Process

The main idea was always known, emulate an emotion onto a person. The only real way to do that based off my skills and knowledge would be to heat and cool a person. After I defined that I knew that the best techniques would involve heating elements and fans. 

The fans would utilize the room temperature and create high convection which would increase heat transfer between the environment and the user. With that the person would feel colder as long as the environment temperature was hotter than their body temperature ( anything above 97F).  The jacket was laser cut with holes to make space for the fan's air. They were controlled by transistors with the photon micro-controller.

The heating elements were far more complicated. I had to consider how hot to heat them and how to make it safe. After using a power supply I experimentally tested different lengths of nichrome, heating wire, and tested to see how hot those temperatures would get. I defined a length and then placed then in plastic bags in a manner that they would not touch and not come into contact with people. The plastic would be thin enough that the person could feel the temperature from the heating element but also resistant from the electricity.