Prof Kao Keynote at Wearables Collective Symposium 2024

Prof Kao delivered a keynote on Hybrid Body Lab’s research at the Wearables Collective Symposium 2024 in UC Davis.

WEARABLES COLLECTIVE 2024: WEAVING INNOVATION INTO STAGES OF LIFE

WEARABLES COLLECTIVE is a two-day symposium focused on e-textiles, smart clothing and other forms of wearable technology applications for health and wellbeing, organized by University of California-Davis in collaboration with the Royal College of Art, London.

The symposium aims for deep exploration and cross disciplinary discussion in wearables of all forms, smart material explorations and tangible human computer/robot interfaces for physical and mental health and wellbeing in all stages of life from infancy to older age, to sleep-work-leisure cycles as well as healthy versus unwell phases in life.

https://wearablescollective.ucdavis.edu/conference-program

ECE MEng Poster Award

congrats to Sarah Ellenborgen on winning the Cornell ECE MEng Poster Award!

Hybrid Body Lab at UIST'2023

Two papers at UIST 2023 in San Francisco!

UIST 2023

BioWeave: Weaving Thread-Based Sweat-Sensing On-Skin Interfaces

Jingwen Zhu, Nadine El Nesr, Christina Simon, Nola Rettenmaier, Kaitlyn Beiler, Cindy Hsin-Liu Kao

Proceedings of The ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology (UIST) 2023

PDF | DOI | Project Page

UIST 2023

Skinergy: Machine-Embroidered Silicone-Textile Composites as On-Skin Self-Powered Input Sensors

Tianhong Catherine Yu, Nancy Wang*, Sarah Ellenbogen*, Cindy Hsin-Liu Kao ((*equal contribution)

Proceedings of The ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology (UIST) 2023

PDF | DOI | Project Page

Hybrid Body Lab at Ubicomp/ISWC 2023

Ping Sun presented SkinLink at Ubicomp!

SkinLink: On-body Construction and Prototyping of Reconfigurable Epidermal Interfaces

Pin-Sung Ku, Kunpeng Huang, Nancy Wang, Boaz Ng, Alicia Chu, and Hsin-Liu Cindy Kao

Proceedings of the ACM on Interactive, Mobile, Wearable and Ubiquitous Technologies (IMWUT) June 2023

PDF I DOI | Project Page

🥇 ISWC Design Exhibition Award - Aesthetic Category

Congratulations to 2022 Artist-in-Residence, Morgan Chen, on receiving the ISWC DX Award in the Aesthetics category!

Social Prosthesis: Social Interaction Through 3D Dynamic Makeup

Morgan Chen, Jingwen Zhu, Cindy Hsin-Lin Kao

ACM International Symposium on Wearable Computers (ISWC) 2023

PDF | DOI | Project Page

Hybrid Body Lab at IROS 2023

Robotic Barrier Construction through Weaved, Inflatable Tubes
Heather Jin Hee Kim*, Haron Abdel-Raziq*, Xinyu Liu, Alexandra Young Siskovic, Shreyas Patil, Kirstin H. Petersen, and Hsin-Liu (Cindy) Kao
IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2023)

PDF | Project Page

EECS Rising Stars

Congrats to Heather Kim on being selected for the 2023 EECS Rising Stars workshop!!

https://eecsrisingstars2023.cc.gatech.edu/participants/Heather%20Jin%20Hee_Kim/

Congrats Heather!

Hybrid Body Lab at ACM CHI 2023: Papers + Activities

Hybrid BodyLab’s ACM #CHI2023 presentations + activities:

Paper (1/2):

Jingwen Zhu, Nadine El Nesr, Nola Rettenmaier, and Cindy Hsin-Liu Kao, *SKINPAPER: Exploring Opportunities for Woven Paper as a Wearable Material for On-Skin Interactions*

https://www.hybridbody.human.cornell.edu/skinpaper/

SkinPaper

Paper (2/2):

Heather Kim, Joan Stilling & Mike O'Dell (Weill Cornell Medicine), and Cindy Hsin-Liu Kao, *KNITDEMA: Robotic Textile as Personalized Edema Mobilization Device*

https://www.hybridbody.human.cornell.edu/knitdema/

KnitDema




Session (1/2):

Prof Kao will be chairing the *MATERIAL INTERACTION" Session Tuesday 11:10-12:35. Check out all these cool papers:

https://programs.sigchi.org/chi/2023/program/session/97424



Session (2/2):

Prof Kao will also session chair the "DESIGN WITH NEW TECHNOLOGIES (INCLUDING AI)" Session, Happening Wednesday 11:10-12:35:

https://programs.sigchi.org/chi/2023/program/session/97425



Here's to a great (& Busy!) #CHI2023 in Hamburg, Germany!

Very proud of #hybridbodylab PhDs Jingwen Zhu & Heather Kim for leading this new suite of hybrid skin & robotic textile projects! Please come and meet them!!

MEET 2023 HYBRID BODY LAB ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE - Joe George

We are thrilled to announce that Joe George has been selected as the 2023 Artist-in-Residence for the Hybrid Body Lab. Following a rigorous review process of all applications, three finalists were chosen and interviewed. We were impressed with Joe's exceptional talent as a tattoo artist, as well as his innovative and utilitarian vision to on-skin computing, which will undoubtedly provide us with a unique perspective on our research in the lab.

We extend our sincerest gratitude to all the talented applicants who submitted their proposals to our program. The selection process was highly competitive, and we were impressed by the caliber of work and creativity that each artist brought to the table. Additionally, we would like to thank the committee members for their invaluable feedback throughout the selection process.

