Interactive light object

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Hand-weaved textile I made on table loom with black and white thread + EL wire. Large weaved light textile can be interactive light space divider in flats e.g. lofts.   EL wire needs inverter to light or blink. I wanted to control EL wire with Arduino so I hacked it. I planned to connect it […]

Main Project

Bender is an interactive bike light, that helps keeping you safe at night. The product is worn on the upper sleeve. It combines the functions of a back light and a turning signal. Bender is a snap bracelet. It’s light and easy to apply. The light is emitted byred and yellow Electroluminiscent (EL-) surfaces. They […]

Drawing application

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For connection I used 3 potentiometers pinned to A0, A1 and A2.       And the processing code: // This example code is in the public domain. import processing.serial.*; float redValue = 0; // red value float greenValue = 0; // green value float blueValue = 0; // blue value float xPos=0; float yPos=0; […]

A KIT-OF-NO-PARTS SECOND DAY

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The speaker in general can consists from the following parts: – a coil (thread,wire …) – a neodymium magnet – a vibrant material (plastic, fabric, paper …) I wanted to design home made coil. By researching interesting ideas and designs I run into optimize coil design made by Plusea. My design approach for workshop was […]

Animating an LED matrix

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We built a 7×7 LED matrix that can be controlled by Charlieplexing, a form of multiplexing. 49 LEDs can be adressed seperately while only using ten pins. Our initial idea was to use the matrix to play animations, kind of like a low-resolution display. We also thaught about ways to translate an input of a […]

Luminous Textile- soft lamp

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Light could be flexible and haptic.  Integrate electronic into soft materials to bring a new configuration of the object and new perception for users.   This week we used the table loom to weave and try to embed lighting unit into the textile in a simple way. I took a EL-wire and woven it with thread […]

heating pad- material experiment

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When current go through, some conductive materials will also turn warm or even hot, so I tried different kinds of materials and look for a best which can make a heating pad. The red paper will turn white when it feels hot. 1.conductive thread knitting mit common thread. resistance :  about 11 Ω when voltage is […]

Push Button

This is a push button. The following is the data-sheet.   After the four black point was cutted, metal panel and the button cylinder were apart and there’s a round panel inside. When push the round panel, it links the metal part in the mittel and the two side metal parts. That’s how does it […]