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CJ-2050: Body Cooling Wearable Technology

Published: 21 September 2021 Publication History

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Due to the climate change effects, the average temperature in the 2100s might be between 2 and 9.7°F warmer- an excessive heat wave beyond human tolerance. CJ-2050 is a speculative wearable device that provides body cooling through a jewelry design when in direct contact with the skin. Cold water constantly travels through dedicated tubes to reduce the body's temperature at key points in the circulation system. A Peltier module structure has been utilized to keep the water cold and a pump system irrigates the water through the tubes. This project aims at reimagining our daily jewelry in a dystopia that may not be too far away with a wearable design that intertwines body heating regulation, speculative jewelry design, and aesthetics.

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ISWC '21: Proceedings of the 2021 ACM International Symposium on Wearable Computers
September 2021
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DOI:10.1145/3460421
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  1. Cooling Jewelry
  2. Speculative Design
  3. Wearable Technology

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  • (2024)DexteriSync: A Hand Thermal I/O Exoskeleton for Morphing Finger Dexterity ExperienceProceedings of the 37th Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology10.1145/3654777.3676422(1-12)Online publication date: 13-Oct-2024
  • (2024)ThermalGrasp: Enabling Thermal Feedback even while Grasping and Walking2024 IEEE Conference Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces (VR)10.1109/VR58804.2024.00056(342-353)Online publication date: 16-Mar-2024
  • (2022)The 25th Edition of the International Symposium on Wearable ComputersIEEE Pervasive Computing10.1109/MPRV.2022.316290021:2(105-111)Online publication date: 1-Apr-2022

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