NEW PRODUCT – Transistor Man Shirt! Did you know that inside every transistor is a little man whose job it is to watch the incoming base current and adjust the collector-emitter impedance to match the datasheet? Its true! And now you can celebrate the hard-working guy with this fabulous Transistor Man tee shirt.
Not only did we get a blessing to make these from Cambridge Press, we even got a scan of the original artwork transparency from Professor Hill! These are without a doubt, the coolest NPN shirts we’ve ever seen.
These shirts are directly printed onto high quality American Apparel T’s. The women’s are 100% cotton, the men’s sizes are a 50/50 poly-cotton blend. We find these shirts to be a little more expensive than the common ‘Hanes’ T’s but they’re much more comfortable and better fitting — especially the women’s sizes! All shirts are black with white ink. Please check the links above to American Apparel for detailed fitting information.
July 28+29 2012, 10am – 5pm, MQ, Vienna/Austria Info and registration: office@mqw.at Location: freiraum quartier21 INTERNATIONAL
Participants will experience first hand the making of Exquisite Electronics and produce their very own piece of hand-embroidered electronic Haute Couture. The workshop will cover traditional embroidery techniques, using contemporary conductive materials, such as conductive threads, fibers, fabrics and yarns, to create highly decorative circuitry with unique functionality.
The workshop not only introduces a range of e-textile techniques, but also draws attention to issues surrounding electronic textiles, such as e-waste, diminishing resources, the industrialization of craftsmanship and the impacts of globalization. By raising these topics we hope to start a discussion among the makers of electronic textiles in order to project a more futuristic future vision of skilled craftsmanship as it may be applied to electronics. The workshop will last 2 or more days and will be open to the general public. A maximum of 15 participants will be able to attend the workshop, and while previous experience working with either textiles or electronics is encouraged, the workshop is open to everybody eager to learn and master a new set of skills.
Its been a while since I’ve posted, primarily cause I’ve been busy with finals. But in the midst of all that, my girlfriend and I made an LED dress for a fashion show that was at our university. The LEDs weren’t diffused so the light would shine on everything so it really grabbed the attention of everybody. It was run off of a 3.7v LiPo battery (which I clocked in at 4.0v).
[Editor's note, this is a special guest post from Darren who works with Adafruit on our badges, shirts, packaging and more! -pt]
All work and no play makes AMBRO a dull bunch, that’s why today in celebration of “The Avengers” coming out in theaters, we decided to make a cool new T-Shirt today. Most of the time that we’re using HRM “Highly Reflective Material” we’re helping to save lives and keep people safe. Firemen and Women, Police and EMS crews use reflective material on their jackets and uniforms to help keep them safe at night. The material that we use is 200+ candle power and can be seen up to 2 miles away!
Normally, we’re doing boring stuff like CAD cutting it into strips for horizontal and vertical bars to attach to vests and jackets. But not today!!! Today we cut an Arc Reactor and put it in the center of a black ladies T-Shirt. The photos that you see here have no photoshopping or special effects, there are no batteries, no wires etc … what you see is simply produced by the flash of the camera.
We’re using Micro-PrismaticReflective Material to produce this effect. Simply put, it’s a bunch of microscopic prisms all lined up on a polymer. In the photo, the picture on the far left is taken in daylight with no flash. The middle photo is taken in daylight with a flash and the picture on the far right is taken in a pitch black room with a flash.
Hopefully this will give some of you DIYers some ideas. Maybe celebrities who are looking to avoid paparazzi could have a new fashion weapon!
Nature is the greatest design. Everything we create is inspired by something that exists around us. There are few species of plants and flowers physically and instantly react to us, which build a stronger connection between us and nature. Interactivity is primal and specially important these days. Building connections through interactivity is the prime goal of this installation.
This prototype is of a flower that reacts to touch by opening and closing, much like the ‘touch-me-not’ plant. The has been made using textiles and plastic parts. The mechanism uses a servo, string, rubber ball and pins for the lever system and an arduino to bring them to life.
a project by Neha Shrestha & Rudransh Mathur
Filed under wearables because of the canny use of conductive thread; filed under ‘art’ because it’s lovely!
Since youve gotten into electronics, havent you wondered if there is a fart sensor out there? I sure did. I discovered that if you use a methane sensor, especially the MQ-5, even at very low concentrations, it reads farts. What if you combined that into a hat with an LED Bar Graph and a XBee? Exactly. The Gas Cap was made with that in mind. For around $100, you can build your own Gas Cap, a human gas-operated LED Bar Graph on a hat. So, you fart into the methane sensor, wirelessly transmit that data to the hat, and watch the LEDs light up so that your friends can see how horrible it was.
