ADDFactor project aims at developing an innovative customised shoe manufacturing framework based on the creation of small-local-agile manufacturing units – mini-factories - enabling the distribution at local (mini-factory@retailer) and district scale (mini-factory@area) of technologically advanced fabrication operations. Customization of the shoe is addressed considering functional, bio-medical and safety-wellness related aspects (prevent injuries restoring optimal motion); so [...]

Chair: Prof. Luca Canetta Co-chair: Rosanna Fornasiero Short description: Today consumer goods like clothing, footwear, sportwear have the untapped potential to escape from being traditional products by mean of innovative services like sensing the status of customer well-being, functional materiasl etc to offer safe and healthy conditions for applications like work and sport . This [...]

Good news from our collegues at Aalborg University. Preparations for the MCPC 2014 Conference are going along and now you can start submitting your paper to the organizers, using the official submission system via Springer. So, if you have some interesting research to contribute that fits into the conference’s call for papers , please feel free to follow this link [...]

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CeBIT is the world’s largest trade fair showcasing digital IT and telecommunications solutions for home and work environments. The key target groups are users from industry, the wholesale/retail sector, skilled trades, banks, the services sector, government agencies, science and all users passionate about technology. CeBIT offers an international platform for comparing notes on current industry trends, [...]

The WP6 value-adding services has started with T6.1, to translate main Consumer Requirements into well-defined Service Requirements. Starting from the collection of outcomes of other tasks e.g. results achieved in WP1 and identified validation scenarios described in D1.3., T6.1 performed an integrated in-depth analysis and evaluation of target group requirements according to the context of use, [...]

The iTechtStyle Forum focused in stimulating networking among players from the technical and fashion textiles and clothing and also between those and other players belonging to complementary application sectors, always following a spirit of bringing together ideas, potential investors and stakeholders. The iTechtStyle Forum put all efforts in order to “Make it happen” by helping [...]

Supported by the European Commission, a consortium of European companies and research organisations is hosting the Create Your Own 2011 (CYO 2011) event in Berlin, Germany, May 30 and 31st, 2011. The term “create your own” denotes a growing trend of start-ups and corporate entrepreneurship in Europe to create offerings catering to the creative consumer and [...]

The 2011 World Conference on Mass Customization, Personalization, and Co-Creation (MCPC 2011) : San Francisco Airport Marriot Hotel & Conference Center, November 15-19, 2011 mcpc2011.com | Download Call for Papers | Submit your Proposal here The system to submit your papers and speaking proposals for the MCPC 2011 is online! The most important information follows below, but you also can download the updated MCPC 2011 Call for [...]

Collaborative Environments for Sustainable Innovation Nowadays, the information society is becoming a reality with low cost broadband networks, extended by mobile or wireless networks, allowing seamless connection and use of applications and services (i2010: Annual Information Society Report 2007). With the arrival of new services, an emerging challenge of collaborative innovation between new types of [...]