Audio-activated Bra

Media:
90 LEDs per breast cup, custom circuits w/microphone, 9V battery.

Each cup is designed like a circular audio meter: the LEDs are arranged in concentric circles which light up starting with the outermost circle, gradually lighting up the center as the volume of sound increases.  A small microphone is placed in the center to detect audio levels.  The custom circuits use the LM 3914 Dot/Bar Display Driver IC which distributes the light signal based on audio levels.

Like most women’s fashion, it is dazzling to look at but not so comfortable to wear!

Created in the early 2000s when the technology was a lot clunkier than it is today.

Exhibited:
Columbia College A&D Gallery, Chicago, “Sartorial Flux: The Connected Social Spaces of Wearables”
College Art Association Conference, Dallas, TX, “Social Fabrics,” Runway show
Gallery Project, Ann Arbor, MI, “Technology and the Imagination”
Mott Community College Art Gallery, Flint, Michigan