soft circuits

Hybrid RepRap/Sewing Machine “Teddy Bear Printer” Takes Yarn as Feedstock

Hybrid RepRap/Sewing Machine “Teddy Bear Printer” Takes Yarn as Feedstock

Innovative design retrofits off-the-shelf hardware with “felting print head.”

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How-To: LED Twinkle Hair Bow

How-To: LED Twinkle Hair Bow

Attention tech gals: Show off your circuit sewing prowess with an LED twinkle hair bow!

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A Blanket That Knows its Own Shape

A Blanket That Knows its Own Shape

Interesting soft-circuits application from a group of architects at the University of Toronto: A blanket with a network of soft tilt sensors on its surface that can report information about its own shape and, by inference, the shape of an object that it is draped over.

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Beaded eTextile Pac-Man Cuff

Beaded eTextile Pac-Man Cuff

Lish Dorset goes to the Michigan Girl Geek Dinner and spots this etextile Pac-Man cuff.

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In the Maker Shed: E-Textiles Starter Kit

In the Maker Shed: E-Textiles Starter Kit

Do you want to get into E-textiles but need somewhere to begin? This E-textiles Starter Kit is the perfect way to get everything you need to get started all at once! Get the book Fashioning Technology, an LED Sewing Kit, and the Lilypad Beginner’s Kit!

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Space Invaders Tote Bag from Fashioning Technology

How-To: Space Invaders Tote Bag

In honor of our Advanced Materials theme, we’re sharing an excerpt from my favorite book on smart materials, Syuzi Pakhchyan’s Fashioning Technology: A DIY Intro to Smart Crafting. If you’re interested in checking out the potential in soft circuits, sewing your circuits in using conductive thread, the Space Invaders Tote project is a fun place […]

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