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After Dark: Wearable Technologies
Thursday, April 3, 2014 • 6:00 p.m.–10:00 p.m.
$15 General; $10 Members; Free for Lab Members
Adults Only (18+)
Note: A ticket to Thursday evening adult-only hours does not guarantee admission to special programs with limited seating. Tickets for limited-capacity programs will be made available to visitors on a first-come, first-served basis.
Since our early ancestors first donned clothes, humans have continued to modify the ways our bodies engage with the world. Join us to experience some of the fascinating and beautiful new technologies helping us transcend our physical limitations, from eyeglasses to exoskeletons.
Learn how wearable computers could improve communication and attention with Google Glass Lead Thad Starner. Find out how Not Impossible Labs founder Mick Ebeling established a 3D-printed prosthetics lab in South Sudan. See an Ekso Bionics exoskeleton in action, and join filmmaker Regan Bashear for a screening of her documentary Fixed: The Science/Fiction of Human Enhancement.*
Take in a performance by Jordan B. Wilson, One-Man Band, and discover electronically enhanced couture by Electrobaroque, Mikaela Holmes, PersonaLED, Pixeldelic, SENSOREE, and Natalie Walsh. Experiment with altered vision, examine the intricacies of your own clothes, and sew circuits into your own illuminated designs with Grace Kim and Emily Lovell. Wear your curiosity well at After Dark.
*Fixed will be screened with closed captions. If you would like a headset, please email reservations@exploratorium.edu or call (415) 528-4646 for more information.
Photo credit: Heart Sync by SENSOREE, taken by Michael Garrigues
SCHEDULE
Presentations:
Wearable Computing: Through the Looking Glass
With Thad Starner
7:00 p.m.
Kanbar Forum
Not Impossible Labs: Project Daniel
With Mick Ebeling
7:30 and 8:45 p.m.
Bay Observatory Gallery
Performances:
Jordan B. Wilson, One-Man Band
5:45–7:30 p.m.
The Plaza
Wearable Technology on the Runway
8:00 and 9:00 p.m.
West Gallery
Featuring works by:
Electrobaroque
Mikaela Holmes
PersonaLED
Pixeldelic
SENSOREE
Natalie Walsh
With:
Emcee Velveeta
Hair and makeup by Treja
Demonstrations:
Exoskeletons
With Ekso Bionics
7:15, 8:15, and 9:15 p.m.
Phyllis C. Wattis Webcast Studio
Google Glass Demonstrations
6:30–9:30 p.m.
Bay Observatory Terrace and East Gallery
Activities:
Sewn Circuits
With Grace Kim, Emily Lovell, and Tinkering Studio Staff
6:30–9:30 p.m.
South Gallery
Clothes Encounters
With Explorables
6:30–9:30 p.m.
East Gallery Corridor
Left, Right, Upside Down
With the Explainers
6:30–9:30 p.m.
Central Gallery
Film:
Fixed: The Science/Fiction of Human Enhancement*
With Regan Brashear
8:30 p.m.
Kanbar Forum
Watch the trailer for the documentary Fixed.
