00:02Sometimes they think I'm crazy.
00:05Smart textiles. Clothing with built-in sensors.
00:10This is meant to restore the connection between the brain and the hand.
00:15Sometimes it's just to provide a little tingle, like with a special technique.
00:20ASMR is supposed to relax and lower anxiety.
00:29The dance floors of Berlin's techno scene.
00:32Pulsing electronic beats that can make you forget everything else and tap into your inner creativity.
00:39An idea that can be expanded on.
00:42Why not attach copper plates to a t-shirt?
00:45Wire them up, connect them to an electrical source, and turn yourself into a human beatbox.
00:51With the right music software, electrical impulses become sound.
00:56Each of it, it's a channel.
00:58And you can see that, for example, I can do some snare here.
01:02Tss, tss, tss.
01:03While I loop the kicks like...
01:07And then it will integrate with each other doing like...
01:12And this is that I can do it while I'm like wearing it.
01:17Atil Ammer studies product design in Berlin.
01:20He was born in Syria.
01:24He's a refugee who fled to Europe, where he began experimenting with sound and tinkering with his t-shirt.
01:33On regular base, I lost contact with my family because there wasn't like proper connections and internet.
01:40And even like life supplier, like flour or water.
01:45Greiz, a town in southeastern Germany, is home to a renowned textile research institute that also develops smart textiles.
01:54Here, electrically conductive elements can be stitched directly into the fabric, like in this therapeutic glove.
02:05Stroke patients often experience paralysis in their limbs.
02:10They can put on this glove and a specific program causes weak electrical impulses to be sent to the fingertips.
02:17This is to restore the connection between the brain and the hand, allowing them to grasp things again.
02:26The glove is already on the market.
02:29Its manufacturer says it can be used up to 100 times.
02:33But like most smart textiles, it shouldn't be run through a washing machine.
02:38Before going on sale, a smart textile should be able to withstand being washed by hand at least 30 times.
02:46But we're not talking machine washing yet.
02:51Back to Berlin and Chilean artist Nicole Schonher.
02:57She's developed special smart home accessories.
03:04With the interaction of touching the different textures and playing sounds at the same time.
03:11So this play of multi-sensorial engagement gives you a moment of calm and rest that lets you focus on
03:20what you're engaging with instead of thoughts from your day-to-day life or stress from work.
03:41What happens at the crossroads where art and science meet?
03:46The creative possibilities offered by smart textiles are far from exhausted.
03:52It's just to give the DJ or performance more like freedom to move around, to make some movement, to create
04:02some kind of vibe for the people in the room.
04:05No worries you, toppings on things.
04:08No worries you.
04:12But OK.
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