Wearables Winter 2017

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For my final project I decided to construct 3D printed brass knuckles.  The piece implements an Arduino Nano, as well as an LCD screen and a Gesture Sensor.  I coded the Arduino board to say certain words and based on the proximity of the gesture sensor, the words are changed.  Basically, as you get closer to a person with the device on your fist, different words will cycle on the screen.  Unfortunately, I need to complete a few more aspects of the piece, including the housing shell and some code.  With this piece I really wanted to comment on physical altercations and how words can be used to help or harm an interaction.  It is also meant to comment on how often times, words are said with little to back them up.  Overall, my piece is meant to be a play on the intensity of brass knuckles and it can be used to either help soften their image or make it that much harder.

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Halo 

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Halo - Ian Wagner

Halo is a biometric aura concept. Utilizing a temperature sensor, the ambient temperature around the wearer effects the color of the aura, thus theoretically displaying their mood. 

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Male Chastity Belt 

Harrison Hardig Wearables Project #2

36 x 1.5 inches 

Circuit playground, Adafuit bluefruit low power Bluetooth module, 1 3xAAA battery pack

For this project I decided to update my project one male chastity belt. I wanted to include bluetooth signal and capacitive touch sensing a additional alarm, and tiger. as well as a speaker for a louder alarm.  I struggled with the speaker but settled for having the smaller speaker in the circuit playground say danger. There are also optional functions activated by the switch that enable temp. and light tigers as well. 

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no hat

jayne butler, 2017

circuit playground, neopixels, conductive thread, 3D printing filament, fabric

for this project, I created a no hat that emphasizes the word “NO.” I sewed together a 5-panel hat and 3D printed the letters “N” & “O” to stitch on the front. I created a soft circuit on the inside of the hat where I placed 5 neopixels within the circuit. Using the accelerometer, I coded changes in the Y axis to trigger different events in the neopixels when I shake my head. The neopixels are blue and calm until I shake my head no and they flash red in an array. I also created another function through the button press on the circuit playground that causes the neopixels to go through a rainbow array of bright colors.

this project emphasizes no means no in an eccentric and quirky way. it lets those around you know that you aren’t feeling a situation, action, or language. although this hat is flashy (both literally and figuratively), it is also an ambient and/or passive action to wear it. it provides non-verbal communication to those around you when you are too afraid to speak up or you want to put a new exclamation point on your opposition.

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Video

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Slut Shame Annie Newman The goal of my project was to highlight the ways in which women are placed in “no-win” situations regarding their sexuality. When a woman is sexually liberal, she is seen as a “slut”. On the other hand, being conservative will make her a “prude”. No matter the way she chooses to live her life, she will have derogatory words used to describe her.  I made a boudoir style robe to compliment the sexual content of the message. The robe is chiffon, from a modified vogue pattern. I used an EL sequencer to program two EL wires to turn on either when a snap was open or when it was closed. 

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gestureDraw

For my project I used the Circuit Playground and an HC-05 to send accelerometer and touch data over bluetooth to my computer where I port it into processing and then translate it into visuals. 

The inspiration for this piece came from a lot of the work of Onyx Ashanti and his sort of belief that everyone has a sort of natural rhythm at their core. To this effect, I wanted to make my device fit as many hands as possible, which is why it is not mounted on a glove, but rather a custom mounting I made from leather.

All of the code, both processing and arduino, was written by me from scratch in order to make sure that I understood the pieces I am working with from the bottom up.

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Kirpalani / wearable / fastjacket

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Morse Gloves - Wei Wei Chi

Morse Gloves send data through Bluetooth to Bluetooth connection. It uses flex sensor to send to data to specific vibration motor for the message. The flex monitor of index finger in one glove send data to the ring finger vibration motor of another. (Index finger to Ring finger and Middle finger to Pinky finger). When a threshold is hit on flex sensor, it send on and off data to the vibration motor. The idea of Morse Gloves to communicate without anyone noticing. It could be use to communicate without the knowledge of others. One of the big problem I had was the A23 Batteries (12V) not being able power it fully. I believe this is because Amazon send me used batteries. 

