Whispers

Whispers is a really interesting project. It was put together by Kristina Anderson in collaboration with Thecla Schiphorst and Suzan Kozel. Whispers stands for Wearable Handheld Intimate Sensory Personal Expectant Response System and is a combination of textile and digital technology. It consists of clothing and wearable devices that collect data generated by the body and transmits them to other, nearby devices and a central server. They in turn provide feedback in the form of sound and tactile feedback devices that are also worn which lets the wearer interpret and react to their own and other people’s physiological data. Meanwhile, the server is projecting a representation of the data collected into the space. What I really like about this is the mixing of digital technology with clothing and the idea of using the body as an input device.