Starlight Skirt
Shannon Henry, owner of the Polymath Design Lab transformed a hand-sewn tulle wrap skirt into a star light sparkling evening gown by integrating fiber optics and lights that change color in response to the speed and direction of the wearer’s movement.
At the center of the starlight skirt is a LilyPad which translates the motion sensors [...]
DIY – stylish conductive fabric
Creating stylish conductive fabric is easier then you might think, assuming you follow the fabulous instruction from Lynne Bruning on her Instructables.
Lynne keeps on adding creative ideas on how to electrify textiles. Her Instructables collection is full of tips, excellent documented with material resources, written and photo guides to make the process as easy and [...]
DIY – Illuminated dog hoodie
This weeks eTextile DIY project proposal is definitely falling in the cute category. Val Head created for her cute dog Tucker and Light-up dog hoodie. Most of the time we are stretching ourselves to figure out how and where to use eTextile tech for our clothing but seldom we think about our cute friends from [...]
DIY – sensible eTextiles
The countless variations of textile/knit/crochet sensors Hannah Perner-Wilson aka Plusea created provide a valuable toolbox and source of inspiration for the eTextile community.
Her recent focus on pressure and stretch/bend sensors made by knitting and crocheting offer a unique alternative to conductive stretch fabric sensors.
Although it is sometimes challenging to find conductive yarn and wool in [...]
Textile Prefboard
The eTextile toolbox just got a big addition in form of Plug and Wear’s Textile Prefboard, courtesy of my creative friend Riccardo.
Prefboards are used by electronic wizards to quickly put together a circuit during development and for testing. Needless to say – this is one of the most essential parts in their toolbox.
Riccardo picked up [...]
DIY eTextile projects from Kobakant
Kobakant, the joined DIY Wearable Technology Documentation project from Hannah Perner-Wilson and Mika Satomi keeps adding interesting must-read information for anyone interested into eTextile technology and design.
It’s one of my habits to check out this site on a regular basis (it’s easy via a news reader) to make sure I do not miss any of [...]
Fairytale eFashion
Fashion Geek Diana Eng started the Fairytale Fashion project with support of Eyebeam with the aim to make magical clothing.
Clothes with blooming flowers, clothes that breathe, change color and transform.
Diana’s education and experience as fashion designer and research at the University of Bath Mechanical Engineering Dept. enables her to combine technology with fashion in [...]
Smart Fabrics 2010 conference
The clock started ticking again for the preparations to the 6th Annual Smart Fabrics 2010 conference which will take place from April 14 – 16 in Miami, Florida.
Organized by IntertechPira, the Smart Fabrics conference is one of the most important events in the wearable electronic calendar as it combines research, innovation, business and industry. No [...]
exChange – networking with eTextiles
Networking is a fix-point of our daily activities. Many of us are members of multiple networking communities to stay in touch with family and friends and to meet new people.
Wearable electronic is finding it’s space in the drive to stay connected physically. As clothing is very close to us it is highly suitable to be [...]
The Sound of Textiles – Lumierophone
Two highly creative ladies, Kristina Johansen and Yann Seznec transforming a bed sheet with the help of some eTextile magic into a sound emitting surface called ‘Lumierophone‘.
The light sensors and other components are hand sewn to the bed sheet with the synthesizer connected to the LDRs via metal popper buttons eliminating the need to connect [...]
