The way you use you body affects how you think. Input from your senses doesn't necessarily work out how you might expect. Wearables aren't strapping a screen or sensor to your wrist. It's a lot more complicated and exciting than that!

1. Katja Forbes — November 2015
SENSORY DESIGN
THE FUTURE OF WEARABLES
EMBODIED COGNITION &
@LUCKYKAT

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3. NEUROSCIENCE
THE SCIENTIFIC STUDY OF
THE NERVOUS SYSTEM
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4. Our bodies are not peripheral
to our mind and cogni4on.
How you use your body might
change the way you think.
EMBODIED
COGNITION
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5. PRIMING
www.nigelmaher.com
Affec4ng the physical state
of the body changes the
conceptual state of the mind.
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6. OUR BRAINS
AREN’T DIGITAL
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7. EPISTEMIC ACTIONS
We do things to make things easier, simple…
Like rota4ng a map or rearranging scrabble
leAers. We can’t see the words from a
collec4on of leAers just by looking at it.

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SENSORY DESIGN
THE MIND IS NOT
SEPARATE TO THE BODY
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9. YOUR BODY IS AN INPUT MECHANISM
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10. SENSORY INPUT, MEANING AND ACTION
Individual cells sense and take ac4on.
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11. 9 SENSES
SIGHT
HEARING
TOUCH
SMELL
TASTE
ITCH
PAIN
BODY BALANCE
PROPRIOCEPTION
HUNGER
THIRST
TIME PERCEPTION
MAGNETIC FIELD PERCEPTION
+
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12. @LUCKYKAT
WE HAVE
CONSCIOUSNESS
HOW WE SEIZE MEANING FROM
THE WAVES OF STUFF…

13. MAP AND FRAMEWORK
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MAP FRAMEWORK
Image credit: Alistair Somerville.

14.
COGNITIVE
SLOP TIME
Wai4ng for the slowest
informa4on to arrive.

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3FUTURE OF WEARABLES
IT’S NOT JUST STRAPPING A SCREEN
OR A SENSOR TO YOUR BODY…

16. WEARABLES TODAY
STEPS,
CALORIES,
TIME,
DISTANCE…

17. QUANTIFIED SELF
WHY ARE WE SO
FREAKING INTERESTED
IN OURSELVES?

18. ONE FOR THE LADIES…
Tracks your menstrual flow via
a bluetooth connec4on to your
phone and smartwatch app.
LOON CUP
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19. @LUCKYKAT
AND THE GENTLEMEN…
Ring fits to your penis
during sex to count the
number of thrusts…
SEX FIT

20. SENSORY MESSAGING
TACTspace
Sensory Messages, called TACTs,
are sent wirelessly to a friend or a
loved one, who receives the
message though their s e n s e s.
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21. PROGRAMMABLE
MATTER
Use the natural behaviour of
certain microorganisms to
power objects and interfaces.
hAp://www.wired.com/2015/10/this-
living-clothing-morphs-when-you-sweat/

22. CALM & ENERGY
Designed to soothe or s4mulate
THYNC
hAp://www.thync.com/
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23. INJECTABLE TECH
Is this the natural progression
of the quan4fied self?
hAp://www.techradar.com/au/news/world-of-tech/injected-electronics-the-next-wave-
of-wearable-tech--1303105

24. BEAUTIFUL TECH
Connects to your phone via
Bluetooth and lets you receive
customised no4fica4ons
through vibra4on and a subtle
light on the side of the ring.
RINGLY
hAps://ringly.com/
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25. BEAUTIFUL (& USEFUL)
TECH THAT COULD
SAVE YOUR LIFE
EMERGENCY JEWELLERY
BY LEAH HEISS
hAp://www.elas4cfield.com/SOSjewellery.htm

27. KARL FAST
@KARLFAST
ALISTAIR SOMERVILLE
@ACUITY_DESIGN
Thanks!

28. KATJA@PERCEPTIVEIDEAS.COM.AU
@luckykat
Thanks!