Sonar navigation jacket

November 20, 2008 By 15 Comments
sonar_jacket

[Lynne] had this crazy idea to build a piece of clothing that would give you feedback about your surroundings using sonar. She started with a carefully selected thrift store jacket. She wanted something that looked good and also provided plenty of places to hide electronics. She used the LilyPad system, with a vibration pad and a sonar range finder. When the system detects an object within a … [Read more...]

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Turn signal jacket how-to

June 22, 2008 By 2 Comments

[Leah Buechley], whose work we've been covering since way back when, has built this lovely turn signal jacket. The project photos were posted in March, but she's just added a well illustrated project guide. The jacket is based around a LilyPad Arduino, a lightweight Arduino board with radial pads designed to be used in wearable projects. You make your connections by sewing conductive thread … [Read more...]

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Rear view jacket

June 21, 2008 By 10 Comments

Is your popped collar so epic it emulates horse blinders? Are punk teens always skitching your coattails? Are you constantly moonwalking into power poles, trash cans, and the elderly? [Paul Coudamy]'s Hard-Wear Jacket solves all of these problems. It has a micro-camera embedded in the back of the neck and streams live video to a sleeve mounted monitor. The goal is to expand the perception of the … [Read more...]

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