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High-Low Tech research group seeks to engage diverse people in developing their own technologies.
At MIT's Media Lab, the High-Low Tech research group explores the integration of high and low technology from cultural, material and practical perspectives in order to engage diverse groups of people in developing their own technologies. Pictured here is "interactive embroidery" created by Becky Stern. Stern was an adapter of E-Textiles LilyPad Arduino, a set of sewable electronic components that let you build your own soft, interactive fashion. In this piece, Stern combined her interest and expertise in a traditional craft, embroidery, with special effects she was able to create with computing.
Credit: Leah Buechley, MIT Media Lab.
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