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 […]
Instructables user craft-tech writes: Should you wear a scarf today? Hang this piece of tapestry on a (drafty) window, and the embedded lights will tell you at a glance what the temperatures could feel like. The piece contains 6 lights: 2 red, 2 green, and 2 white. A smart temperature sensing module turns 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 […]
WhipUp points us to this great online quilt pattern generator, which will randomly produce up to roughly a zillion different quilt block patterns for you. Too cool!
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 […]
All weekend at Maker Faire Austin I was chatting up a storm about the uses of conductive thread. We carried the E-sewing kit and the LilyPad Arduino kit in the Maker Shed, and I gave an embroidery demo on adding LEDs to your projects. I made this angler fish picture with the help of CRAFT […]
