Gareth Pugh, an English fashion designer, made this OLED armor dress using fabric layered with “flexible” OLEDs. Seems like we’ve got a ways to go with this one, and that OLEDs might have better applications on harder wearables like motorcycle Daft Punk helmets. [via Fashioning Technology]
Brandon has been doing some research into the manufacturing and design of a custom Daft Punk helmet. He points out this great build log on the project from Volpin Props.
Part one shows the process of creating the basic form out of cardboard, expanding foam, clay and other materials.
Using a heart rate monitor, a hacked MP3 player and a LilyPad Arduino, Dana Ramler and Holly Schmidt developed a wearable bio circuit: With each beat of the heart, Bio Circuit connects the wearer with the inner workings of their body. In this sense the garment functions like other biofeedback devices that use sensors to […]
Troy Davis created some very awesome recreations of Devo’s signature Energy Domes. Beginning with a tiered stack of fiberboard for the mold, through to vacuum forming, paint job, and padding – a thorough explanation can be found in his project pictorial. sweet.
Santa’s got the coolest tools. How else could he and his elves build all those gifts in time? Now, thanks to custom fabrication services, we can all get access to the Santa Claus Machines. From bespoke action figures, to interplanetary terrain models, from one-of-a-kind sneakers, to tailor-made machine parts, there has never been a better time to harness advanced fabrication tools to build objects of your own design!
From Instructables user ModMischief comes a great tutorial on building this impossibly clever one-person trompe l’oeil costume.
From Photobucket user 8jarjar8, this video of a Chinese-lion-dragon style AT-AT costume with lighted cheek-lasers. Don’t really know anything about the makers/wearers. Anybody with info, please feel free to comment. [via Geekologie]
