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    Content by Mika Satomi and Hannah Perner-Wilson
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    Since 2020, Hannah is guest professor of the Spiel&&Objekt Master's program at the University of Performing Arts Ernst Busch in Berlin

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    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
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    Wireless

    Bluetooth Mate

    Sparkfun has a really nice Bluetooth shield that “mates” with the Arduino Mini and LilyPad Arduino FTDI programming connector so that you can simply plug it on.

    Bluetooth mate gold >> https://www.sparkfun.com/products/9358
    Bluetooth mate silver >> https://www.sparkfun.com/products/10393

    Step-by-Step connecting to Bluetooth module

    Pair with Bluetooth Device

    Pairing Bluetooth device on Mac >> http://www.rioleo.org/setting-up-the-arduino-pro-mini-and-bluetooth-mate-on-mac.php
    Pairing Bluetooth device on Windows >> http://jondontdoit.blogspot.com/2011/11/bluetooth-mate-tutorial.html

    Steps:
    – power your circuit and the light on your Bluetooth modem should blink red
    – open the Bluetooth preferences of your computer and opt to pair with a new Bluetooth device by pressing the “+” at the bottom of the Bluetooth device list

    – the circuit should show up as a FireFly Bluetooth device with an address similar to this: FireFly-A229
    – press continue to begin pairing process

    – when the attempt to pair with the device fails, opt to connect with pass code by pressing the Passcode Options button at the bottom left of the window

    – type “1234”, which is the generic pass code

    – once successfully paired the light on your BlueSmirf Modem should turn a steady green

    Links:

    Arduino as Bluetooth HID >> http://www.kobakant.at/DIY/?p=3310
    Penguin interface >> http://www.plusea.at/?p=4026
    The Gloves project Bluetooth connection >> http://theglovesproject.com/step-11/
    Configuring The RN-42 Bluetooth Module >> http://theglovesproject.com/configuring-the-rn-42-bluetooth-module/

    Bluetooth mate ontop of LilyPad and ArduIMU:

    If you don’t have a “mate” version of the Bluetooth module you can build yourself a connector:



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