WEAR Sustain for DRHA 2017

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Winner of the EU Horizon 2020 ‘Innovation Action’ ICT-36-2016 Award
WEAR Sustain Open Call 2 – DRHA Data Ache, September 2017

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WEAR Sustain is a new, €3M project, funded by the European Union’s Horizon 2020
research and innovation initiative.
Running from January 2017 to December 2018.
It aims to engage wearable technology stakeholders to work more closely with
designers and artists across Europe, to shift the development of the EU wearables
and e-textiles industries towards a more sustainable and ethical approach.
Over next two years the program will bring together the rich European landscape of
wearable technology and smart textile stakeholders toward addressing core ethical and
sustainability issues head on at the research & development stages.
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The project is managed by a consortium of 7 organisations across 5 EU countries:
imec (Brussels, Belgium)
University for the Creative Arts (Epsom, UK)
Queen Mary University of London (UK)
Berlin University of the Arts, UdK (Berlin, Germany)
Blumine (Milan, Italy)
Digital Spaces Living Lab (Sofia, Bulgaria)
We Connect Data (Brussels, Belgium)
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WEAR will:
• Develop a sustainable European network of stakeholders and hubs, to connect and push
the boundaries in the design and development of sustainable and ethical wearables, electronic
and smart textiles;
• Encourage cross-border and cross-sector collaboration between creative people and
technology developers to design and develop wearables, electronic and smart textiles;
• Develop a framework within which future prototypes can be made that will become the
next generation of what ethical and aesthetic wearables, electronic and smart textiles
could/should be;
• Lead the emergence of innovative approaches to design, production, manufacturing and
business models for wearable technologies;
• Make citizens, entrepreneurs and other stakeholders more aware of the ethical and
aesthetic issues in making and use of wearable technologies..
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Ethics and Sustainability Concerns
WEAR sustain critical concerns towards data ethics and sustainability include:
The amount of data that wearable technologies capture, in particular their users’ personal
data, raising ethical issues regarding privacy, ownership, control and processing of this
data by the wearables manufacturers and service providers.
The combined negative environmental, economic and sustainable impact of the of
electronic, textiles and fashion industries on society. Ethical issues include poor labour
practices and conditions within manufacturing, mineral sourcing and the supply chain.
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PROJECT THEMES:
Environment: How can artists & designers and technologists solve environmental issues associated with creating,
using and discarding wearable devices and smart textiles?
Use, Reuse and Waste: How can artists & designers and technologists develop new wearables using technologies,
textiles and materials that engage with sustainable use, reuse or waste?
Body/Physiology/Somatics: How can artists & designers and technologists address and combat the negative impact
of wearable technologies and smart textiles on the body?
Energy: How can artists or designers with technologists develop wearable devices and smart textiles that harvest or
make use of alternative energy?
Emotional and Mental Health: How can artists & designers and technologists develop wearable devices and smart
textiles that minimise the negative impact on users emotional and mental health, and enhance comfort and wellbeing?
Ethical Social/Cultural/Economic Use of Data: How can artists & designers and technologists develop wearable
devices and smart textiles that create social, cultural and economic sustainability for data collection and processing?
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SUSTAINABLE
INNOVATION
Art & Tech Collaboration
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Open Calls:
(Cross Border::Cross Sector)
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€2.4m Funding:
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48 Innovation Awards €50k
each
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Prep for market

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WEAR ECOSYSTEM
Be part of the next
generation of
wearables
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40+ Network of Hubs
& Advocacy Centres
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Aesthetic
Ethical
Support

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KNOWLEDGE
EXCHANGE
Networking &
Events
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Symposia
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Local Meet-ups
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Digital Platform

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ETHICS &
SUSTAINABILITY
Personal
(Data)
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Environmental
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Material
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Critical
(e.g. labour practices, supply
chain, commerce etc.)

