June 2008
95 posts
Draft Report
cassandre
Interactive Sensors: Eleksen limited., a Peratech Limited company
Old Reapeater Station, Brompton-on -Swale North Yorkshire
DL107JH United Kingdom
tele. 44(0)8700-727272, incoming@eleksen.com or incoming@peratech.com
check out the website www.elesken.com
Interactive sensors is a 5 layered woven fabric which has a top and bottom layer made out of conductive carbon . This fabric is...
Final Project Sketch: HeadJack - An Alternative to...
It has taken electronics companies years to release a decent pair of wireless headphones, and they still have not gotten it right. Yet people are sick are having a four foot cable dangling from their heads to their pockets.
Enter HeadJack.
HeadJack is a jacket that routes audio signals from the collar to a pocket, where the signal can be input via a standard 3.5mm headphone cable. The collar...
Trevira Italia srl - Material Report
Name of Material:
350 Perform Technical Name:Polybutylene terephthalate synthetic apparel fiber
Year Introduced: 2003
Name & Contact Info of Manufacturer:
Piazzale Stefano Tuerr, 5 20123, Milano, Italy Main Email: info@fra.trevira.com Web Site: www.trevira.com Country Code: 39
Electrical & Physical Characteristics:
Good question.
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WatchStorhero. Storage solution for the super hero. This is attempt to build a backpack that transform into a stroage devices with a fancy hidden cape.
WatchElectroPUFF™ Report
Name of product Electropuff™ Name and contact info of manufacturer Yuka Petz International Fashion Machines, Inc. 1205 East Pike Street Suite 2G Seattle, WA 98122 www.ifmachines.com Phone:206 860 5166 Fax: 206 568 3088 Electrical and Physical Characteristics The ElectroPUFF Lamp Dimmer is a soft pompom that connects to any incandescent table lamp and...
A Guide to the most commonly used stitches →
Here's an instructable on creating your own... →
SOFTswitch Draft Report
Name of Material: SOFTswitch™ (Touch-sensitive textile)
Name & Contact Info of Manufacturer: Hethersett House YO51 9NE, Roecliffe, York United Kingdom email: enquiries@peratech.co.uk web site: www.softswitch.co.uk Electrical & Physical Characteristics:
Take from the Material Connection website:
“Woven textile that translates a physical touch to a digital output....
Soft Switch Assignment
For our Soft Switch assignment, I used a piece of thin foam and some Koln conductive fabric. I cut the foam into a circle with another circle cut out in the center.
I then hot-glued circulr piece of Koln to each side…however this time I also kept a tab of fabric into which I could sew conductive thread.
When I tested it with a multimeter, it worked fine. However, I attempted to sew...
SafetyCape - Documentation
As previously mentioned, for our Superhero midterm project, I created a cape for flying superheroes that afforded them with FAA-approved anti-collision lights…providing safety for aircraft passengers as well as the superheroes themselves.
The cape is made of satin, and I used Koln pressed conductive fabric as the electrical bus to power two red, two green, and two white superbright...
AmberStrand
AmberStrand
Syscom Advanced Materials, Inc.
1275 Kinnear Rd.
Columbus, OH 43212
Phone: (614) 487-3626
Fax: (614) 487-3631
Specifications: http://www.amberstrand.com/?z=4
“AmberStrand is a low-weight, high strength polymer/metal hybrid yarn. It was first developed for NASA to explore the possibilities of creating a light weight alternative to standard wire circuits.”...
Electroluminescent Clothing
While attempting to think up ideas for my final project, I found a couple of places that sell off-the-shelf EL clothing.
http://www.electricplanet.co.uk/category/5/Clothing
http://www.flashwear.com/
Material Report: Nova Light
Name of Material - Nova Light
Name & Contact Info of Manufacturer - Gunze Electronics, 2113 Wells Branch Parkway, #5400, Austin, Texas 78728, Tel: 512-990-3400, www.gunzeusa.com
Electrical & Physical Characteristics - A thin film that emits light when AC power (a battery powered inverter is an option) is applied.
Intended Uses - Back light for instrumentation, back light for...
Superhero Wearable [ Midterm Presentation]
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Wonder Glove Prototype from Jennifer Dopazo on Vimeo
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After all the tests, I made the final prototype on a glove I had at home, sewing all the circuits by hand on the interior of it and attaching the sound circuit, hiding it on the wrist.
e-superhero eyebrow of doom
My mask in it’s current finished state. Please download the PDF to look at the whole process
Heres the pdf (6 MB):
http://nicholasrubin.net/ITPStuff/MaskBook.pdf
Superheroes : Fashion and Fantasy
It’s funny how fashion and fantasy can get along so well, and when someone puts together fantasy with some high fashion aspects, one can actually see how superheroes, as fantasy figures like princesses, can be part of this “fashionable fantasy”. Isn’t fashion about standing out the human body (male or female) attributes? Well, this as what superheroes garments are about...
Superheroes + Fashion @ the Met
Well the REAL superheroes at the Met are people are like Monet, Rembrandt, Picasso…
But, seeing the Superheroes & Fashion exhibit got me very excited. I mostly enjoyed seeing the costumes that I had seen in film and television. I was actually a little disappointed at some of the older costume quality…in particular I felt the Wonder Woman costume was pretty amateur. By far the...
Mid-term
Title:
Multi-function Power Band with focusing Ring and Early Warning System
Function:
It doesn’t actually have a function, but in the fantasy world of superheros, it helps you capture the bad guys with an array of energy beams. It will also tell you when someone is sneaking up behind you
Soft Circuit:
4 soft switches, four snaps for connectors
Materials:
Fabric (Gold, Gray)
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