Machina (company)

Machina is a clothing brand company specializing in wearable technology based in Mexico City and San Francisco, accelerated by Highway1 and Wayra.[1]

Machina Wearable Technology, Inc.
FoundedSeptember 2011 (2011-09)
Headquarters
San Francisco, California
Mexico City, Mexico
Area servedUnited States, Mexico, Taiwan
Founder(s)Linda Franco
Antonio Perdigón,
Daniel Fernández de Córdova
Key peopleLinda Franco (CEO and Co-Founder)
Antonio Perdigón (Co-Founder and Creative Director)
IndustryFashion, Wearable Technology
ProductsMidi Controller Jacket, OBE
URLmachina.cc


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

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  1. "Innovator's Under 35". MIT Technology Review.
  2. Jay Donovan. "Machina MIDI Jacket: Sound, Movement and Fashion". TechCrunch. AOL.
  3. Stephanie Lewis & Lourdes Contreras. "30 promesas de los negocios en México". Forbes. Forbes Mexico.
  4. "Linda Franco". MIT Technology Review.
  5. "Machina's MIDI Controller Jacket turns your body into an electronic instrument". gizmag.com.
  6. Chris Richards (15 March 2013). "Making music through movement". Washington Post.
  7. The Christian Science Monitor. "Wearable tech: How three designers weave technology into fashion". The Christian Science Monitor.
  8. "Wearable technology: The bra designed to shock attackers". BBC News.


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