WEAR Sustain
WEAR Sustain fosters cross-disciplinary, cross-sectoral collaboration through the co-design and co-development of ethical, critical and aesthetic wearable technologies and smart textiles. Our aim is to develop a framework within which future prototypes can be made, to become examples of what the next generation of wearables, and e-textiles, could or should be. The project will lead new approaches to design, production, manufacturing and business models to help entrepreneurs, stakeholders and citizens become more aware of the issues involved in making and using wearable technologies, and demand better from technology companies, manufacturers and governments. The project runs between January 2017 and December 2018.
Open Calls, all stakeholders to Join our online network, to take part in Sustain activities. We encourage all parties to actively share our learning outcomes and to help increase awareness and adoption of ethics and sustainability in this field.
ICT-36-2016 Creativity and Sustainability topic, to boost synergies between artists and technologists. The call recognises that the arts are gaining prominence as a catalyst of an efficient conversion of Science and Technology knowledge into innovative products, services, and processes, and seeks to widen the exchange of skills of artists and technologists, thus creating a common language and understanding. This topic is an umbrella for the STARTS (S&T&ARTS) initiative, fostering innovation at the nexus of ‘Science, Technology and the Arts’, with which WEAR Sustain collaborates.
The WEAR Sustain project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No. 732098. The sole responsibility of this publication lies with the WEAR Sustain Consortium. The European Commission is not responsible for any use that may be made of the information contained therein.
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