Example Project- Earthquake Skirt

Posted on October 4, 2013 by eehaglund

This student project pulls earthquake data from the US Geological Service to make a skirt “rumble” in response to real-time earthquakes. Erin Lewis programmed this using arduino.

Her blog post breaking down her idea is here:
http://blog.ocad.ca/wordpress/gdes3b44-fw2010-01/2011/03/earthquake-skirt-the-glamorization-of-disaster/

Her website with other projects is here:
http://www.erinlewis.ca/Home.html

A video of a knit canoe that uses fiber optics to display real-time wind patterns on Lake Ontario is here:

Underground

Posted on October 4, 2013 by jfrantal

Sensor Task Requirements

Posted on October 4, 2013 by kponto

Develop a reaction for two or more sensors that utilize the sound, buzzer or LEDs as a response. You can choose between the button, the light sensor, the temperature sensor or the “touch sensor” described at http://lilypadarduino.org/?page_id=552. The sensors do not need to be integrated with each other.

Great Resources for Wearable Computing

Posted on October 2, 2013 by nathan

Both of these sites have lots of project ideas and, more importantly, resources on materials and how to use them in unconventional ways to construct wearable electronics.

http://www.kobakant.at/DIY/

http://web.media.mit.edu/~plusea/