excitement. Strategically placed above the eyes on Biomimetic Clothing (left) converts from one look to an- the hoodie, the camera takes photos as the wearer’s other based on principles from biomimetics, deployable _{heart rate increases. The camera itself is wired} structures, and TRIZ, the Russian theory of inventive problem solving. The Mathematical Knit Scarf (right)

^{discreetly through the seaming of the garment to} uses number patterns to dictate how its decorative a BASIC Stamp that communicates with a wireless structures are knit. heart rate monitor.

The BASIC Stamp uses an algorithm to analyze the laws of nature and the golden mean. the heartbeat for increases that might signify a Just as Leonardo da Vinci and the other Re-moment of excitement, as opposed to physical naissance artists were exploring the harmony of exercise. Since the photos are taken involuntarily, proportional mathematical aesthetics through the wearer may discover new points of interest they their paintings and sculpture, Eng came across her may not have been conscious of. ideas in much the same way. “I noticed that there is

In contrast, Eng’s Mathematical Knits are a a certain technique [on the knitting machine] that beautiful collection of sweaters and scarves that I like to use, called the holding technique because debuted at MIT’s Seamless fashion show earlier you have to be constantly calculating the stitches this year. The technology behind the aesthetic is in your head,” Eng explains. “The way it works is you much more subtle. Created on Eng’s large knitting add one number and add it to the second number machine, each design is based on the mathematical and then you add it to the third number, which is Fibonacci sequence, a series of numbers relating to very similar to the Fibonacci sequence. I figured