Kiss Controller is a game input device that controls the direction and speed of a bowling ball while users are kissing.
Recently, with the improvement of camera capabilities and related tracking systems, game input systems such as Nintendo Wii controllers or Microsoft Kinect games are incorporating more body positions and movements. Kiss Controller is an experimental project that allows users to control a bowling game by moving their tongues while kissing. Unlike existing game input devices, Kiss Controller seeks to generate the emotional experience of a kinetic act while users play the game rather than control games with their body.
The Kiss Controller interface has two components: a customized headset that functions as a sensor receiver and a magnet that provides sensor input. The user affixes a magnet to his/ her tongue with Fixodent. Magnetic field sensors are attached to the end of the headset and positioned in front of the mouth. As the user moves her tongue, this creates varying magnetic fields that are used to control games.
The FASHIONABLE TECHNOLOGY REPORT focuses on the intersection between design, fashion, science and technology from the perspective of a specialist. The report merges the visuals of a trend report with the data of a business report including refined information design. It features trends, products, business data, and company profiles. This introductory report focuses on THE SUPER HUMAN and is the first issue to a bi-yearly series. Selected art projects visualize the trends observed. The desire to create a super human through advances in technology is highlighted with products from Zeal Optics to Under Armour. The report also provides a timeline of products in this space by consumer brands Adidas and Nike and features OEMs like Clothing+.
It’s a $500 report, but if you’re in the biz it might be something to consider purchasing.
Kevin Cook and Rick Galinson at Parallax Expo 2012 (Photo Courtesy: (R) Rich Harman)
To close out National Robotics Week with a bang, Parallax opened its doors to hobbyists, engineers, Boy Scouts and its community at the first annual Parallax Robotics and Microcontrollers Expo on April 13-14, 2012. Over 2,000 attendees showed up to celebrate all things robotic by learning to solder and breadboard, touring the manufacturing facility, battling Sumo Bots and taking in some fun and technical talks, as well as the highlight of the show the flying ELEV-8 Quadcopter contests. Parallax friend Rick “Mr. Hollywood” Galinson stopped by and attempted to shoot down the ELEV-8 with his Gatling gun (which incorporates the Parallax Propeller chip) that shoots over 3000 paintballs per minute. The ELEV-8 survived the attack but ended up a little painted in the process.
Check out the videos of the Gatling Gun vs. ELEV-8 Quadcopter:
Come visit Parallax at the USA Science and Engineering Festival at the Walter E. Convention Center in Washington, D.C. April 28-29, 2012. This event is free to the public and will have exhibits and stage shows to entertain children of all ages. Stop by our booth (#2145) in the Robot Fest area to learn how or perfect your soldering skills on your very own Scribbler 2 LED badge or come battle it out with our wireless Sumo-bots or learn about different sensor types with our Boe-Bots. Visit http://www.usasciencefestival.org for more information on the event.
For you Reebok Pump connoisseurs waiting with bated breath for the imminent release of the Solebox x Reebok Omni Zone Pump collaborative sneaker, Solebox has released a short film that’s sure to ratchet up your anticipation level. Produced under the auspices of Gehle and Telker and featuring music by Dominik Mostert, the technically impressive “Solemagic” video hovers over the planes and lines of the shoe, ultimately focusing on the glowing green lights that illuminate the uniqueness of the kicks. Check out the video following the click, and look for the shoe to release exclusively at Solebox in mid-April.
The wearable computing wars are about to begin, says a report released Tuesday by Forrester Research.
The report predicts that consumers will begin experimenting more with wearables over the coming year, specifically around health and fitness, navigation, social networking and gaming. This new theme among consumers will hasten big tech companies to begin creating wearable computing products.
This remote control t-shirt is an exploration of wearable technology. Utilizing the body as a platform for control and functionality, this t-shirt can control any television that can connect with a universal remote. Understanding how technology works gave way to this concept. At first glance, the shirt looks like any normal graphic t, until you notice the conductive thread sew throughout the shirt. The conductive thread connects to soft switches to create a circuit board. Who wouldn’t want to be able to sit on the couch and wear a remote?! Now you’ll never have to look for a small remote in the couch cushions again! Click here to see a demonstration! .
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