Not your Nana's Knitting:My first Arduino Lilypad
project of awesome
Kathy Reid / @[email protected] on GitHub
https://github.com/KathyReid/ArduinoLightDetectingScarf
Why?
Avid knitter Keen coder Enjoy designing, creating and
inventing things Despise the fashion industry
The climate for rebellion is ripe!
What's needed
Arduino IDE
(I'm running Ubuntu, easy download)
Arduino Lilypad components (fr. Little Bird)
(designed by a girl! Awesome!) Lilypad Main board LEDs (I used bright white ones) Alligator clips for testing Light sensor
Challenges
• Conductive thread too thick to connect more than one LED to the ground petal of the Lilypad Arduino
• The way some of the threads were sewn into the knitted scarf caused cross-connections
• The components are generally bulky – and look out of place in a knitted openwork scarf – not sure how make it look more aesthetically pleasing
Idea for other projects
• Baby clothing that blinks or tweets when baby’s temperature is too high
• Scarfs and headwear for cancer patients at high risk of fever – to detect temperatures
• Clothing for elderly or dementia patients so that they can easily be found if they wander outside residential facilities