At Art by Physicist, Dr. Kitty Yeung has a different way to view fashion - as an encapsulation of art, science, engineering, and design all in one. Launching a Kickstarter campaign, Dr Yeung has designed and is launching a range of fashion items that integrates art and technology.

Solar-powered overcoat and dress

Solar panels are flexible and integrated into this overcoat featuring paintings of a lotus pond. The panels are OPV panels provided by ARMOR, can charge a phone battery by ~30% within 5 hours.

Heated reversible coat

This coat has a thin and flexible e-textile heating pad. The heater warms up within 60 seconds. The temperature is adjustable, and the heater can be charged with portable USB phone batteries. The coat is reversible, and has beautiful hand-painted perennials on both sides.

Constellation LED shirt and dress

Art by Physicist innovated on flexible fabric circuit technology with NovaCentrix, making a customizable LED shirt.

Bluetooth wearable brooches

Kitty's Flower is a pair of Bluetooth wearable brooches, which can be programmed to interact with one another. The brooches allow family and friends to interact. They are also a platform for kids to use to learn programming.

The Bluetooth brooches contain an integrated power management system, RGB LED lights, an accelerometer, a touch sensor and a vibrating motor. The brooches support Arduino and Scratch programming, and can be used as the core intelligent control unit for wearable products, interactive art installations, and new accessories.

Integrating Garment Manufacturing with Electronics

Fashion garments usually take a long time to develop and produce, 9 months or more. Moreover, garment manufacturing and electronics manufacturing are separate industries that are poorly integrated. The industry has not been set up to easily integrate electronics into garments. Dr Yeung explains, "We're setting out to change this. We began by making tech-less designs, and now, we are integrating technology into them. "

Sources: 3xmaker, offgridenergyindependence