Lego baseplate shirt
Ty over at ThinkGeek hipped us to their latest custom product, which is a T-shirt with a Lego-compatible baseplate attached to the front so you can build stuff on it–murals, spaceships, chunky boobs, whatever floats your boat.
Wearables
Crochet potentiometers
Using conductive wool, Hannah Perner-Wilson made these crochet potentiometers. The metal beads in the center work as the wiper.
Soft stroke sensor
Hannah Perner-Wilson made this soft stroke sensor from some conductive thread and fabric. When the sensor is stroked, the fibers touch each other in a different way than when still, transmitting the signal to a computer or microcontroller.
How-To: Pressure-sensitive glove fingertips
Another great soft circuit tutorial by Hannah Perner-Wilson: Pressure sensors on your fingertips intended for use by children and their piano teachers to visualize the difference between “p” piano (soft) and “f” forte (hard). The pressure sensitive layers of fabric in the fingertips of these gloves are stretchy so that they can fit tightly. The […]
Solar hand fan
Elena Corchero designed this solar vintage-looking hand fan that functions as a portable light at night. Are we seeing a new niche in luxury goods emerging here? In her newly launched online boutique she also sells electronic toy construction kits and reflective lace (for safely biking in your fancy socks). Via Fashioning Technology.
Bachelorette blinkendress on stage
Karen Curley and Lindsay Broomfield made this LED dress for the band Bachelorette using a LilyPad Arduino and some LilyPad sewable LEDs. Check out the Flickr set. Via Fashioning Technology. More: New soft circuit kits in the maker shed and massive soft electronics roundup CRAFT Video: LilyPad Arduino 101 CRAFT Video: LilyPad Arduino Blinking Bike […]
How much did you pay for your last pair of glasses?
Probably way too much,* by the standards of Oxford physics professor Josh Silver, who has developed a wearer-adjustable set of eyeglasses that use water-filled plastic bags as lenses. They’re so cheap that they can be distributed freely in underdeveloped and impoverished communities, which is exactly what Silver is doing, to the tune of 30,000 units […]
