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 [...]
The world’s largest collection of e-textile materials
Adrian Freed, Research Director of UC Berkeley’s Center for New Music and Audio Technologies (CNMAT) compiled the self-proclaimed ‘world’s largest collection of e-textile materials and associated tools‘ and having spend a very long time browsing through the collection I can [...]
eTextile DIY community – LilyPond
The high-low tech team at MIT under the lead of eTextile innovator Leah Buechley started a very interesting project called LilyPond, a eTextile Web community and place for collaboration and sharing of eTextile projects. LilyPond is aiming to pond the [...]
DIY – Light Up Cycling Jersey
Riding a bicycle by night, especially in areas with street lights far apart requires good lighting on the bike. To increase the visibility and with it the safety of bikers, illumination of a bikers clothing is a wise choice only [...]
eTextile DIY treasure chest – Plug and Wear
Riccardo Marchesi started around a year ago the online shop Plug and Wear to provide the eTextile community with a one-stop-shop offering eTextile designer a large selection of materials for wearable electronic projects. The relative new area of wearable electronic [...]
DIY – Bi-Directional Flex Sensor
Flex sensors are a often used elements in eTextile projects as they give indication of movement or pressure events in interactive wearable electronic objects. Plusea has made a large range of stretch and pressure sensors using neoprene and conductive yarn [...]
DIY – Wireless Dance Costume
Interactive clothing is attracted the interest of performers who are experimenting with the possibilities technology enhanced costumes to add a new dimension of interaction to their shows. You might say this is not new, costumes have always been one of [...]
