CuteCircuit

Fashion #wearabletech pioneer since 2001 #SoundShirt #HugShirt #haptics #AR 🇬🇧 🇺🇸 🏆Webby, 2x TIME Best Invention, UNESCO Netexplo, AWE Impact, LUMEN Prize

[CuteCircuit @CuteCircuit]

@helpbnk Thank you for sharing ❤️🙌🥰✨

[HelpBnk @helpbnk]

“I started out as a fashion designer, but I kept feeling like clothes could do more than just be worn. I wanted them to carry emotion, to create presence, to actually connect people rather than just cover them.

The first question I asked myself was: how do you preserve human connection when people are far apart? That became the HugShirt, a garment that let you send the physical sensation of a hug over distance. Then I kept pulling on the same thread, and it became the SoundShirt, which translates sound into physical sensation across the whole body, so a deaf audience member and a hearing one can feel the same concert at the same time.

I left stable work for this. Moved countries. Retrained myself to understand how to develop technology, because I wanted to build things rather than just talk about them.

The hardest part wasn't any of that, though. It was watching large organisations benefit from my ideas and my visibility, while my role as the inventor got quietly reframed, as if I had simply executed someone else's vision. Years of research and personal sacrifice, and my name kept getting smaller. That was deeply discouraging. But it also made me much harder to move.

The SoundShirt is now deployed at the Lyric Opera of Chicago, Newcastle United, Lega Serie A, and others. TIME named it a Best Invention. I'm too curious to stop, and too excited about what comes next."

@cutecircuit

[The Lumen Prize @lumenprize]

1 week to go

If you’ve been thinking about submitting your application to The Lumen Prize - now is the time to get your draft completed.

The Lumen Prize call for entries ends at 6pm EST / 11pm BST on May 23rd.

✨ $30,000 total prize pool
🏆 Three award categories
🌍 Global art prize
🗓️ 6pm EST / 11pm BST on May 23rd
🔗 https://t.co/OO4GWYHYkY

Featured artist: @louispaulcaron

#LumenPrize #ArtistOpenCall #DigitalArt #ArtPrize #artandtechnology

[CuteCircuit @CuteCircuit]

@karine_hsu Because in Italy we call the perfectly white gelato flavour “fior di latte” 🥛

[CuteCircuit @CuteCircuit]

@MerriamWebster Yes and thank you! 🥰❤️

[Laura Pausini @LauraPausini]

Hoy empieza el YO CANTO WORLD TOUR y este es el resumen de lo que hemos preparado en estos meses y que desde esta noche verán en el escenario. ❤️‍🔥
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Oggi inizia il YO CANTO WORLD TOUR e questo è il riassunto di quello che abbiamo preparato in questi mesi e che da stasera vedrete sul palco. ❤️‍🔥
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Today the YO CANTO WORLD TOUR begins, and this is a recap of what we have prepared over these months and that you will see on stage. ❤️‍🔥

[Miche ☼☽ @mommatings]

Invece no ✨✨✨ #SanRemo2026

[RaiPlay @RaiPlay]

In assenza di te? MAI ♥️
@LauraPausini a #Sanremo2026

Le esibizioni integrali, lo show dell’Ariston e gli extra sono su RaiPlay: https://t.co/xkxyqdL5qB

[CuteCircuit @CuteCircuit]

@StevenBartlett The UK could start with accelerators that give funding to companies rather than just give classes on business and zero support with building. Here they simply don’t believe a company can turn into a unicorn, says more about the fund’s beliefs than the founders’ @StevenBartlett

[CuteCircuit @CuteCircuit]

@philiprosedale Virtual is not necessarily immersive, to make the virtual experience more desirable it needs full sensory immersion, touch in addition to sight and sound ✨🙌

[CuteCircuit @CuteCircuit]

@philiprosedale Wow! 💖✨

[CuteCircuit @CuteCircuit]

@zobeir Oh really love the hype! Testing this and the “app” can’t even be previewed, says “error, buy credits to debug” 👀

[The Lumen Prize @lumenprize]

Spotlight on: 2025 Fashion & Design Award Winners
@cutecircuit

'The SoundShirt'

Feel music and sound on your body as touch sensations. The SoundShirt is the first fabric-based haptic wearable to render the full audio spectrum in realtime, connecting deaf and hearing users alike to music, sports, and performance in emotional, immersive and surprising ways.

https://t.co/UDG1K56wXX

#lumenprize #fashionanddesignaward

[The Lumen Prize @lumenprize]

What 👏 a 👏 weekend

We had the most incredible time at @kunstsilo celebrating The 2025 Lumen Prize last weekend, and finally revealing our winners!

Guests travelled from over 24 countries to celebrate the Awards with us in person and we couldn’t be more grateful!

There’s so much to unpack, so let’s dive into a wrap-up of the weekend’s events ↓

[CuteCircuit @CuteCircuit]

@RtClick_Save @ArtBasel @RachelMFalconer @carlajr @sashastiles @LAB212 @anniebee7 @kayvan2sfo @mora_kana @TorillHaugen @epure_ @uiagder @madebymots @entangledothers @lA____lli Thank you, this is a really lovely article 💖🙌🥰✨⚡️

[Right Click Save @RtClick_Save]

Mentions incl.: @ArtBasel @RachelMFalconer @carlajr #AndreyChugunov @sashastiles #NavidNavab @LAB212 #NicolasGuichard @anniebee7 @kayvan2sfo #MelanieLenz @mora_kana @TorillHaugen @epure_ @uiagder #CarlosVelandia #AngélicaRestrepo @madebymots @entangledothers @lA____lli @KillmannSonia @CaballeroAnaMa @CuteCircuit @carlo_vanderoer @taikawaititi #EmilDamSeidel #DoroteaSaykaly #AmeliaWingerBearskin

https://t.co/T5O6kxE5W9

[The Lumen Prize @lumenprize]

2025 Fashion & Design Award Winners
@CuteCircuit
The SoundShirt

Feel music and sound on your body as touch sensations. The SoundShirt is the first fabric-based haptic wearable to render the full audio spectrum in realtime, connecting deaf and hearing users alike to music, sports, and performance in emotional, immersive and surprising ways.

#Lumenprize #Digitalart

[CuteCircuit @CuteCircuit]

@bhavis And they are playing the Dhoom soundtrack! Genius 🥰💖✨

[CuteCircuit @CuteCircuit]

@producer_ai Love the video feature, it’s amazing! Can’t stop 💖🥰🙌⚡️✨

[CuteCircuit @CuteCircuit]

@andrewchen On one hand is having a good story and on the other enough time for rendering, with AI is easy to generate but then one needs to have an eye for editing and selecting the best visuals for the story. Takes time to do something well (not as long as before).