HOW TO – Make your own Tron Bag with EL Wire

Becky and Ladyada team up again!

Tote your Thinkpad and port your Apple in style with our custom TRON-inspired laptop bag tutorial. With a little soldering and sewing skills you can have your own light up satchel, sure to impress geeky friends. So grab your sewing needle and soldering iron and follow along. This project is a collaboration between ladyada and Becky Stern.

And here are a couple more photos!

Limor 800

Phil 800

Bag by Prada (Prada Goth – Prada Goth!) – Enjoy!

Filed under: announce,EL Wire,leds-lcds — by adafruit, posted December 17, 2010 at 4:14 pm

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3 Comments

  1. I just ordered some EL Wire to do this.

    What bag did you use? I ask because I didn’t see it mentioned and I’m sure someone will ask (I’ll probably convert a vertical slingbag, but still)

    Killer project idea (I’ve been thinking of using EL wire to do something tron related for a long while now) that I’ll be doing over the new year :)

    Comment by Gregory — December 17, 2010 @ 4:35 pm

  2. wow, nice idea.

    There is so much more you can do with that.,… i am thinking about EL Wired Jackets and Pants :D

    Comment by qgagfa — December 17, 2010 @ 5:08 pm

  3. Ha – those are great pictures!

    Comment by George Graves — December 17, 2010 @ 5:23 pm

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