Apparently it’s Soft Circuit Monday here at MAKE (coindidentally), so here’s another one: the LED kimono is by composer and performance artist Miya Masaoka and has 444 LEDs on the kimono sleeve which display animations. [via Fashioning Technology]
Gareth Pugh, an English fashion designer, made this OLED armor dress using fabric layered with “flexible” OLEDs. Seems like we’ve got a ways to go with this one, and that OLEDs might have better applications on harder wearables like motorcycle Daft Punk helmets. [via Fashioning Technology]
Brandon has been doing some research into the manufacturing and design of a custom Daft Punk helmet. He points out this great build log on the project from Volpin Props.
Part one shows the process of creating the basic form out of cardboard, expanding foam, clay and other materials.
Not a whole lot of build info, but this looks like it would be an exciting ride! [Thanks, Star!]
Spotted on the corner of 15th and P St., in Washington, DC, and posted on ReadysetDC. Bike of the Day: 15th + P
Using a heart rate monitor, a hacked MP3 player and a LilyPad Arduino, Dana Ramler and Holly Schmidt developed a wearable bio circuit: With each beat of the heart, Bio Circuit connects the wearer with the inner workings of their body. In this sense the garment functions like other biofeedback devices that use sensors to […]
Troy Davis created some very awesome recreations of Devo’s signature Energy Domes. Beginning with a tiered stack of fiberboard for the mold, through to vacuum forming, paint job, and padding – a thorough explanation can be found in his project pictorial. sweet.
