What are e-textiles? e-Textiles or electronic textiles is the integration of electronics and computational devices with fabric materials. E-textiles are sometimes called soft circuits, because the material used is soft. E-textiles could be using LEDs to create an aesthetic wearable (Moonlit Flower or e-cuff). Or programming a microprocessor (like the LilyPad Arduino) to sense the temperature and display various LED behaviors (colors, intensity, blinks) A few e-textiles are in the following slides…enjoy! 5/29/14DYN Divas_1A_V.11
Turn Signal Jacket (2008) (if you already visited these links…skip to the next page) 5/29/14DYN Divas_1A_V.12 If you would like to explore more of the original Turn Signal Jacket designs: *Visit the Flicker page with the turn signal biking jacket tutorial pictures of both above designs: *Watch the video of the second jacket design, where creator Leah Buechley explains how it works: *Read through the step-by-step tutorial which can be found here (as well as other LilyPad Arduino information):
Cute Circuit’s Galaxy Dress (2009) The Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago Uses 24,000 LEDs! 5/29/14DYN Divas_1A_V.13
Michael Jackson’s Illuminated Billy Jean Jacket designed for the This Is It Tour (2009) 7.5 pounds of Swarovski Glass Crystals 60 white Luxeon Star LEDs (using 60 amps of electricity) Producing over 220 watts of light atch?v=XAnGZbAooB0 Jacket Illumination designed by Tom Talmon Studio 5/29/14DYN Divas_1A_V.14
Imogen Heap’s Twitter Dress 52 nd Grammy Awards (2010) Purse was a small television containing videos her fans sent to her account. The necklace had a live Twitter feed with a wireless router. 5/29/14DYN Divas_1A_V.15
Designed by Industry Leader Cute Circuit Cute circuit design videos: Katy Perry at 2010 Costume Institute Gala Benefit og/designing-tech-couture-for-katy- perry-a-qa-with-cutecircuit Interview with Cute Circuit: 5/29/14DYN Divas_1A_V.16
DtMj6A&feature=player_embedded I Super Bowl performance by the Black Eyed Peas Designed by Anouk Wipprecht (2011) 5/29/14DYN Divas_1A_V.17
Cute Circuit’s Fall 2014 New York Fashion Week Show Check out more fashions at: Photo: Getty Images 5/29/14DYN Divas_1A_V.18
Pong Game Controller: a game of competition and collaboration By Ed Keeble. Instead of using a joystick, two players control their paddles by slow dancing with one another. An accelerometer built into each suit keeps track of each player's swaying and guides each paddle back and forth accordingly. 5/29/14DYN Divas_1A_V.19
Health applications: heart rate monitoring sports bra 5/29/14DYN Divas_1A_V.110
Heated Jackets – Columbia & DIY This heated Columbia jacket costs $900. While students made a heating and cooling jacket (shared on Instructables) for far less. What will you design and create? 5/29/14DYN Divas_1A_V.111