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November 20, 2009
"See-thru-me" Light Shirt
See-thru-me is a project by Meg Grant that uses LEDs and light sensitive resistors to give the effect of light being passed through the body. When a light is shined on the wearer's back, the LEDs on the front light up in the corresponding place. It seems to me based on the pictures that there aren't any microcontrollers being used in this project, just each photoresistor controlling one LED. [via Fashioning Technology]
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Nov 20, 2009 09:00 AM
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November 19, 2009
Pictures from Hack PGH's Soft Circuit Workshop
Check out Matt Mets' pictures from the Hack Pittsburgh soft circuits workshop. I love the variety among the participants, from little girls to hacker dudes.
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Nov 19, 2009 09:00 AM
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November 17, 2009
Fairytale Fashion: Conductive Materials and Drawdio
Diana Eng's new Fairytale Fashion video is about playing with the Drawdio and conductive embroidery to create fun, interactive noises.
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Nov 17, 2009 09:14 AM
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November 13, 2009
Accupressure Soft Circuit Garment
E-pressed is a jacket that uses a galvanic skin response sensor to measure your need for acupressure. The spots where a friend might help relieve your "negative emotions" are highlighted with LEDs and a graphic, and they contain soft buttons to sense massage. I agree with Syuzi @ Fashioning Technology when she says this project is "an interesting exploration on how wearable technology can become used either as training tools for alternative medical therapy or home therapy," but I'm not sure I buy into the emotional "inner state" benefit just yet. Hannah Perner-Wilson's Massage Me jacket, which turns massaging your friend into a video game (fun for everyone)!
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Nov 13, 2009 09:20 AM
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November 5, 2009
How-To: Sewable iPod Remote
Here's a quick and easy soft circuit project from Instructables user craft-tech:
There are a lot of really cool iPod remote control projects: some have simple buttons, some react to heartbeat or body motion, and others are designed to interface directly with software running on a computer. However, not one of them is truly wearable, or speaks to the unique needs of e-textiles designers. They have been mostly prototypes, and are seldom intended for serious, daily use. With this in mind, we took our time to design a system that is tiny, robust, and very easy to incorporate into your project. The end result has three components:
1. a tiny, complete circuit that sits *inside* the dock connector
2. four pieces of conductive fabric that form the two buttons of the remote
3. two-channel conductive yarn to connect the sections (we spin it ourselves)
More:
New Soft Circuit Kits in the Maker Shed and Massive Soft Electronics Roundup
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Nov 5, 2009 04:00 PM
Soft Circuits, Tech Accessories |
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October 12, 2009
Fairytale Fashion with Diana Eng
CRAFT and MAKE friend Diana Eng a new wearable tech project going on; it looks awesome! The project description:
From October to December 2009, I will be making magical clothes for Fairytale Fashion. These might be clothes that have blooming flowers, living clothes that breathe, change color, transform. And guess what, YOU will be leading the design! Each Monday, FairytaleFashion.org will have a new video that introduces a technology like inflatables, deployable structures, muscle wire and microcontrollers. At the end of each video is a design question. Answer the weekly design questions on our website. I will use your answers to create the Fairytale Fashion. Finally, the finished garments will be presented in a fashion show in early 2010. Fairytale Fashion is produced with the support of Eyebeam.
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Oct 12, 2009 04:00 PM
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October 7, 2009
Soft Circuit Zipper Communicators
Jai Yi Lin made these networked zipper communicators for two far-away people to share how much they miss each other with a zip zip and an LED meter. [via Fashioning Technology]
In the Maker Shed:
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Oct 7, 2009 07:00 AM
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October 5, 2009
Computational Pop-Up Book
Jie Qi made this whimsical, magical interactive electronic pop-up book using the paper arduino prototypes coming out of Leah Buechley's new research group at the MIT Media Lab. Syuzi at Fashioning Technology did a nice report on some of the different pages and what they do. She used conductive paint, thread, and fabric to make innovative switches. I truly think that children's books will have functionality like in the not-too-distant future.
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Oct 5, 2009 04:00 PM
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September 9, 2009
Fashion Camp this weekend
Here's an interesting event happening this weekend in NYC:
On September 12 and 13, 2009, during New York Fashion Week, the mainstream fashion community, the independent fashion community, and fashion's next wave of wearable technologists will convene at FashionCampNY to address the future of fashion in the 21st Century.
To be held at NYU's Interactive Telecommunications Program Center (721 Broadway), FashionCampNY is the first large event to bring together disparate parts of the fashion community to discuss and explore the intersection of fashion and technology. For two days, roughly 300 fashion professionals, designers, innovators and fashion-lovers will teach and converse about the future of fashion, exploring emerging questions through workshops, presentations, and collaboration. It is an “unconference” attended and run by the participants.
