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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
    Conductive Materials

    Graphite Powder

    We have so far unsuccessfully used graphite powder to make our own stretchy conductive glue or paint. But it is possible to make non-stretch glue/paint by mixing graphite powder and liquid tape together.

    >> http://www.instructables.com/id/Make-Conductive-Glue-and-Glue-a-Circuit/


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    4 Comments so far

    1. Casey Rodarmor on May 5th, 2012

      Don’t bother with graphite powder to make conductive materials. Chopped carbon fiber is MUCH better.

    2. Mike on July 12th, 2012

      You can also use video or audio tape. The resistance per length is pretty accurate.

    3. RB on October 6th, 2012

      I have tried to mix glue and graphite powder to get some kind of pressure-sensitive mini-cushions but it doesn’t work (I have tried silicon glue).

    4. admin on October 6th, 2012

      i also tried this, unsuccessfully. but it would be so nice if we could get it to work!
      >> http://web.media.mit.edu/~plusea/?p=1496

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