Category: DIY – Corner
The sound of Fabric
Sometimes people ask me if there is a way to replace headphones with smart textiles, sound coming out of a hood or from the fabric around the shoulder areas, near the ears. What at first seems impossible is actually feasible [...]
eTextile treasure chest: Kit-of-No-Parts
Hannah Perner-Wilson, currently working on her masters degree in the High-Low Tech research group at the MIT Media Lab, started the Kit-of-No-Parts project, a Website that presents easy to access information about ‘electronics crafting’. I like the term ‘electronics crafting’, [...]
VJacket – a wearable controller for live video performance
The use of wearable technology for performance wear on stage is one of the driving forces in the exploration of wearable technologies. The VJacket is a great example on how to integrated a performers motion on stage to manipulate videos [...]
A wearable keyboard – the Keyglove
Touch screen gloves connecting people to their smart devices are commercially launched in a massive way this year but some innovative people like Jeff Rowberg think ahead transform a simple glove into a very smart input device, taking away the [...]
DIY eTextiles – Sewable Disc Button
Sewable eTextile Buttons are the creation of ClothBot Designs using the unique service of Shapeways. The Sewable Disc Button is designed with diagonal thru-holes in the pegs for sewing conductive thread and has at it’s center a hole straight through [...]
The magical illumination of a Carpet
Dutch designer Dorith Sjardijn takes traditional crafts like carpet weaving and upgrades it with 21st Century technology. The ‘8-bits kleed‘ is a beautiful example on how to do that in an esthetically pleasant way by tufting EL-wires into a Persian [...]
Electrified Fairy wings
I could not resist writing about Halloween in connection with the possibilities eTextile techniques offer for this type of once-a-year event. Making a mini-voting contest among my friends we selected the ‘Wing’ type of DIY projects as our favorite design. [...]
