Wearables for Well-being

  • Walking Meditation Mat


    A novel walking carpet with integrated heat elements, designed to promote introspection while walking. The three-meters carpet has 10 heater pads spread in a step-by-step pattern, allowing participants to explore the heat sensation using their feet.

  • Meditative Heat Object


    Mindfulness meditation has vast benefits, yet is challenging for many. We designed a novel targeted warmth somaesthetic wearable and evaluated how the thermal sensation is perceived during meditation. 

  • Kirigami in Motion


    This paper explores how morphing metamaterials can be engineered to create dynamic, shape-changing experiences while evaluating their emotional impact to inform innovative human–computer interaction designs.

  • OpenLH


    OpenLH, an open liquid-handling system that leverages tangible, embedded, and embodied interaction techniques to empower creative experimentation with biological processes.

  • My First Biolab


    My First Biolab, a lab in a box with a novel disposable fluidic vessel (experiment in a bag)