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'Computational Couture' at MIT

(AP) -- A recent fashion show at the MIT Media Lab combined things of beauty with rules of math.

There was a weighted inflatable dress powered by a hacked vacuum cleaner, a purse designed using a Russian theory of inventive problem solving and a necklace made from 125-volt fuses.

Some pieces at the MIT show were more conceptual than others, such as a "reactive undergarment" that logs the experience of an airport pat-down, and a "kitty skirt," which has motors that turn tendrils on the skirt into cat toys. The skirt is meant to play on the predator/prey relationship, according to a description by its creator, Gemma Shusterman. - LINK.

We could have thought up more interesting designs for items named "reactive undergarments" and "kitty skirts."