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WEAR ecosystem
https://network.wearsustain.eu/
WEAR NETWORK LIVE DEMO

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Co-applications from teams in Europe must include:
• At least one collaborator from the art or design sectors,
• At least one collaborator from the technology/ICT or engineering
sectors.
• A team may consist of more than one co-applicant from each sector.
Submitted proposals are only considered as eligible if the proposing
individual(s) have (or must be be prepared to set up) a legal entity.
All applicants must be a citizen or resident of one of the 28 countries in
the European Union and associated non-EU countries
APPLICATIONS

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WEAR Open Call 1 Progress:
• 23 teams won funding
• More than 50 hubs and 100 experts
signed up
Teams:
http://wearsustain.eu/awardees/opencall1/
Sample project:
Closed Loop
https://network.wearsustain.eu/actors/AVz0
NMNBQOlYgiHmIq6J
GO TO WEBSITE
TEAMS

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Team Project topics:
BRAWAS - a smart headphone with a mood-based music recommender.
Breafree is an effective air pollution mask, a comfortable a fashion accessory.
Breath! is a wearable and smart garments collection, to aid people with proper breathing during Yoga practice and
everyday life.
BRIA is a capsule collection of garments from recyclable cellulose-based materials, that can be completely dissolved in
safe chemical solutions at the end of their use, and the fibres can be reclaimed and recycled into other cellulosic fibres,
such as viscose (which is 100% cellulose and biodegradable).
closed loop smart athleisure fashion collection focuses on afterlife of electronic garments, potential recyclability and the
business services behind this.
Constructing Connectivity is an engaging, creative, and interactive rehabilitation platform for patients suffering from
stroke and its related physical and mental debilitations.
TEAMS

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Call 1 Selected Team Project topics:
iBreve’s digital health solution helps people to cope with stress in real time, by detecting prolonged phases of shallow
breathing, optimises the respiratory rate & guides relaxation.
THE EYE is the first fashionable wearable vision device which is a camera connected wirelessly to the smartphone for
blind and visually impaired people.
The KOBA Maßschneiderei is an electronic textile tailor shop where anybody can place an order for custom-made
wearable technology garments and accessories.
The Meditation Lab Experimenter Kit monitors, enhances and shares meditation experiences.
Mi.mu gloves Musical gloves for gestural composition and performance: create, manipulate, record and play music with
your hands.
Mycotex integrates technology in a fully biodegradable textile, so after usage we can simple compost the material and
collect the remaining electronics for recycling.
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Quietude jewellery & accessories that enhance the experience of deaf women in a sound-oriented world.
Rideq project wearable horseback riding instructor with interactive real time feedback.
Sensewear is a collection of garments as sensory therapies to help people with sensory sensitivity (autism etc.) enjoy
life.
Solemaker.io is a platform for creating personalised shoes, and at the end of life, the shoe is sent back for the materials
and sensor to be recycled up to twenty times.
Textile Reflexes Project is a flexible textile made of squares of post-consumer textile waste, which can move and
respond to each other, creating an expanding & contracting surface. When connected to the internet, the are robotic
textiles part of the internet of things.
The Anthropocene Project uses a smart belt in a location-based alternate reality game to raise awareness about data
collection and personal privacy, as well as the human impact on the environment.
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Wearflex project is a smart shirt made-up of PLA filament with a flexible screen with that has smartphone
notifications. The flexible textile screen is made from conductive and electroluminescent inks. PLA is a
sustainable polymer and is fully recyclable.
Wisp is a wearable that collects a woman’s bio-data to help her understand more about herself and to explore
the erogenous zones on her body and thus improving their intimate sensations.
Zishi project –is a smart garment for shoulder pain prevention and rehabilitation that supports shoulder motor
control and trunk posture training by monitoring compensatory movements and synchronously providing
feedback.
TEAMS

