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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

    About

    Welcome to the KOBAKANT DIY Wearable Technology Documentation

    This website aims to be a comprehensible, accessible and maintainable reference resource, as well as a basis for further exploration and contribution.

    The site documents the range of wearable technology and soft circuit solutions that we have developed for our own practice since 2007. Many interesting techniques and possibilities never make it into a finished project. We wanted to share these as well as explore their possible use towards future ideas. The site also contains collections of material and tool resources and example projects that explain the integration of individual solutions for smaller projects, aimed at showcasing what is possible and how it is possible.

    Upon discovering this site, please feel free to email us with any feedback, questions, corrections, suggestions for improvement or change. We would really like to hear from you.

    This database is maintained by KOBAKANT, a collaboration between Mika Satomi and Hannah Perner-Wilson. You can find out more about us here: www.KOBAKANT.at

    HOW TO MAKE WHAT YOU WANT was initiated during our joint research fellowship at the Distance Lab in the Highlands of Scotland. We continue to contribute our work to the database and appreciate the warm support we’ve received for this project!