Useful links:
www.talkingelectronics.comwww.shape-memory-alloys.com
I must admit that i have tried to stay clear of this stuff, some thing about heating metal near fabric just doesn't do it for me, but if we are to go about making this dress in the correct manner, to achieve the look and feel as natural as possible we may have to venture down this route.
It began with Di Mainstone coming to our University and showing her work, she did some brilliant lectures introducing great interactive elements with in her clothing. She had made items of clothing move using Nitinol ( Nickel +Titanium) example below
Another example of how it works
This is looking very close to some thing we are aiming for
How to make it into a certain shape then???
The video below touch's on it, need to research what temperatures and how easy it would be to
create custom shapes for Claire's Rose, is it to dangerous to attempt in the University?
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