Since the chair is on two bi-directional rails it is dependent on your legs to balance. My roommate said the felt like she was floating in a pool, as though she was boyant. Others tried multiple ways of sitting in it pushing the limits as to how it can be used. Shown below are we show perpendular and diagonal.

Next I plan on using cotton rope to weave different patterns like this which is commonly used for wicker
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For the final iteration I plan to weave a 100′ extension cord warp for a plug-in chair and an ethernet cable weft for internet access.

The final outcome is rendered as a fine resolution 1/16th inch thick tube link that twists 2 times to form a 1.5″ x 7″ x 1/4″ textile.

I used at Dimension 3-D printer with a white ABS plastic. We have access to one that costs 5$ per cubic inch of printed material so it was roughly 13 bucks. The total print took 12 hours and produced a hypbrid structure. The photos below show the support structure before the print is placed in an aggetator chemical bath.

After 3 hours in the chemical bath, the textile was pure ABS. It proved to has some ridges due to the layered printing. This rough edge caused some unexpected friction resulting in a tendency to twist into a helical cord.

Here is it is shown as its intended mother’s day bracelet, but I think I would like to make another iteration before sending this out into the world.

1. The extension lines space suit with research from Deva Newman:

2: The differntiated aggregate patterning of Neri Oxman’s Beast Chair:

3: The Hardoy Butterfly Chair:

The chair is a flat pack kit of parts to be shipped an assembled by a single person in a less than 5 minutes:

I am testing multiple methods of weaving, knitting and, with increased funding from unknown sources composites:

In the end I hope to have a successful stress and stretch test from each material in the most effective pattern for the lowest common denominator of a body form. I estimate multiple attempts with both variables for the best outcome.

Then, mysteriously, the textile vanished. This is the trail of documentation that returned to my inbox. I received 36 portraits on Easter Sunday. Here are a couple:

Other stories recall it flying above the trees and even below bridges.

“I thought it was a bird, but it was flying in ring!”, a girl stated.
“It looked like a wiggling snake, and I was scared”, a bus driver described.

This is the matrix of all 36 portraits where the new textile was documented.

Finally, it found its way back on my own head:

I wear it under my shirt like a necklace to keep it contained.

Folding lamp Matrix

I used did a series of tests to determine what the best stitch pattern for a shrinking flexinol wire. These are the diagrams:

Folding lamp Stitch

These are series of tests

The Flexinal had a 6 ohm resistance. I placed 3 1 ohm resisters in series to reduce the current by 9 ohms total in order to not burn out the wire with the 3.7 V battery. The wire only requires 2.2 Volts to recoil.

After completing the circuit and testing all of the traces, I loaded the code. Excited to see it working, I pressed the switch with the USB still attach to the Arduino board pumping 5 volts through the circuit and burning out the wire immediately.

Here is the video as it stands, a vapid flower.

HOT FOLD FAILING

To be continued.

I used three sheets of velo-stat, a second hand lunch jacket, 1/4″ green felt, 4 LEDs, 1 lillypad, conductive thread, 6 buttons, and a spool of rainbow thread. The result is a spring wear jacket that can enliven a lecture, conduct an orchestra, or be the live of a late night faculty dance party.

The Sensor changes from 400 Ohms, to 200 Ohms, to 80 Ohms, designating the degrees of flexure. More nuanced designs can be produced for custom elbow use.

Here is the Video of its Debut:

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Circuit Description:

This project is a proposal for a reactive wearable. A Hug pushes a button to run current through a circuit heating the contour of a heart on the breast pocket of a shirt.

(2) Traces:
Battery to Swtich =12.2 (m)ohms
Switch to Battery = 8.9 (m)ohms
Total Resistance = 21.1 (m)ohms

(1) Battery: 3.69 Volts

Ohms Law: I=V/R = 3.69Volts/21.1 (m)ohms = 174.9 ampere

Actual Current using MicroMeter: 121-148.2 ampere

Here are some photos:

For the Thermo Paint mixture I used blue and cut it with non thermo red to make a purple. When the current (or any heat) activates the pigment, the blue turns clear and reveals a pure red. It turned out to be extremely close to blood which I suppose is relevant for the concept. Here is the video.

Cardio_Coutore

Video link does not seem to be working at the moment.

I think it could make a fun line of hypercolor details for men’s fashion for the future and will work on refining the stitch pattern and insulation of the circuit to isolate the contour I want to change.

Happy Valentines Day.