Cyborg, 2015

In April 2015 the Extrapolation Factory ran a one-day workshop with the Biomechanics and Movement Science program (BIOMS) at the University of Delaware. Participants drew on their own research into how bodies move to imagine near-future augmentations: devices worn on the hand, wrist, neck or skin that sense, assist or extend the body. Working from futures worksheets, each group extrapolated a signal from their field into a scenario, then built a wearable prototype from a kit of electronics, tools and craft materials and tried it on.

See more documentation of the workshop on Flickr.

Research interests
Biodesign · Participatory futures · Prototyping
Project credits

A project by: Chris Woebken and Elliott P. Montgomery

Host: Biomechanics and Movement Science (BIOMS), University of Delaware, Newark

Concepts and wearable prototypes: Workshop participants


Workshop outcomes
Wearable prototypes built and tested by workshop participants.