Change the Equation – Staff Writer
“September doesn’t just mean back to school (and back to STEM), it’s also that wonderous time of year when designers trot out their collections on the runways in New York, Paris, Milan and other fashionable cities across the globe. This year, Google aims to make Fashion Week even more fashionable by adding a coding component to the festivities. Just what do coding and fashion have in common? What’s the connection? Well, Google sums it up nicely: Increasingly, the worlds of fashion and technology are becoming intertwined—from wristbands that track your heart rate to responsive fabrics that adjust to your temperature. And just like you can sew together different pieces of fabric to make a dress, or choose different items from your closet to create an unexpected outfit, you can also put together code to make something that’s never existed before.”(more)