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We have developed a unique wearable wig-based computing device. Our device looks natural and enhances users' activities and appearance. Previous wearable computing research has mainly focused on how to provide effective computational functions for users. However, the researchers have not taken appearance into account, so users who wear them usually looks strange when in public. Thus, these devices have not been used practically. To make wearable computing look more practical, we believe appearance is one of the most important elements, so we enhanced both function and appearance to create a practical wearable computing device. Wigs have several advantages. For instance, they have enough space to put wearable sensors inside them and head area is very sensitive even to weak feedback. Also, wig technology has developed to the point where wigs can look very similar to real hair. In this paper, we describe our computational wig, focusing on the implementation and applications.