Art meets tech in foldable family history
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Redesigning one's MySpace.com page probably ranks higher on the to-do list for kids today than, say, quilting. But a San Francisco art student has devised a storytelling device that could bridge the digital divide between tech-savvy youngsters and their elders.
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Katherine Wakid, a student at California College of the Arts, designed her Stichories digital quilt as a combination of high and low tech accessible to multiple generations. Her craftiness drew an honorable mention in International Design Magazine's 2006 Annual Student Review. The creation, which is not for sale, is a cotton blanket with a built-in computer; family photos can be uploaded and oral histories recorded and saved in the quilt's memory.