and Atoms. Rehmi is a pioneer of wearable tech and will present his view on the past and future of wearables.
Wearables Workshop led by Dia Campbell: Sparkfun - If you've ever wanted to get your hands dirty with wearables -- to dive into the sewing and the soldering, the coding and the creating -- this is your workshop. Guided by the amazing Dia Campbell from Sparkfun, and hosted by the Interactive Product Design Lab at Georgia Tech, this is your chance to learn the basics of soft goods wearables, and create your own working prototype – all in six hours! Workshop tickets include breakfast & lunch, a kit of parts to take home, and you keep what you make!
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