The world of wearables is becoming an increasingly popular way for makers to express their creativity. From custom watches and connected jewelry to full-body suits that allow you to interact with your environment, the possibilities are endless. Learning about wearable electronics can be a bit daunting for those who are just starting out – but it doesn’t have to be! Whether you’re looking for guidance on where to get started with Arduino programming or inspiration from some of the projects out there, this blog category has got you covered. Here we will provide tutorials and resources on creating interactive wearables as well as a look at the work of some inspiring makers that should give you the motivation to dive right in!
Now, I’ve heard a lot of fun titles in my day, but “lighted costume designer” is definitely in the top ten. Instructables user enlighted is responsible for those fancy EL wire suits from the Daft Punk 2007 tour, and now we get to see how to add EL wire to clothes for our very selves.
Remember this LED turn signal bike jacket we posted a while back? Well Leah Buechley made a tutorial for making your own. It has a button on each sleeve for activating the turn signals. The instructable includes a handy sewing/wiring diagram and lots of key insights into sewing a circuit for an LED turn signal […]
Day 7 of 7 in 7 at ITP thundered to a close with Window Ghosts, Twitter Door Sign, Happy Graduation Breast Implants, XBee Interface for Mac, Collective Intelligence for Java and Vegan Pork Martini. Click on a picture to read about each one-day project in the 7 in 7 blog. We celebrated the end of […]
Day 6 of 7 in 7 at ITP brought to life Text Classification Library for Processing, Elbow Detector, XBee LilyPad and Vindictive Printer. Click on a picture to read about each one-day project in the 7 in 7 blog. Days: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
The fourth day of 7 in 7 at ITP revealed Seasonal Salad Dress, Spammed!, Face the Web and “Cheating” Book Cover. Click on a picture to read about each one-day project in the 7 in 7 blog. Days: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
The third day of 7 in 7 at ITP produced The Drowning Pool, The Boundary Belt, openFrameworks Video Mirror, Attention Quotient and an Open-source Arduino Clock. Click on a picture to read about each one-day project in the 7 in 7 blog. Days: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
The second day of 7 in 7 at ITP produced Life is Cheese, Physical Computing T-shirts, Yawni, Wound Shirt, Trading Faces and Clam-flavored Gum. Click on a picture to read about each one-day project in the 7 in 7 blog. Days: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
