DecoLeaves: Exploring NFC Technology for Energy Harvesting and Concealed Input on Interactive Fashion with Dynamic Graphics

Çaglar Genç; Elina Puro; Jonna Häkkilä

doi:10.1145/3544794.3560295

Abstract

We present the design and prototype of the DecoLeaves shirt, a battery-free wraparound style shirt that gives the autonomy to its wearer for modifying her appearance by moving a smartphone secretly in the shirt’s pocket. It is designed to express emotions, status or the wearer’s self in general, without being too over the top and can be worn on casual occasions. To achieve its functionality, it utilizes two NFC-based wireless energy harvesting components inside to pocket as a secret input technique to switch leaf-shaped electrochromic (EC) display embellishments on the shoulder without needing an embedded battery on the shirt. Our work contributes the utilization of NFC technology as an energy harvesting technique, as well as a secret input modality for interactive fashion to alter the visual state of the garment.

Original language	English
Pages	120–122
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/3544794.3560295
Publication status	Published - Sept 2022
MoEC publication type	Not Eligible
Event	ACM International Symposium on Wearable Computers - Atlanta, USA / Cambridge, UK, Atlanta, United States Duration: 11 Sept 2022 → 15 Sept 2022 Conference number: [26] https://iswc.hosting2.acm.org/iswc22/

Conference

Conference	ACM International Symposium on Wearable Computers
Abbreviated title	ISWC 2022
Country/Territory	United States
City	Atlanta
Period	11.09.2022 → 15.09.2022
Internet address	https://iswc.hosting2.acm.org/iswc22/

Keywords

NFC
electrochromic displays
battery-free
interactive fashion
energy harvesting
concealed interface
social wearables

Field of science

Visual arts and design

Access to research output

10.1145/3544794.3560295Licence: Other

DecoChrom: Decorative Applications for Self-Organiz Molecular Electrochromic Systems
Häkkilä, J., Colley, A. & Kowalski, K.
EUROOPANKOMISSIO
01.01.2018 → 30.06.2022
Project: Co-funded project
TechFashion: TechFashion - Design of Future Wearable Computing
Häkkilä, J., Brun, D., Genç, Ç., Colley, A., Havlucu, H., Jarusriboonchai, P. & Puro, E.
Academy of Finland
01.09.2017 → 01.09.2022
Project: Co-funded project

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DecoLeaves: Exploring NFC Technology for Energy Harvesting and Concealed Input on Interactive Fashion with Dynamic Graphics

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DecoChrom: Decorative Applications for Self-Organiz Molecular Electrochromic Systems

TechFashion: TechFashion - Design of Future Wearable Computing

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