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    Content by Mika Satomi and Hannah Perner-Wilson
    We support the Open Source Hardware movement. All our own designs published on this website are released under the Free Cultural Works definition
    The following institutions have funded our research and supported our work:

    Mika was a guest researcher at the Smart Textiles Design Lab, The Swedish School of Textiles

    Hannah is a former graduate student of the MIT Media Lab's High-Low Tech research group


    Hannah and Mika were both research fellows at the Distance Lab
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    Pompom Maker

    While pompom makers are convenient tools for making pompoms in all different sizes, you can also make your own tool from cardboard.





    Links for making pompoms:
    >> http://www.kid-craft-central.com/pom-poms.html
    >> http://www.instructables.com/id/Pom-Pom-Socks/

    We have used pompoms in the following sensor designs:
    Felted pompom pressure sensor >> http://www.kobakant.at/DIY/?p=2395
    Pompom tilt sensor >> http://www.kobakant.at/DIY/?p=2409

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