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E-Textile Datagloves Overview

The following is a collection of Datagloves made using electrically conductive fabrics that react to strain (stretch, pressure) with a change in electrical resistance (piezoresistive effect), allowing them to sense the movement of the fingers. Connections are made from these fabrics to classic electrical wires and circuitboards, so that a microcontroller can translate these analog voltage signals into digital values which can then be interpreted as gestures.

Non E-Textile Datagloves overview >> http://dev-blog.mimugloves.com/data-gloves-overview/

The collection of E-Textile Datagloves bellow is organized by type of sensing technique:
– Piezoresistive COMBINATION (combinations of the bellow)
– Piezoresistive fabric as STRETCH sensor (placement on outer side/palm of hand)
– Piezoresistive fabric as pressure sensor (placement on outer side/top of hand)
– Piezoresistive fabric as SQUEEZE sensor (placement on inner side/palm of hand)

Other sensing techniques to try:
– Piezoelectric fabrics
– Sensing heat of hand
– Sensing humidity of hand
– Sensing pulse

Legend for some of the following sketches:

COMBINATION Sensor Gloves

Safety Dataglove

A dataglove made from piezoresistive fabric with safetey pin connectors that can be pinned to different parts of the glove to capture stretch in different areas.
Using the snap diamond breakout board design >> http://www.kobakant.at/DIY/?p=6703

STRETCH Sensor Gloves

Zebra Dataglove

Eeonyx stretch across knuckles.

Making-of:

DIY VR Glove (snap)

by Rachel Freire and Artyom Maxim
Eeonyx stretch across knuckles.
Instructable >> https://www.instructables.com/id/DIY-Glove-Controller-With-E-Textile-Sensors/
Flickr sets:
>> https://www.flickr.com/photos/rachelfreirestudio/albums/72157681332666050
>> https://www.flickr.com/photos/rachelfreirestudio/sets/72157677744298664

DIY VR Glove (wires)

Austin Powers Stretch Sensor Glove

PRESSURE Sensor Gloves

E-Textile MiMu Gloves

Eeonyx pressure between two traces of conductive fabric.
Flickr set >> https://www.flickr.com/photos/rachelfreirestudio/sets/72157663657218216
Instagram >> http://instagrac.com/media/rachelfreirestudio/BOxcKCxDDI0

Sheath bend sensor

Eeonyx pressure between two lines of conductive thread.
>> http://www.kobakant.at/DIY/?p=5615

SQUEEZE Sensor Gloves

Squeeze Glove

Testing squeeze sensors on inner side of finger

Glove:

Full-Palm Squeeze Glove

Full-Palm Squeeze Glove with Flex PCB

>> http://dev-blog.mimugloves.com/category/e-textile/

E-Textile Forchette Glove (“Mega Glove”)

by Rachel Freire and Hannah Perner-Wilson
Comparing commercial bend sensors with Eeonyx forchette squeeze sensors.
>> https://www.flickr.com/photos/plusea/albums/72157646854655997

Close-ups:

Top and palm:

Materials used: