Coin slot detector

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Wow, how quickly the wearable electronics world has slid into the gutter. They're now resigned to watching our nations finest natural resource, the butt crack. This project by [semiotech] uses a LilyPad Arduino to monitor the exposure of the wearer's coin slot. It detects the presence of light with a photoresistor and alerts the user with the vibrations of a pager motor. This breakthrough in coin … [Read more...]

Wearable project inspiration

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Yesterday, Gizmodo published a roundup of wearable gadgets for people who "don't mind looking like a tool". It's interesting to see what has been deemed commercially viable and put into mass production. The list covers HMDs, embedded WiFi detectors, integrated keyboards, tech jackets, speaker hats, and others. We thought you might find some inspiration from the list for your next project. In the … [Read more...]