Machina (company)
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Founded | September 2011 |
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Headquarters | |
Area served | United States, Mexico, Taiwan |
Founder(s) | Linda Franco Antonio Perdigón, Daniel Fernández de Córdova |
Key people | Linda Franco (CEO and Co-Founder) Antonio Perdigón (Co-Founder and Creative Director) |
Industry | Fashion, Wearable Technology |
Products | Midi Controller Jacket, OBE |
URL | machina |
Machina is a clothing brand company specializing in wearable technology based in Mexico City and San Francisco, accelerated by Highway1 and Wayra.[1]
The company attempted to make a MIDI controlling jacket. A 2012 review in TechCrunch called the jacket "a cool concept and an interesting and kinetic way to trigger and control beats and sounds."[2] The company was founded in 2011 by Linda Franco, Antonio Perdigón, and Daniel Fernández de Córdova [3]
A Kickstarter project in 2013 produced a prototype, with a delay of almost a year behind the projected delivery date. Since then, there have been no substantial updates and the announced open-source hardware has not materialized. The company is currently developing OBE, a jacket for virtual reality with accelerometers and vibration motors.[4]
In 2017 Linda Franco was named one of MIT's innovators under 35,[4] and in 2014 the company appeared as one of Forbes Mexico's 30 under 30.[3]
References
- ^ "Innovator's Under 35". MIT Technology Review.
- ^ Jay Donovan. "Machina MIDI Jacket: Sound, Movement and Fashion". TechCrunch. AOL.
- ^ a b Stephanie Lewis & Lourdes Contreras. "30 promesas de los negocios en México". Forbes. Forbes Mexico.
- ^ a b "Linda Franco". MIT Technology Review.
- ^ "Machina's MIDI Controller Jacket turns your body into an electronic instrument". gizmag.com.
- ^ Chris Richards (15 March 2013). "Making music through movement". Washington Post.
- ^ The Christian Science Monitor. "Wearable tech: How three designers weave technology into fashion". The Christian Science Monitor.
- ^ "Wearable technology: The bra designed to shock attackers". BBC News.