We are excited about the upcoming collaboration with Joe and look forward to seeing the remarkable work that will result from this collaboration.


Joe George

https://www.instagram.com/joe_george_/

Joe George (b.1992) is a multidisciplinary artist based in Brooklyn, NY working in painting, 3D modeling, and tattooing, among other mediums. His work predominantly uses texture and context to modify the surfaces of objects, bodies, and meshes. Since receiving a BFA from Pratt Institute in 2015, he has worked to view and interpret these as increasingly interchangeable.


Image courtesy Joe George


 

HYBRID BODY LAB ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE 2023 FINALIST

Diana Sanchez

https://diana-sanchez.com/

Diana Sánchez Barrios is a poet, media artist and participatory designer from Colombia.
She works across disciplines and media exploring human practices and values that shape design and our concepts of what is technology, beauty, nature, and affection. Interested in science and technology studies she aims to integrate care and feminist perspective in her projects mediated by technoscience and participatory research.
Currently interested in biopolitics, human body physiology -skin, memory and affection-  and the future of human labor and nature (specially pollinators) in the era of automation and data centers.
She is currently a graduate student MFA in Digital and Media and Society of Presidential Fellow at RISD.

Kay Kasparhauser

https://www.instagram.com/kayswebsite/

Kay Kasparhauser was raised, lives, and works in New York City. She has a BFA in Apparel Design from Rhode Island School of Design. Kay has worked professionally in the fashion and design space as a creative director, graphic designer, and in concept ideation. As a fine artist Kay focuses on the body and its fragility as raw material. Her work explores survival, mutation, and biology. She wonders about being in bodies, and what it means to be in the unbearably big world in these unpredictable, assailable, palimpsestic, agonizing pleasure centers.

ORGANIZERS

Cindy Hsin-Liu Kao

Director, Hybrid Body Lab

Assistant Professor of Human Centered Design, Cornell University

Jingwen Zhu

PhD Student, Hybrid Body Lab

Human Centered Design, Cornell University

SELECTION COMMITTEE / BOARD OF ADVISORS

The selection committee and organizers will work together to determine the finalists. The organizers will ultimately select the chosen resident.

Jaleesa Reed, Ph.D.
Assistant Research Professor of Human Centered Design, Cornell University

Dr. Jaleesa Reed is an Assistant Research Professor in the Department of Human Centered Design. Her primary research interest is in millennial Black women’s beauty culture and beauty retail spaces. Her interdisciplinary research focuses on connecting human geography, feminist studies, and merchandising in the fashion, apparel, and textile industries.

Sarah Gotowka
Artist
Owner & Directer, Luna Fiber Studio

Sarah Gotowka is a practicing textile artist and instructor. She has been weaving since 2005, and has been growing natural dyes since 2010. She received her BFA in Fibers and Material Studies from The Cleveland Institute of Art in 2007, and her MFA in Fibers and Material Practices from Concordia University in Montreal in 2013. Since moving to the Ithaca area she has taught at SUNY Cortland, Cornell University, Ithaca College, The Johnson Museum of Art, Wells College, and New Roots Charter School.

Oksana Ani
Sr. Designer for Advanced Knit, Nike Inc.
Interdisciplinary Designer, Thinker, Explorer

Oksana Ani is an experienced Designer, Thinker, Explorer and visual communicator who excels in cross-functional collaborations. Oksana leads innovation platforms that focus on impactful and sustainable product that is empowered by storytelling. She holds a Master's degree focused in Fashion Design from Royal College of Art and Innovation from MIT Media Lab. She is currently a Sr. Designer for Advanced Knit at Nike Inc.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

This residency is funded by the National Science Foundation and a Cornell University College of Human Ecology Engaged Research Grant.

We are grateful to Laura Devendorf, Leah Buechley, and Jennifer Jacobs for their earlier work in Experimental Weaving and Clay Residencies which inspired this endeavor!

Highlights from Hybrid Body Lab's Year in 2022

As we come to the end of 2022, we wanted to take a moment to reflect on all that our lab has accomplished this year.  It's been a fruitful year for us. Amongst our many publications, we wanted to highlight four major research papers presented at top ACM conferences- two at CHI 2022 (KnitSkin and Patch-O), one at UbiComp (SkinKit), and one at ISWC (Scaling E-Textile Production, with Best Paper Honorable Mention Award). We're proud of the work we've done and the contributions we've made to the field.

But it's not just about the papers - we also hosted a fantastic artist-in-residence program this summer, with our first resident, Morgan Chen, creating the stunning artwork Social Prosthesis and hosting two artist talks and a workshop on makeup art. Our lab members even got in on the fun and learned body painting! Looking forward to hosting the skill share workshop again with our 2023 artist-in-residence. (The 2023 Artist-in-Residence open call is still open.) 

Broadening participation and outreach is also central to the work we do. We hosted a 4H Career Explorations workshop, teaching middle school students how to use SkinKit to create on-skin interactions. We're also excited to exhibit our KnitDermis project at Material Reasoning, which features projects from Center for Craft Materials-Based Research Grant recipients from 2017-2020. (The exhibition runs through January 28th, so make sure to stop by if you're in the area.)

It's also been a year of change for our lab, as we've said goodbye to some of our fellow lab members who have graduated and gone on to pursue exciting opportunities in top graduate programs. We're so proud of their achievements and grateful for their contributions to our lab. At the same time, we've welcomed new members to the team and are looking forward to all the exciting things we'll accomplish together in the coming year. 

Thank you to everyone who has supported us and contributed to our success in 2022. Here's to an even better 2023!