One of the most annoying things about the lilypad is prototyping with it. Every time you move from one prototype or project to another, you have to rip it out and sew it back in. It can get rather frustrating, especially when the frayed conductive thread decides to go all over you projects creating tiny [...]
This little project is really cool and only requires a few components, namely a lilypad, six or eight LEDs, conductive thread and material and velcro for the bracelet. POV stands for persistence of vision, the bracelet makes use of this little kink in our eyes workings, and creates words in thin air. I love the [...]
Welcome to my new blog feature thingy. Things that are awesome. And I mean awesome in the non-sarcastic sense. Everyone loves things that are awesome. This may end up being a weekly thing depending on how much awesomeness I come across, and may or may not be related to my work interests. Todays thing that [...]
Woo! A few nice new items have appeared in my shop today, complete with shiny LEDs and tulle. Lots of tulle. I’m planning to add even more stock within the next week or two. Possibly paper craft and maybe even a programmed piece. So keep checking back!! Cream tulle and pearl light up headband Buy [...]
Today I started working on some paper projects, making a little paper wing for my first little prototype. My hope is that I’ll be able to make a whole bunch of models, cards or maybe even build your own killer robot kits, made from paper of possibly felt. How can all this shiny technology be [...]
You can now buy… glowing thunder storm necklace warm and fuzzy glowing heart necklace we like clouds DS lite sock. woop.
For those who did not see me squealing like the little girl I am on my twitter feed a little while back, my conductive mittens prototype was featured on Fashioning Technology and Craft. eek.
I’ve been working on my second mitten prototype, knitting some mittens from scratch, with the conductive thread knitted into the mitten itself, not added as a patch later. So far I’ve only knitted one of the mittens, a rectangle knitted in garter stitch, with the conductive thread knitted in a square around the size of [...]
I’ve gotten a bit impatient with learning how to knit mittens from scratch, and have decided to make some prototypes out of my already existing gloves. I decided to knit some conductive patches and attach them to the gloves. This is how I make my little conductive knitted patches. Once I get a couple of [...]
Out of simple curiosity and some boredom I decided to try knitting with conductive thread, to see if it could create circuits and possibly switches. Here’s my fist little attempt, made with some boring white wool and conductive thread. I’m not sure about using it with white wool, may look better with darker wool. I’m [...]
