Currently showing at the 2nd Skin Exhibition at San Francisco’s Exploratorium is that piece of smart clothing by designer Stephanie Sandstrom. Inside it hide a bunch of sensors that measure the nearby air quality, along with drivers that can adjust the fabric. The concept is that on poor air days the dress detects the problem, and adjusts itself to look all rumpled and messy, and raising environmental awareness. Does that wrinkling that mean it raises the hemline? I’m not certain… but whether it did, that might work to take your mind off the damage being done to your health by all those airborne pollutants. [Inhabitat]

Original post by Kit Eaton