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Selected projects receive up to €50K
• €25K at start (including innovation vouchers)
• €15K after mid-term evaluation (November)
• €10K after final evaluation (January)
In other words:
A maximum of €50,000 in two forms
• A fee (between €35,000 and €40,000) to be spent
for prototype development and team’s salaries
• Innovation vouchers (between €10,000 and
€15,000) aimed at support
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Team’s budget
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Project fund 35k€
● paid in three instalments (10k at beginning, 15k after mid-term review, 10k at
end of the project)
● used for fees, consumables, travels of team members, rental costs (e.g.
artist studio), etc.
● can also be used for services by mentors and hubs, and external services, in
case 15k voucher budget is not sufficient.
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Vouchers 15k€
● are given to the teams at the beginning of their project;
● directly paid by IMEC upon invoice;
● covers main mentor (incl. travel), home hub support services, additional mentors &
additional hubs;
● when team requires specific services that are not provided by any WEAR hub or
mentor but qualify for voucher budget, teams will be asked to provide three quotes from
different service providers, with a justification which provider you select and why.
TEAMS

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Selected teams’ tailored support package, is based
- On their requirements
- On the assessment by the main mentor and WEAR Sustain
The package can evolve over the 6 month of the projects
Support provided by
1. Main mentor
2. Additional mentor(s)
3. Hubs
Team Support

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Roles within WEAR:
• An Art/Design –
Tech team
• A consultant expert
• A Mentor
(main or other)
• A Home Hub

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Reviewers
Reviewers are responsible for assessing proposals and selecting teams after
submission after the Open Call has closed.
They are involved in stage 1 short-listing of proposals and/or stage 2 pitching
sessions.

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Mentors
Mentors are responsible to advise and practically support the selected teams
over the time of their project in their field of expertise.
Mentors may be independent experts in their field or attached to a hub and / or
its network.
MENTORS

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Mentors
Each team will be assigned a main mentor
- The team’s first point of contact
- Regular follow up
- His/her field of expertise will cover the team’s main requirements
- The team along with their mentor will create a tailored support and
services plan for the team
MENTORS

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Mentoring services

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MENTORING and SUPPORT SERVICES for selected teams include:
● Design & Aesthetics
● Ethics & Sustainability
● ICT Technology
● Prototyping
● Data & Data Models
● User-centred Design
● Validation Trails/Living Lab Experiments
● Business
● Venturing
● Legal
MENTORS

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Role of Hubs in the WEAR Project and Ecosystem
● Hubs are local ambassador centres and form the crucial structure and the backbone of the
WEAR ecosystem in Europe, during the WEAR project duration and beyond.
● Hubs come in all different shapes and sizes, and can be described in many different ways –
collectives, co-operatives, (fab) labs, design centres, makerspaces, universities, incubators,
accelerators, etc.
● Hubs will contribute to the development of WEAR’s Sustainability Strategy, a toolkit that is
aimed at stakeholders involved in the wearable technology, electronic and smart textiles
community
● Currently 59 active WEAR hubs are listed in DS:
https://network.wearsustain.eu/actors?membership=-,WEAR%20Sustain%20Hub
HUBS

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Role of Home Hubs for Teams
- Operational follow up
- Local support
- Co-working Space / Studio Space
- Training / Workshops / Events
- Access To Equipment, Skills, Resources, Networks
- Incubation, Business Support, Mentoring, Financing
- Retail Opportunities
- Research And Development
- Living Lab technology and prototype validation trials with users and improvements
- Access to local experts
- Hub leader is available as a contact
Currently the WEAR network, including all hubs and the services they offer, can be found on
https://wear.datascouts.eu/dashboards/home
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Home Hub Main Responsibilities:
● Host and support the team
● Provide services as required by hosted team(s) (see Support Services Description)
● Follow the team’s progress on Offbott.com and/or onsite and share suitable news on
the hub’s web site/DS profile/SNs too
● Work with WEAR consortium to gather insights into collaboration and teams’
development process, through feedback forms and interviews
HUBS