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“Hands Off”

This project was intended to explore the concept of rape culture, and the idea that every time you touch someone you leave a mark on them, intended or not. When you touch a pressure sensors inside the shirt, it lights up handprints on the front and back of the shirt. There are three pressure sensors—one intended to light up the handprint on the front, one intended to light the handprint on the back, and one intended to light them both up. The sensors are a bit finicky, as they are vibration sensors and not pressure sensors, but overall I feel that the piece was successful.

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Hiker Helper

Fabric, thread, Bluetooth HC-05 Module, Arduino Nano, BME280 Sensor, clips

Growing up in Colorado I have grown an immense passion for spending time exploring the great outdoors. Whether it is hiking or camping or meandering around, every moment spent discovering new places is a soothing, renewing experience. For this project, I wanted to make wearable that extended the knowledge a hiker can gain from their surroundings. I have connected a BME280 atmospheric sensor to a Bluetooth HC-05 module to send the data received by the sensor to the user’s phone. This is an easy and elegant way for a hiker to receive information on their surroundings- current temperature in Celsius and Fahrenheit, altitude in feet and meters, and humidity. The wearable is made out of a stretchable, breathable fabric that fits nicely around the waist or could even be tied around the leg or arm for providing the most comfortable way to hike without interference.

Moving forward with this project, I have been attempting to write a processing sketch that visualizes the data in an informative yet aesthetically stimulating way. This is meant to start a conversation on how data from our natural surroundings can be communicated through technology in live time. Hikers are then able to take screenshots of certain periods during their hike and use it for later reference whether it is for personal records, fun, or scientific data collecting of the environment.

There are still some minor hiccups either in the code or the hard circuits that may be preventing the data from being received as accurately as possible. The BME280 sensor description on Sparkfun are as follows: Temp Range: -40C to 85C, Humidity Range: 0 - 100% RH, =-3% from 20-80%, Pressure Range: 30,000Pa to 110,000Pa, relative accuracy of 12Pa, absolute accuracy of 100Pa, Altitude Range: 0 to 30,000 ft (9.2 km), relative accuracy of 3.3 ft (1 m) at sea level, 6.6 (2 m) at 30,000 ft.

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Project 2 - Bartholome Rondet

I expanded on Project 1 for my final project.

I created a 3d model of the actual arm band, printed it and painted it. It has holes for the LEDs, sensor, and screen. I also found a way to use my phone as a secondary monitor through Wifi, this way the motion-controlled map is included within the armband. The armband is secured onto the user’s arm with velcro straps. It required printing buckles to stick onto the armband’s structure.

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For the final project I created a self help tool for panic attacks. As someone who frequently needs to decompress and take a step back and breathe, I created a tool to assist with that. This was done via Processing on Raspberry PI, including an outside gifAnimation library, and sewing the device into a hoodie.

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Project #2: Wearables - FLYPants

1xCircuit Playground, 2xLilyPad Vibe Motor , conductive thread, metal snaps, denim jeans

My goal for this project was to create a piece of wearable tech pants that notifies you (and possibly others) when your fly is down. Using the Circuit Playground microcontroller and the LilyPad Vibe Motors, I was able to create a connection that triggers a vibration along the waistline of pants, and blinking red LEDS with a quiet beep that will be sure to make you aware that your “exposing” yourself. I wanted to make a more personal item, and I believe this item is a good example of how technology can make your life easier (or harder?)

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Sugar Skull

Katie Wisham - Sugar Skull - 6.25″ by 4.5″ 

This project is based off of the sugar skulls commonly found within different cultures. The flowers snap into the eye sockets and are supposed to light up. Unfortunately, the leds are not working properly and though it had been lighting up, I didn’t get a chance to take a picture of the project working. I think that the amount of power running through the LEDs actually burned them out, but it was working! I hope you just enjoy the aesthetic qualities of the project, as I couldn’t figure out quite what was wrong with the LEDs. 

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For this project I assembled a mask that helps people detect emotions based on body movement.  I believe that this mask has several different applications that I didn’t originally conceive.  Based on other’s inputs, I believe it can also be a good air pollution mask that allows people to communicate better, despite their mouths being covered.  In order to construct this mask I mapped out my face’s dimensions and cut pieces of felt accordingly.  I used the accelerometer input on the Circuit Playground, which I then connected to three different neopixels.  The neopixels on the front of the mask are based on the X, Y and Z of the Circuit Playground.