Electric Runway Episode 17: Maria & Shannon Hoover- Make Fashion, Change the World

Published: March 30, 2016, 11:13 p.m.

b'This weekend we're heading to MakeFashion, a high-tech, high-fashion runway show taking place at the Telus Spark Science Centre in Calgary, Alberta. Models will walk the runway wearing one-of-a-kind wearable art pieces that incorporate emerging technologies, including 3D printing, EEG brain-sensing, and projection mapping. Attendees can expect a spectacle of style\\u2014from a cocktail dress that changes hue in response to its environment to a set of mother-daughter skirts that act and react to one another based on proximity. The evening showcase invites audiences to gaze into a not-so-distant future where wearable technology goes beyond the wrist, where our clothing is equipped with new communicative capacities.On today's episode, we speak with Maria and Shannon Hoover, co-founders of Make Fashion.'