I went thru my studio today looking for unlikely items I might use as conductive switches. Which ones are conductive?  Which are not?   Metal Brads   Metal Paper Clips   Metal Thumbtacks   Metal Buttons

Tonight at the Denver Art Museum – Untitled Flower Power – an eTextile interactive art piece On the Bridge connecting the North Building to the Hamilton Building. Other artists at Current are: The Matter of Music Energy by Musica Sacra Chamber Orchestra, with a special installation by artists Annica Cuppetelli and Cristobal Mendoza. Imagine 40 musicians playing pieces inspired by the […]

Both flowers are fully powered and functioning as planned! I am letting the Flowers sense their environment so I can test the batteries life span on ping.  1:54 and all systems on.  I’ll be checking the LEDs brightness every 15 minutes. woop woop woop Red LEDs are hard to photograph! Green LEDs and Pink Petals are a great combination!  I’ll […]

I’ve been working on the interactive eTextile flowers that I will present at the Denver Art Museum Untitled event Friday 26 April. Inside this felted stamen I inserted a Maxbotix ultrasonic range finder   This sensor will feed analog information to an ATtiny45.  If the range is within two feet then the 10mm red LEDs will illuminate. If you are […]

  Copper foil tape!  For your prototyping and paper computing needs. Fold the tape for the best results.   If the tape is cut and then stuck together the continuity is impeded by the adhesive backing.   Instead fold the tape to maintain the highest continuity (least resistance).   Plan your circuit so that you can best avoid cutting the […]

Yes, I do travel with more computers, hardware and prototyping supplies than clothing.

I don’t know about you, but I order my batteries thru eBay. easy and cheap. As soon as I get them I test a few for longevity. Stay tuned….. I’ll post when the LED goes out. The LED remained illuminated until Monday. Not as bright as I might want but still glowing. All in all – $13 USD for 100 […]

    Cleaning up I found a couple of Harry’s boards.   They are beautiful, to me.  

The easiest way to understand how the top thread and bobbin thread join to form a sewing machine stitch. Watch and learn! gif from wikimedia commons

i7 intel Mac mini 2.3 GHz 2 x 8GB RAM 1600MHz DDR3 upgrade Vengeance by Corsair AntiStatic pad or Area Power off All cords disconnected   Apple warnings   remove cover bottom plate   solid circle = closed open circle = open pressure on thumb notches and turn to the left     pop out old RAM release the two side […]