Maggie Orth

Maggie Orth (born 1964, Columbus, OH) is an American artist and technologist who helped create the field of E-textiles. Her 2001 MIT Media Lab PhD thesis, Sculpted computational objects with smart and active computing materials[1] and associated publications[2] and patents [3] are among the early work in this field. She was named a 2007 United States Artists Target Fellow.[4] The United States Artists foundation describes her as "A pioneer of electronic textiles, interactive fashions, wearable computing, and interface design".[5] She founded "International Fashion Machines"., which created e-textile products.

The team of Gorbett+Banerjee and Maggie Orth were commissioned to create "Chronos and Kairos". "(movie)". YouTube. an interactive robotic sculpture, for the Mineta San Jose International airport.[6]

"Fuzzy Apparatus". her large electronic pom-pom piece, was commissioned for the 2013 "Patent Pending show". organized by the Zero1 Art and Technology Network.[7] and is currently on display in the Home ECOnomics show at the "Wignall Museum of Contemporary Art"..

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