Don’t miss the ITP Spring Show 2008, where there’s sure to be projects galore with wearable electronics and other crafty smarts! Monday, May 12 and Tuesday, May 13 from 5 to 9pm at ITP A two-day festival of interactive sight, sound and technology from the student artists and innovators at ITP. An oversized Greenwich Village […]
Etsy seller pingo makes these cord cozies for your laptop power supply. Custom orders for color and length are accepted. I’ve been making these cover the cables for my video installations for years so that they fit in with the aesthetic of the piece.Via Core77.
Andrew “Bruce” Lau made this amazing LED cape and wore it around Maker Faire all weekend. I caught up with him to chat about it, and he said that Leah Buechley’s LED tank top was a huge inspiration. He used her suggested technique of soldering metal beads to surface mount LEDs and stitching them in […]
I’ll be running a demo at 11am on Saturday at Maker Faire on how to sew/embroider a simple circuit using conductive thread, an LED, and a watch battery. This is a beginner’s level demo, so don’t worry if you’ve never embroidered or never touched electronics. I look forward to seeing you there! Maker Faire is […]
Have you ever seen “anti-sit” technologies at work? Little spikes on ledges to prevent you from resting your legs? Benches the discourage laying down? From the Archisuit site: Archisuit consists of an edition of four leisure jogging suits made for specific architectural structures in Los Angeles. The suits include the negative space of the structures […]
I’ve been working on a project where I knit sweaters to go from gadgets to your body. They’re supposed to be a fun commentary on how attached and concentrated on technology we are, and to highlight the lack of movement that happens when we’re engrossed in our laptops, keyboards, PDAs, etc. I plan on making […]
Phil @ MAKE tips us off to this “laptop underwear” for supporting a broken display hinge. Very clever, and quite futuristic looking!
