Thomson & Craighead created these Google tea towels: A beautifully crafted set of four tea towels sporting a series of authentic search engine results returned to a user when the criteria, ‘Please Help Me’, ‘Is Anybody there?’, ‘Please listen to me’ and, ‘Can you hear me?’ were entered into the search field, while using Google […]
Leah Buechley is working on an installation at the Exploratorium in San Francisco with LilyPad Arduinos and conductive paint! The process photos look amazing, I can’t wait to see it when it’s done! In the Maker Shed: Lilypad E-Sewing Kit
Check out this neat wearable toy piano made by instructables user mikamike, it’s hacked from a toy and uses conductive thread and fabric buttons. Via Fashioning Technology.
At a recent MAKE: Tokyo meeting, these LED Dia De Los Muertos-themed tote bags with embedded LilyPad Arduino boards made an appearance. Mike Dixon, MAKE‘s Japan liason found an excellent quote on their blog about the event: We made our bags controlled with LilyPad Arduino (kawaii microcontroller board designed for wearables and e-textiles), we were […]
Marc @ MAKE writes: Lynne Bruning has a nice instructable about using machine embroidery to cover conductive thread. I kind of like the look of the silvery thread, but you might feel differently and want to cover it up. More: New Soft Circuit Kits in the Maker Shed and Massive Soft Electronics Roundup In the […]
New classes were just announced over at NYCResistor, New York City’s hacker space, and this one on wireless wearableson December 14 sounds particularly interesting: Get ready to explore the delights of mutual connectivity with the soon-to-be released XBee LilyPad! This class will introduce the communication and construction techniques necessary to create wireless wearables. We’ll start […]
These two new kits from Sparkfun debuted at Maker Faire Austin this year, and I can say from playing with them that they’re really cool. If you’re interested in getting started with soft electronics or the LilyPad Arduino, the worlds first sewable microcontroller, give these a whirl: Lilypad E-Sewing Kit The LilyPad e-sewing kit contains […]
