Coding Fashion: Engineer Creates Magical Dresses

Christina Ernst, a 28-year-old software engineer from Chicago, is combining her love for technology and fashion in a unique way. She creates amazing dresses that can move and light up using computer programming and robotics.

When she's not working at Google, Christina spends her time on what she calls 'fashioneering' projects. She has made dresses that can twirl on their own and tops that light up like candles. Her most famous creation is a Medusa costume with moving snake heads that can even make eye contact using artificial intelligence.

Christina shares her projects online, where she has gained hundreds of thousands of followers. She hopes her work will inspire more young women to enter STEM fields. By showing how technology can be used in creative and fun ways, she wants to encourage girls who like art and fashion to see that they can also enjoy working with computers and engineering.