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Sustainable Development and the creative industries?
We consume our earth’s natural resources to create and make.
We have an impact on our environment and an impact upon those who have played a part in
producing and supplying the raw materials that we use each and every day.
Artists, designers, creatives and makers have a measurable ecological footprint like any other
sector and can reduce that footprint through the choices made in their work.
For disciplines that require the transformation of materials into artefacts, jewellery, ceramics
and product design, as well as architecture and interiors the connection to the earth’s natural
resources is relatively clear.
By Professor Martin Charter and Scott Keiller, Director and Co-ordinator – Sustainable Innovation, The Centre for Sustainable Design ®, UCA
TOOLKIT

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Sustainable Development and the creative industries?
Artists and creatives are communicators and can highlight environmental, social and economic
themes in our work. They will always be at the centre of culture and culture informs the way that
society relates to our environment and treats people.
As artists, designers, creators and makers we can play an important role in informing and
inspiring others to see the world differently and act more sustainably.
Product Lifecycles
Last year 1.6 billion mobile phones were manufactured with average replacement of old for new
models by consumers of just 18 months. We all use mobile phones, they have become an
almost indispensable part of our lives but their ubiquity and the rate of innovation and
development have led to significant environmental and social impacts.
By Professor Martin Charter and Scott Keiller, Director and Co-ordinator – Sustainable Innovation, The Centre for Sustainable Design ®, UCA
TOOLKIT

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Sustainability Strategy Toolkit
WEAR’s Sustainability Strategy is a toolkit aimed at future art/ design & tech
teams involved in the wearable technology, electronic and smart textiles
community, the European Commission, the tech industry, and other
stakeholders.
Teams, hubs, experts and participants involved in the project will contribute to
the development of WEAR’s Sustainability Strategy.
WEAR will request that teams provide structured feedback and expert insight
over the team’s project time.
TOOLKIT

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Sustainability Strategy Toolkit Framework
This toolkit is aimed at facilitating future collaborations between wearable technology and smart
textile SME's and stakeholders, and in particular between people from creative, technology and
engineering industries.
It will provide guidelines and best practices for future research, innovation and development in
ethical wearable technology addressing the following three categories:
1) Innovation & Collaboration in terms of:
• a business model canvas for wearable technologies and smart/ e-textiles;
• providing business models for wearable technologies and smart/ e-textiles to exchange and
share data ethically;
• creating a digital ecosystem around a wearable and smart/ e-textile innovations in the ethics
and sustainability development and design;
• supporting artist/designer and technologist and industry collaboration in general; developing
communities and local ecosystems in this niche field. and the supply chain.
TOOLKIT

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Sustainability Strategy Toolkit Framework
Guidelines and best practices categories:
2) Data use: Data collection / Data storage & Production: Fabrication / Design / Prototyping. The
amount of data that wearable technologies capture, in particular their users’ personal data, raising
ethical issues regarding ownership and processing of this data by the wearable technology
manufacturers and service providers.
3) Creating positive environmental, economic and social impacts from the electronic, textiles
and fashion industries on society. Tackling ethical issues that include poor labour practices and
working conditions within manufacturing, mineral sourcing and the supply chain.
The Toolkit will be developed as an online handbook, made available on the online portal and free
for public use.
WEAR will identify key issues and opportunities in the stages of preparation, matchmaking and
selection of projects.
TOOLKIT

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Project Challenges (in progress):
• Designing a funding agency from scratch in 3 months;
• Getting call promotion out quickly and widely enough in time for the first call and tight
timeframe;
• Having an appropriate and robust funding application online tool;
• Making sure experts jury understood our mission and selected teams appropriately;
• Getting mentors and hubs on board in time to start working with selected teams;
• Contracts and IP issues for team members;
• Matchmaking teams with mentors and hubs and quickly;
• Finding appropriate service providers to support teams that are ethical and
sustainable in their practices.

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Next OPEN CALL 2
Opening 15th November 2017
Deadline 15th January 2018
€50K funding per project
Scope: wearables and e-textiles worn on the body that may collect body
data and/or data about your environment
Nature of projects: interdisciplinary artists &/or designers working with
technologists, addressing ethics & sustainability issues within the product
lifecycle

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THANK YOU!
info@wearsustain.eu
www.wearsustain.eu
@WEARsustain
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