Category: DIY – Corner

DIY eTextiles – Light Up Leggings

Good news for the DIY wearable electronic community: the Soft Circuit Contest by Instructables has extended it’s submission deadline giving you another week to post your textile project. Don’t miss the opportunity to win a LilyPad Micro-controller Programmer Pro kit, [...]


DIY wearable electronic – Fabrickit

Almost 2 years ago we beamed up on talk2myShirt the plan of Studio 5050 to created a set of wearable electronic modules that allow designers and DIY enthusiasts to concentrate on the design rather than spending time of putting together [...]


Instructables – Soft Circuit Contest

One of my favorite places when searching for eTextile DIY projects, Instructables.com started the Soft Circuit Contest, challenging and inviting the creative DIY community to showcase their latest and creates eTextile projects with others. The rewards for sharing your designs: [...]


Light animated suit controlled via iPhone and WiFi

Marc, a engineer and software guru from Miami created an amazing, light animated suit that will be for sure the highlight of every party you show up with it. His iPhone Controlled LED Suit can serve as yardstick and inspiration [...]


DIY wearable tech – Auto lacing shoe

Instructables member blakebevin posed a project that comes very close to fulfilling one of my longtime dreams: Power Laces – the Auto lacing shoe. Since I was small and may be inspired by ‘Back to The Future II’ I always [...]


DIY wearable electronic – LED Bead Jig

The portability for eTextile enthusiasts for the need of sewable LEDs is very high as almost everyone I know off will make at one point illuminated details in their designs. Getting sewable LEDs can be a challenge especially if you [...]


DIY fabric PCB etching with salt and vinegar

‘How to get what you Want‘ is certainly the first address every eTextile enthusiast working or planning textile electronic projects. It’s full of amazing tips and tricks coming from Hannah Perner-Wilson, one of the sites main contributor. New techniques are [...]