HOW TO GET WHAT YOU WANT

Transparent and Dangerous II

Wednesday 10th May 2017, 17:30 – 19:30 at the Toronto Wearables Meetup at the Social Body Lab at OCAD University in Toronto, Canada.

Pins are sharp and familiar, abundant and conductive. Used in textiles as tools for prototyping, to make quick connections between materials. Lets examine these pins closer, treat them as materials themselves and make use of their ability to conduct electricity.

In this short workshop we will explore the anatomy of pins, examining their history, materiality, form and function. We will apply them as material in the field of electronic textiles by combining them with a variety of conductive and non-conductive materials to create electronic connections, sensors and actuators. The results will be sharp and delicate, transparent and dangerous.

Participants are asked to collect and bring interesting materials with them. Anything hard, soft, flexible, squishy… that can be pierced and penetrated by a pin.

Links:

Event page >> https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/toronto-wearables-meetup-35-tickets-34334786270
Anatomy of a Pin presentation >> http://www.plusea.at/?p=5774
Flickr set >> …coming soon…

Dangerous Sensors

– Contact (digital on/off)
– Resistive sensing (distance)
– Piezoresistive sensing (pressure, bend, stretch…)
– Capacitive sensing (scroll wheel, slider….)

Contact

Pin Stroke Gauntlet

>> http://www.kobakant.at/DIY/?p=6161

Spikey Stroke Sensors

>> http://www.kobakant.at/DIY/?p=6237
>> https://www.flickr.com/photos/plusea/albums/72157669478992954

Resistive

Piezoresistive

Anti-Static foam Pressure Matrix

>> http://www.kobakant.at/DIY/?p=6292
>> https://www.flickr.com/photos/plusea/albums/72157672248800682

2×2 Matrix >> http://www.kobakant.at/DIY/?p=3314

Capacitive

Capacitive Fabric Slider/Wheels

>> http://www.kobakant.at/DIY/?p=6607

Supplies

Tools

multimeter
arduino for reading sensor values
sewing needles
crochet, knitting
tape, glue
iron, board
soldering iron, solder stations
scissors for fabric and other materials
cutter knife and cutting board
pliers, round nose pliers…
lighter

Materials

#17 pins >> https://www.amazon.com/Vintage-17-Premium-Nickel-Plated/dp/B00G03NIX2/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1492346770&sr=8-3&keywords=%2317+pins
#24 pins >> https://www.amazon.com/Vintage-Prym-Dressmaker-Pins-Premium/dp/B00HL17KIQ/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1492346909&sr=8-1&keywords=24+dressmaker+pins
5mm felt
3-5mm neoprene with fabric fused to either side
regular sewing thread
regular fabric scraps
resistive materials (velostat, eeontex non-woven, eetontex stretch)
2K Ohm/sq >> https://www.sparkfun.com/products/14111
10E4 to 10E7 ohm/square >> https://www.sparkfun.com/products/14112
conductive fabrics & threads (what do you have?)
veilshield conductive fabric (i can bring) >> https://www.lessemf.com/fabric3.html
fusible interfacing
wax (candles)
soft wire for bending and soldering
stiff wire for bending and soldering
ball bearings >> https://www.amazon.com/Piece-Assorted-Loose-Bicycle-Bearing/dp/B018B7D05K/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1492347129&sr=8-3&keywords=ball+bearings
silicone sheets, silicone tubing
soft plastic tubing
styrofoam balls
wine bottle corks
springs

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