Katia Canepa Vega

Greater Boston Area United States

Professor in Computer Science at UTEC

Electronics / Computer Hardware

www.katiavega.com Katia Vega is a Beauty Tech Designer. Inspired by invisible computing, augmenting human capabilities and magic, she proposes novel ways of interacting with the world. Her invention is called Beauty Technology, a wearable computing subfield that integrates technology into cosmetics to be applied directly to one’s skin, fingernails and hair in order to transform the body’s surface in an interactive platform. Conductive Makeup, Tech Nails, FX e-makeup and Hairware are some of her Beauty Technologies. Imagine that you blink and turn on the lights, move your fingernails and open the door, touch your hair and record a conversation. Currently, she joined the Responsive Envir...