I'll be helping run a soft circuits workshop, so come on out!
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Sep 9, 2009 02:00 PM
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September 3, 2009
Radio Rug Uses Human Antenna
Designer Florian Kräutli is working on this rug with embedded conductive threads that, when walked upon, use the stepper's body as an antenna for a connected radio. Via Fashioning Technology.
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Sep 3, 2009 09:00 AM
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August 4, 2009
Soft Stroke Sensor
Hannah Perner-Wilson made this soft stroke sensor from some conductive thread and fabric. When the sensor is stroked, the fibers touch each other in a different way than when still, transmitting the signal to a computer or microcontroller.
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Aug 4, 2009 02:00 PM
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July 28, 2009
New Wearable Electronics Resource Site
One of my favorite soft circuit mavens, Hannah Perner-Wilson, has teamed up with Mika Satomi to bring you a new site called How to Get What You Want, a container site for all the totally rad projects they've been cranking out recently. Bookmark their site for your reference, I know I just did. I love that the graphic is made up of a bunch of soft circuit techniques. Via Fashioning Technology.
More soft circuits and fashion tech on CRAFT:
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Jul 28, 2009 03:59 PM
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July 27, 2009
Open Softwear Free E-Book
Gareth @ MAKE points us to an awesome new resource for soft circuits and other electronic wearables called Open Softwear, produced by folks associated with K3, the Malmö University School of Arts and Communication in Sweden. I'm digging the simple illustrations and easy-to-follow examples. Downlowd the free PDF to get started.
More:
- CRAFT Video: LilyPad Arduino 101
- CRAFT Video: LilyPad Arduino Bike Patch
- TV-B-Gone Hoodie and Zipper Switch
- Electronic Embroidery/Sewing Kit
In the Maker Shed:
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Jul 27, 2009 09:00 AM
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June 30, 2009
How-To: Nightlife Necklace
Over on Etsy's Storque, Diana Eng has a tutorial from her book, Fashion Geek, on making this LED "nightlife" necklace.
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Jun 30, 2009 04:00 PM
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June 10, 2009
Soft Sensor Spread
Hannah Perner-Wilson is having an open studio, as evidenced by her Flickr stream, and check out the mouth-watering spread of soft sensors for wearable and soft electronics she's got there! Her production volume is totally relentless.
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Jun 10, 2009 04:00 PM
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June 3, 2009
LED dress for Bachelorette
Karen Curley and Lindsay Broomfield made this LED dress for the band Bachelorette using a LilyPad Arduino and some LilyPad sewable LEDs. Check out the Flickr set. Via Fashioning Technology.
More:
- New soft circuit kits in the maker shed and massive soft electronics roundup
- CRAFT Video: LilyPad Arduino 101
- CRAFT Video: LilyPad Arduino Blinking Bike Patch
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Jun 3, 2009 09:00 AM
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May 21, 2009
Soft Circuit Merit Badge Merits Itself
Here's the latest project from Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories:
The proliferation of spoof, nerd, science, and electronics merit badges has demonstrated that geeks like to show off their skills and accomplishments. One skill is particularly appropriate for the format: soft circuitry. By building your own soft circuit onto an actual badge you can demonstrate your mastery.
EMSL will be at Maker Faire, don't miss them!
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Electronic Embroidery/Sewing Kit
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May 21, 2009 09:00 AM
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May 19, 2009
Glowing Button Cycling Jacket
One of the most common DIY LilyPad Arduino uses seems to be in bike wear. I don't know if it's because bike riders like electronics or what, but here's another one! Instructables user kempton made this very attractive cycling jacket with LED buttons, and wrote up a detailed step-by-step tutorial for making your own, complete with turn signals.
More:
- CRAFT Video: LilyPad Arduino Blinking Bike Patch
- CRAFT Video: LilyPad Arduino 101
- HOW TO - Make a Turn Signal Bike Jacket
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May 19, 2009 04:00 PM
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May 12, 2009
Lasercut Stretchy Conductive Fabric Traces
One of the down sides to most conductive fabric is that it's not stretchy. Instructables user nadya managed to make conductive fabric stretchy by lasercutting zigzag patterns in it to affix it to cotton jersey.
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May 12, 2009 02:00 PM
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May 9, 2009
How-To: LED Robot Embroidery
In this Threadbanger episode, learn to sew a simple circuit to create an embroidered robot with glowing LED eyes. Diana Eng shows you this project from her book, Fashion Geek.
More:
- Fashion Hacking with Diana Eng on May 10th in Brooklyn, NY
- Checkin' In: Fashion Nerd Diana Eng
- Electronic Embroidery - CRAFT Video Podcast
- Electronic Embroidery
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May 9, 2009 12:00 PM
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