What's a good rave without some flashy LEDs? Read on to find out how I made these!
A closer look at all the possibilities Loomia wearable products create!
Long exposure experiments with dancers, EL Wire suits, an LED and DSLR camera.
I have finally gotten the hardware in (mostly) working order for my wacky fiber optic light suit. Let's check out what I've done!
Adventures in building a wireless EL wire dance suit for a troupe.
I'm using six of the same sensor in my fiber optic suit, with only four hardware configurable addresses. I need to take advantage of my ESP32 to create multiple I2C buses.
Adventures in building an EL wire dance suit for a troupe.
Control a robot wirelessly with your hand using XBees, Arduino and an accelerometer.
Using EL once again for my students' performance using a glove controller, XBees, EL sequencers and Arduino.
Let's check out my third design to control LEDs based on movement using an accelerometer!
Let's take a look at some of the amazing costumes and props from Dragon Con!
I attended my first Dragon Con; here is some of the wearable tech I saw there.
Let's take a look at different power solutions for your garments and props!
Remixing Anouk Wipprecht's Kitty Ear soldering project shared on OSHPARK and Shapeways.
Check out these techniques for making your very own soft electronic components!
Angela installs some custom infinity mirrors in novelty heart-themed shoes for Valentine's fun.
My experiences exploring wearables for dancers performing a choreographed piece.
These fashionable earmuffs have a hidden circuit inside that will keep you extra warm this winter.
As Andrew finishes up his fiber optic light suit, he's adding in gesture control. Let's see how it works.
You wanted more LilyPad; you got it! Plenty of fresh, new e-textile kits and amenities for your wearable needs!
Hmm. Looking through this blog post, it looks like Alex left the 3D models for the case in the GitHub repo for anyone to print =>…
Where can I get the case? It is nice to see the hardware for a UI for a project but I want the case to put it into. It looks like the case…
Nice catch. I just fixed it. It should be pushed by the end of today to reflect the new firmware v01.00.02. ;D
Easy EDA does some wacky things if your doing a double sided board and you place different components on the same X and Y but on different…
In addition to KiCad, I've also used gEDA and [been ab]used [by] Eagle. gEDA was an "open source" solution, mainly used on Linux, but last I…
Great question! Yes, there is: at the top right-hand side of the designer you'll find a little file icon with a "G" on it that will allow…
One quick question that I didn't see answered in the above: Is it possible to get this to create Gerber files for the newly designed board?…
Absolutely great article! The picture of all the plugs and ports on the back of the PC, with the question "Imagine having a cord for each of…
Another great article by [Redacted]! Thanks for putting a name and face to the person I blame for all my cables! Seriously, I remember using…
To share a point of amusement: Last year I put together a presentation on the Apollo Guidance System that took men to the Moon in 1969. Due…