Due: Tuesday, March 8, 2011 See student fabric PCBs here For this assignment you will work in pairs to create an artifact that includes a fabric PCB. The artifact should include an ATtiny85 microcontroller, at least two outputs and at least one digital (switch) input. Projects from last year’s class can be found here. Teams [...]
Looking to find a second life for some of my trash, I was inspired by the many sustainable craft blogs that are out there, and wanted to try making my own yarn out of plastic bags, or plarn, as it is affectionately called. However, there were two key features of the plarn that made it [...]
I’m interested in traditional weaving combined with the modern technology. I initially wanted to make a luminous yarn. However after long time try I found that using optical fibers could only produce shining points. So up to now I create a shining yarn instead. It can be used in art works or decorations for the [...]
During the spinning class with Kanjun, I experimented with spinning different fibers such as cotton, hemp, bamboo and aluminum. Over the weekend, while doing research for my thesis, I became inspired by Archigram’s plug-in work ( i.e. Plug-in Capsule Home, Montreal Tower, Plug-in City, University Node, Gasket Homes and Plug-in Clip) and I created a [...]
This yarn is a 2 ply copper and wool blend. The plies were produced by spinning roving into yarn on a traditional drop spindle. The goal was to produce yarn that maintained a natural aesthetic, while allowing for a degree of conductivity. The conductive properties enable the yarn to be used in circuit dependent applications.
A very convenient way to connect two separate electrical pieces is with a ribbon cable. The typical ribbon cable that I’ve run into is gray and very boring. It consists of many wires laid out side by side and then bonded together to make a flat strip. I decided to try and make my own [...]