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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:

    Since 2020, Hannah is guest professor of the Spiel&&Objekt Master's program at the University of Performing Arts Ernst Busch in Berlin

    From 2013-2015 Mika was 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
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    Lasercut Stretchy Battery Pocket

    Lasercut from stretch conductive lycra, this coin-cell battery pocket makes for a super simple fabric power supply connection. A plus symbol lasercut into the center of the pouch indicates which way around the battery should be inserted.

    Step-by-Step Instructions

    Lasercut design from stretch conductive fabric. On a Zing lasercutter i used the following settings:
    Power: 15
    Speed: 80
    Focus:0
    Frequency: 1000

    If the ventilation system on your lasercutter sucks the cut pieces away, you can lay down some masking tape.

    Positive connection (+, plus, 3V): With conductive thread stitch around the edge of the pouch to connect it to a base (non conductive!) fabric. Do not cut the conductive thread after sewing, but continue sewing to bring the power to your circuit. As shown in photo.

    Negative connection (-, minus, GND): Tie three knots in the end of a piece of conductive thread. Stitch the thread through the + hole in the pouch to the back of the non-conductive base fabric and then come back out to the front side of the base fabric beyond the boarder of the battery pouch. As shown in photo. Do not cut the thread but use it to sew the negative power lead to your circuit.

    1 Comment so far

    1. Colten Jackson on January 18th, 2015

      I’ve looked all over for a good sewable battery holder, but this is the most elegant, cheapest, softest thing I’ve ever seen. Great idea!

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