A Peek at Hacking in an Energy Starved Future
In the future, we’ll all live in “Live Cubes,” tiny homes that restrict your energy and water use
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Body Boards — A Guide to Wearable Microcontrollers
Created by Leah Buechley of MIT, and introduced commercially in 2007, the LilyPad was the first board to feature sew-through contacts for stitching soft circuits. Now there’s a plethora of options in “ready-to-wear” microcontrollers. Here’s a look at a few of the standouts.
10 Fabulous and Fashionable Wearable Projects from Becky Stern
Becky Stern, director of wearable electronics at Adafruit Industries, shares ten fabulous and fashionable projects you can try yourself.
NYC Makers: Tech+Textile: An Introduction to Wearable Electronics Workshop
Attention NYC-area makers! If you’ve been dying to break into the world of wearable electronics, Eyebeam and Becky Stern from Adafruit have the perfect class for you: Tech+Textile: An Introduction to Wearable Electronics Workshop.
Open Hardware Summit Kicks Off at MIT
“The distinctions between software and hardware are disappearing.”
LED Sneakers Brighten up Your Step
These Firewalker LED sneakers respond to your footsteps with a cascading rim of lights around the soles.
How-To: Color-Matching Chameleon Scarf
Another cool wearables project from Adafruit Director of Wearable Electronics and MAKE alum Becky Stern. In this design, Becky is showing off the capabilities of Adafruit’s FLORA wearable color sensor. She’s sewn it into a circuit with a FLORA microcontroller and 12 FLORA RGB LEDs, on a ruffled scarf designed to diffuse the light and give a softer effect.
