Open Source Hardware Certifications for August 2025
Our favorite Open Source Hardware certifications in August featured PCB clamps, a DIY suturing board, and a bicycle dynamo light.
Bicycles
Choose the Best Board for Wearables
Should you use a LilyPad Arduino or a Circuit Playground Express? We rounded up our 5 favorite boards for wearable electronics.
Anouk Wipprecht Wants You To Build Her Open-Source Robotic Dress
Legendary Hi-Tech Fashion Designer Anouk Wipprecht is back with an open source, 3D-printable system anyone can use to make robotic garments.
A Perfect Circle: An LED “Supergroup” Collaborates on the Lux Lavalier
Mad Season, Cream, Prophets of Rage, the Traveling Wilburys — what do they have in common? Perhaps it’s that you’ve never heard of them, but they are also all supergroups — successful artists teaming up to create something new and exciting. In the world of LEDs, instead of Layne Staley, Tom Morello, and Tom Petty, […]
Smell What’s Happening in Virtual Reality With This DIY Device
Make virtual reality more realistic with an automated system of smells!
Detecting Air Quality With Awesome Fashion
Detecting air quality certainly sounds important, but also sounds kind of dull. This project from Geeky Faye turns that concept on it’s head with a beautiful piece of fashion. Embedding an air quality sensor and a whole bunch of LEDs in a 3D printed frame, Allie managed to create a stunning display that really catches […]
Anouk Wipprecht Teams With Swarovski To Make A ‘Heartbeat Dress’
Our friend and incredible designer Anouk Wipprecht is back with another interesting take on digital fabrication, wearable electronics, and fashion. This time, she’s teaming up with Swarovski Crystal. This dress, called the Heartbeat Dress will monitor your heartbeat and reflect those vital rhythms in a central pendant. Wipprecht spent some time doing an artist in […]