Wearable Display
DIY – dynamic EL wire graphic for T-Shirts
We have seen many examples of Electroluminescent (EL) wires used to decorate clothing or bags by simply having some strings placed as contour and a light up in a flashing pattern. Cute at times but not very stylish most of the times.
Not so the design as shown above which is from the latest issue of [...]
DIY – Fabric Display
Fabric Light-Bright is an amazing textile display project from Eli Skipp of Pumping Station One, a first class hacking community in Chicago.
I have never seen before such a simple yet highly unique eTextile design. Simple in it’s functionality as described by Eli but highly expendable and wide open for upgrading to more complex functionality.
What [...]
DIY – illuminated textiles
Lynne Bruning expanded her DIY eTextile portfolio on Instructables with the ‘flexible LED eTextile ribbon array‘ project showing how to create a textile illumination layer in grid form which is light weight and highly flexible, making it ideal to integrate in garments with light up effects.
The basic concept is to form a array with ribbons [...]
DIY – Weaving circuits with LEDs
Instructables member Lynne Bruning has published quite a nice selection of inspiring e-textile projects providing a source of techniques for aspiring interactive fashion designer.
Weaving circuits with LEDs is another example of her creative skills showing a way how to use weaving technique and feeding e-textile LEDs into the weave to create a very reliable fixation [...]
Wearable Electronic DIY project: Jacket thermometer
We have done a lot of coverage on heated apparels but how do we know how cold/warm is it inside our jacket?
To find out the temperature inside a jacket we could use an ‘old fashion thermometer’ or we can follow this DIY instruction to build a cool Jacket Thermometer indicating the temperature via different colors [...]
DIY – Bicycle Speed Vest
Bicycle gear does get a lot of creative attention from the wearable electronic community as the Bicycle SPEED-VEST is another example to combine visibility with a touch of fun or practicality, depending on how you want to see it.
Visibility while riding a bike in low visibility condition is one of the most important features as [...]
DIY textile display – Embroidered LED matrix
Another amazing way on how to ’soften electronic’ or should I say ‘electrify textiles’ has been worked out by Leah Buechley, an Embroidered LED matrix providing a soft display for your next outfit.
Leah’s ‘proof of concept’ demonstrates how to create a textile display by using both sides of a fabric to realize a 2 layer [...]
DIY wearable electronic – LED Pants
A wearable electronic DIY guide from Instructables user Louise Johnson demonstrates how to make LED-Pants that have a row of LEDs on the side of the pants legs. I guess such type of e-textile upgrade of regular pants is for stage performances or hot parties. Whatever the motivation of Louise was, his instructions are [...]
Daft Punk with Enlightened Robot suits
Enlighted, the company that lights up many clothing items posted a DIY instruction showing how you can enlighten your clothing as well.
A red robot suit made by Enlighted for Daft Punk’s Alive 2007 tour attracted a huge interest from Draft Punk fans and others who have seen the Alive show. This interest motivated Enlighten [...]
DIY – Turn Signal Biking Jacket from Leah Buechley
Leah Buechley published teaser photos of her turn signal jacket a few month ago but no description on how she did it. The wait is over, Leah posted an extensive DIY description on her Website and on Instructables.
As with all other projects Leah has published on her site, everything you need to build your [...]
