Last night I led a workshop at the Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art on adding LEDs to fabric using conductive thread. It was completely full; everyone had a great time making soft switches and using sewable snaps to light up LEDs on fabric! Photos by Matt Mets. Special thanks to Nan Vaughn and Gina Hief […]
I made this LED heart brooch using a kit called the Open Heart which is basically a bunch of LEDs on a circuit board in the shape of a heart that easily hooks up to a microcontroller. I used conductive thread to attach it back-to-back with a LilyPad Arduino, which runs the animations on the […]
Amy Khoshbin made this really funny wearable tech project, the Butt-crack detector: using a Lilypad Arduino, vibrating motor, and a photoresistor (measures the amount of light in your coin slot), you will make a wearable apparatus. when the photoresistor/your coin slot is covered, the hip-pack is at rest, when it/your coin slot is exposed, this […]
Heather Camlot reviews Syuzi Pakhchyan’s Fashioning Technology in Microsoft Home Magazine: I received a new craft book this week. When I saw the cover — a photo of a woman with rock star headphones and the title Fashioning Technology (O’Reilly, 2008) — I knew the book wasn’t going to be your typical Holly Homemaker tome. […]
This weekend Syuzi Pakhchyan and I had the opportunity to show off Sparkfun’s new E-sewing kit and LilyPad Pro kit at Maker Faire Austin. Syuzi writes: The Lilypad E-sewing Kit is a great starters kit for individuals tackling their first wearable LED project. The components in this kit can be used for either the Rockstar […]
Alexander Reed made a dress with butterflies that flap to your heartbeat. He writes: The butterflies are attached with magnetic snaps, which also supplies power. These snaps are modular; a flapping, extending or even sound making module could be attached. As the butterflies are removable, the dress can be worn with no butterflies, one or […]
I’m running a demo at Maker Faire on integrating electronics components onto fabric using conductive thread. No sewing, embroidery, or circuitry experience required, and it’ll be once each day of the Faire. Hope you can join me for some soft blinky fun!
