About LilyPad
The LilyPad system was designed by Leah Buechley while pursuing her Ph.D. in computer science at the University of Colorado Boulder. The commercial version of the kit, which launched in 2007, was collaboratively designed by Leah and SparkFun Electronics.
What Are Sewable Electronics?
Sewable electronics combine traditional craft processes (sewing, fashion design, and textile design) with electrical engineering, computer science, and hardware skills. With sewable electronics you can create e-textiles (electronic textiles), which are often wearable, flexible projects that look less like traditional electronics and more like craft and art projects. Many e-textile projects replace wiring with flexible conductive materials such as conductive thread and fabric.
LilyPad In Print
- Arduino Wearables
- Make: Wearable Electronics: Design, prototype, and Wear Your Own Interactive Garments
- Sew Electric
- Textile Messages: Dispatches From the World of E-Textiles and Education (New Literacies and Digital Epistemologies)
- Craft: Transforming Traditional Crafts (Volume 1)
- Start Making!: A Guide to Engaging Young People in Maker Activities
- Smart Textiles for Designers: Inventing the Future of Fabrics
- Fashion and Technology: A Guide to Materials and Applications
- Fashionable Technology
- Crafting Wearables: Blending Technology with Fashion (Technology in Action)
- Practical Fashion Tech: Wearable Technologies for Costuming, Cosplay, and Everyday
- Building Open Source Hardware: DIY Manufacturing for Hackers and Makers
- World of Geekcraft: Step-by-Step Instructions for 25 Super-Cool Craft Projects
- Make: Join the Arduino Revolution — Make Stuff Smart!
- Wearable Technology and Mobile Innovations for Next-Generation Education
- Garments of Paradise: Wearable Discourse in the Digital Age
- Makeology: Makerspaces as Learning Environments (Volume 1)
- Fashion Geek: Clothes Accessories Tech