Thursday 10.4.2025 at 16.30-17.30 | Marsio, Otakaari 2 & Online.
In the first event of the MAGICS Talks series in 2025, we’ll be delving into digitally augmented clothing with Professor Yu Xiao, who is leading the Wearable Systems Lab at Aalto University: How garments can transform into interactive, data-rich experiences capable of monitoring our well-being. First, director Marcus Korhonen from Aalto Studios will introduce MAGICS. The presenter of the event is journalist Sonia Zaki, Uusi Juttu.
This event is hybrid. Link to recording of event.
Programme:
16.30 Opening words | journalist Sonia Zaki, Uusi Juttu
16.33 What is MAGICS and MAGICS Talks | director Marcus Korhonen, Aalto Studios
16.50 Bridging Reality and Virtual World: Smart Garments as Digital Interface | professor Yu Xiao, Aalto University
17.10 Panel discussion | Sonia Zaki and Yu Xiao
17.30 Event ends
Read more about the speakers on the event page.
MAGICS
MAGICS is the national infrastructure for human in the digital world, and a community built around six academic nodes across Finland: Aalto University, Tampere University, Uniarts, University of Lapland, Turku University of Applied Sciences, and University of Jyväskylä.
This event is the first in series of Talks organised at each MAGICS node this year.
Contact
Antti Ruotoistenmäki
Staff scientist, MAGICS & Creative Technologies
antti.ruotoistenmaki@aalto.fi
+358 50 408 1651