Radio Rug Uses Human Antenna

Becky Stern is a Content Creator at Autodesk/Instructables, and part time faculty at New York’s School of Visual Arts Products of Design grad program. Making and sharing are her two biggest passions, and she's created hundreds of free online DIY tutorials and videos, mostly about technology and its intersection with crafts. Find her @bekathwia on YouTube/Twitter/Instagram.

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September 3rd, 2009

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.