{"id":44131,"date":"2025-09-29T04:15:10","date_gmt":"2025-09-29T04:15:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/44131\/"},"modified":"2025-09-29T04:15:10","modified_gmt":"2025-09-29T04:15:10","slug":"captured-tech-art-piece-protects-social-media-shy-wearers-from-being-filmed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/44131\/","title":{"rendered":"CAPtured tech-art piece protects social media-shy wearers from being filmed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Droga5 Dublin Introduces AI-Responsive Cap<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Droga5 Dublin has unveiled CAPtured, a one-of-a-kind <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designboom.com\/tag\/fashion-design-phenomenons\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">wearable<\/a> designed in collaboration with fashion designer Ancuta Sarca. Presented during London Fashion Week, the piece functions as both a design object and a technology prototype, addressing issues around\u00a0digital privacy in public space.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The cap integrates <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designboom.com\/tag\/artificial-intelligence\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">AI<\/a>-powered vision technology capable of detecting when a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designboom.com\/tag\/smartphone-design\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">smartphone<\/a> camera is directed toward it. Once identified, a built-in mechanism deploys a cover that drops over the wearer\u2019s face, concealing their identity and preventing unwanted appearance in social media content. Importantly, the system only interacts with mobile phone cameras and does not interfere with security infrastructure such as CCTV.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" bad-src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" alt=\"CAPtured tech-art headpiece protects social media-shy wearers from unconsented content\" width=\"818\" height=\"460\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/a-cap-that-shields-the-social-media-shy-1-68d58e8c017b3.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" lazyload\"\/><br \/>all images courtesy of Samuel McElwee<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A Cap That Questions Social Media Consent<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The exterior design was developed with <a href=\"https:\/\/ancutasarca.com\/en-eu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">fashion designer<\/a> Ancuta Sarca, known for her hybrid footwear and accessories, while the technological framework was engineered by <a href=\"https:\/\/droga5.ie\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">creative studio<\/a> Droga5 Dublin to operate seamlessly within the compact format of a cap. Photographer Samuel McElwee documented the launch, highlighting the interaction between fashion, technology, and urban culture.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Beyond its immediate functionality, CAPtured is intended as a cultural statement, raising questions about consent and content creation in the age of pervasive social media. By combining responsive technology with fashion design, the project situates itself at the intersection of privacy, identity, and digital ethics.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" bad-src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" alt=\"CAPtured tech-art headpiece protects social media-shy wearers from unconsented content\" width=\"818\" height=\"1091\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/a-cap-that-shields-the-social-media-shy-7-68d58e8c0199f.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" lazyload\"\/><br \/>Droga5 Dublin and Ancuta Sarca collaborated on CAPtured<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" bad-src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" alt=\"CAPtured tech-art headpiece protects social media-shy wearers from unconsented content\" width=\"818\" height=\"614\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/a-cap-that-shields-the-social-media-shy-3-68d58e8c0188e.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" lazyload\"\/><br \/>the cap functions as both a design object and tech prototype<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Droga5 Dublin Introduces AI-Responsive Cap \u00a0 Droga5 Dublin has unveiled CAPtured, a one-of-a-kind wearable designed in collaboration with&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":44132,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[345,343,344,35099,85,46,35100,125],"class_list":{"0":"post-44131","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-artificial-intelligence","8":"tag-ai","9":"tag-artificial-intelligence","10":"tag-artificialintelligence","11":"tag-fashion-design-phenomena","12":"tag-il","13":"tag-israel","14":"tag-smartphone-design","15":"tag-technology"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44131","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44131"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44131\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/44132"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44131"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44131"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44131"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}