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    Content by Mika Satomi and Hannah Perner-Wilson
    E-Textile Tailor Shop by KOBAKANT
    The following institutions have funded our research and supported our work:

    From 2013-2015 Mika is a guest professor at the eLab at Kunsthochschule Berlin-Weissensee

    From July - December 2013 Hannah was a researcher at the UdK's Design Research Lab

    From 2010-2012 Mika was a guest researcher in the Smart Textiles Design Lab at The Swedish School of Textiles

    From 2009 - 2011 Hannah was a graduate student in the MIT Media Lab's High-Low Tech research group led by Leah Buechley


    In 2009 Hannah and Mika were both research fellows at the Distance Lab


    Between 2003 - 2009 Hannah and Mika were both students at Interface Cultures
    We support the Open Source Hardware movement. All our own designs published on this website are released under the Free Cultural Works definition
    Conductive Materials

    Conductive Gel

    Conductivity similar to water.

    Suppliers

    >> http://www.vitalityweb.com/backstore/electrode-gel.htm
    >> 1 x 100ml Original ABGYMNIC Highly Conductive Gel for TENS, EMS, Slendertone and Toning Pad Systems >> http://www.amazon.co.uk/Original-ABGYMNIC-Conductive-Slendertone-Systems/dp/B0022IB9R6/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=sports&qid=1241434002&sr=8-3 (UK)

    3 Comments so far

    1. Barry on December 28th, 2012

      Will this gel reflect a colour if introduced to it

    2. may on April 6th, 2013

      can I mix conductive gel with silicone?

    3. abhinav on October 8th, 2014

      if the gel is dried up, will it work with the same conductive properties or will they change ???

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