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Android Things Capacitive Touch Piano

“Play music like a scientist using Android Things and a MPR121 capacitive touch sensor controller.”

DIY Glove Controller With E-Textile Sensors

“This Instructable is a step by step tutorial on how to make a data glove with eTextile sensors. The project is a collaboration between Rachel Freire and Artyom Maxim. Rachel is the glove textile and eTextile sensor designer and Arty …

Sound Activated LEDs in Embroidery Using an ATtiny85

“I love embroidery and electronics! This project’s goal was to create sound activated, embroidery embedded LEDs using an ATtiny85! My first step was to find a schematic and code that worked! I found on Technoblogy, a great resource for …

Arduino 101 - Intel Curie Pattern Matching Dress

“I’m an engineer and artist who enjoys projects that combine science and arts. I’ve been making dress designs with microcontrollers embedded in so that certain functionality of electronic components can be used to enhance the design theme. For …

Lighten Your Step: LED Dance Shoes!

“So you’ve seen shoes with LED lights. But have you seen ones that change color? Maybe. How about ones that are fully programmable, packed with a micro sized Arduino Gemma, a rechargeable lithium battery, and on top of that …

Musical Shoes

“This project is a fun way to create beats while hitting the dance floor. It’s also a great beginner level project that uses Arduino, bluetooth, and soft conductive fabric switches. A few months back I came across an easy …

Make an LED Cat Harness

“If you’ve got an adventure cat, you’ll want to sew him this LED vest so that you can go on nighttime adventures. Camping with cats?! Yes!”

LED Bike Light

“In this ible, I use a washable battery pack and some LEDs to sew a soft circuit into cuff for riding your bike at night.”

Shirt Circuit: DIY Wearable Breadboard Circuits

“Shirt Circuit is soft wearable breadboard with modular DIY circuit components that can be snapped onto the shirt by the wearer. The motivation behind shirt circuit is to challenge the ‘black box’ paradigm in which STEM education is often delivered …

How to Work With Conductive Fabric

“Working with conductive fabric is fun and it’s ideal for wearables, soft circuitry, e-textiles and other projects that take advantage of it’s properties. Learning the basics will help you make design and material choices tailored to your application …

Notebook with LED Reminders

“I always carry a notebook to meetings so I can keep track of what needs to get done. However, I often fail to follow up on my “to do” items as I would routinely forget to check individual pages which …

turn signal biking jacket

“This tutorial will show you how to build a jacket with turn signals that will let people know where you’re headed when you’re on your bike. We’ll use conductive thread and sewable electronics so your jacket will …