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WEARABLE DESIGN AND
PROTOTYPING
ITP Camp 2017
Jingwen Zhu
WHAT IS
WEARABLE
WEARABLES
E-TEXTILES
SMART-TEXTILES
FASHIONABLE TECHNOLOGY
SOFT CIRCUITRYWEARABLE TECHNOLOGY
WEARABLE ELECTRONICS
WEARABLE
ELECTRONICS WEARABLE ELECTRONICS
E-textiles, smart textiles
SENSORY TECHNOLOGY
FASHION & TECHNOLOGY
SEEING & MEDIATED REALITY
NARRATIVE CLIP
HEARING & FEELING/TOUCHING
TACTILU
Feel touch from
loved one who is
away
EMBRACE-ME
IDENTITY
WELLBEING
INTIMACY & COMMUNICATION
TIME,SPACE,LOCATION&DISTANCE
Take me home, GPS shoes
FASHION DILEMMAS
MATERIALS
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FASHION TECHNIQUES
Sewing, draping, design
ELECTRONIC BASICS
MICROCONTROLLERS
INPUT & OUTPUT
SOFT CIRCUITRY
Becky Sterns Lilypad Embroidery
PROGRAMMING
CONNECTED WEARABLES
ELECTRICITY:
THE BASICS
ELECTRICITY
 The 鍖ow of electrical energy
 Two elements: power source + components
POWER SOURCE
AC: alternating current DC: direct current
POWER SOURCE
Coin Cell Battery
Lithium Polymer (LiPo) Battery
Power
+
Ground
-
COMPONENTS
 Sensors: convert other energy to electrical energy (input)
 Actuators: convert electrical energy to other forms (output)
SENSORS
 Switch, knob, button
 Light sensor: photocell
 Sound: Microphone
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SENSORS
 Accelerometers: movement
 Gyroscope: rotation
 Flex sensor: bend
 Force sensor(FSR): pressure
 Stretch sensor
ACTUATORS
 Light: LEDs
 Movement: motors
LEDs Sewable LED sequins
Neopixel
smart RGB LEDs
RESISTORS
 color means resistance(value)
 talk about it later
CONDUCTORS
 power, components and conductive connections.
Wire Alligator clips
CIRCUIT: POWER + COMPONENT + CONNECTION
PROTOTYPE YOUR FIRST LED CIRCUIT
MATERIALS & COMPONENTS
CONDUCTIVE THREAD
Pros:
 easy to use
 multiple functions
Cons:
 easily get short circuit
Tips:
 carefully 鍖nish
 insulation
CONDUCTIVE FABRICS
Pros:
 large size
 different tools
 different textile
Cons:
 resistance
Tips:
 iron on / vinyl cut
 for making buttons and switches
CONDUCTIVE FABRIC TAPE
 Not copper tape
Pros:
 longer length
 adhesive
Cons:
 limited width
Tips:
 use it to run route for LEDs
CONDUCTIVE RIBBON
Pros:
 sewing machine
 3 wires
 solderable
Cons:
 not easy to solder
 only 3 wires
Tips:
 make a tube to insulate it
SEWABLE LEDS
SEWABLE BATTERY HOLDERS
SEWABLE BUTTONS & SWITCHES
SEWABLE MICROCONTROLLERS
Flora Lilypad
SEWABLE SENSORS
MULTIPLE FLORA SENSORS
 Accelerometer/Gyroscope
 Light
 Color
 GPS
NEOPIXELS
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GETTING STARTED WITH SOFT CIRCUITRY
SUNDAY, JUNE 18
3-5PM
WEARABLE DESIGN PROCESS
PROJECT PROCESS
 ideation
 research
 re鍖ne
 prototype
 production
Wearable design and prototyping
IDEATION
IDEATION
IDEATION
Wearable design and prototyping
LOFI PROTOTYPE
 Size?
 Look?
DIAGRAM
 Components?
 Connections?
COMPONENT POSITIONING
 Enough space?
 Comfortable?
 Easy to access?
CIRCUIT PROTOTYPE & MATERIAL TEST
 Flora/lilypad: alligator clips
PRODUCTION
 Finalize circuit
 Soldering
 Sewing
USEFUL RESOURCES
TOOLS AND COMPONENTS
Adafruit - electronic components and tools (werarable electronics, conductive fabrics
and threads)
Sparkfun - electronic components (some other components)
Tinkersphere - electronics supplies, East Village
LittleBits - modular electronics
Amazon - electronic tools and crafting tools
LessEMF.com - Conductive fabrics
SEWING AND CRAFTING
Mood Fabrics - fashion fabrics, supplies for wearables
B&J Fabrics - fabrics, supplies for wearables
Spandex World - spandex
M&J Trimmings / Paci鍖c Trimmings - buttons, zippers, fasteners
Canal Rubber - Latex, foam
Lion Brand Studio - Yarn
ART SUPPLIES
 Blick - art supplies
 Utretch - art supplies
 New York Central - art supplies
 Michael's
TUTORIALS
 https://www.arduino.cc/
 https://learn.sparkfun.com/
 https://learn.adafruit.com/
 http://www.instructables.com/
 http://www.kobakant.at/DIY/
 Google!
 Craftsy
INSPIRATIONS
 http://eyeofestival.com/
 http://www.creativeapplications.net/
 http://thecreatorsproject.vice.com/en_us
 http://www.wired.com/
 https://www.wareable.com/
 https://www.dezeen.com/tag/wearable-technology/
STUDIOS
 http://www.studio-xo.com/
 http://www.loomia.co/
 https://www.wearablemedia.studio/
 http://wearablex.com/

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