The Zagreb Technical Museum with Nikola Tesla’s demonstration room

  I’ll be teaching a 5 day workshop in eTextiles, wearable tech and paper computing the first week of June 2014 at Arrowmont in Gatlinburg, Tennessee! Register before 1 February 2014 and save 10% Other workshops happening this week will be: Avelino Samuel – woodworking Brent Skidmore – woodworking John Cogswell – meatals Jean Hicks – felt hats Joseph Cavalieri […]

Conferencias /// Lynne Bruning ‘Intro to eTextiles, Paper Computing and Wearable Technology’ ‘eTextiles, Online Education, and the DIY Maker Movement’ Miércoles 06.11.2013 | 19 a 21.30 h Central de Diseño / DIMAD de Matadero Madrid El próximo miércoles 6 de noviembre, a partir de las 19 h, la diseñadora Lynne Bruning, tras su paso por ‘Smart Fabrics Europe’ en Barcelona, […]

  My first evening in Barcelona I taught a very informal workshop at Dudua located at c/Diluvi 5. Before the workshop I was horribly lost on the little streets of Vila de Gracia. Google Maps mapes it look so simple, yet I required the help of the locals!  Once again the dog walkers directed me to where I needed to […]

So many options for 3V CR2032 coin cell battery holders to sew into eTextile projects.

I purchase these little 10mm vibrating pancake motors from eBay and use them in haptic eTextile and paper computing projects. I generally get 25 or 50 at a time and they cost about $.50 USD/ motor. Super Afforable! Be careful when stripping the leads as the wire is very fine and its easy to inadvertently cut thru the wire rendering […]

The 8 year old and I had the Borderless faux Arduino board working in no time – once I remembered to change the Arduino platform over to a Lenardo board setting. Its the little things that snag the system.   However there are no instructions. No printed directions came with the kit to bring the new user to a website, […]

    Inexpensive and super simple to use.  Switch your eTextile projects on or off with a tilt! This one is $2 from adafruit. Digikey has more accurate tilt ball switches. You can make your own by following this Instructable.  

  “A photoresistor or light dependent resistor (LDR) or photocell is a resistor whose resistance decreases with increasing incident light intensity; in other words, it exhibits photoconductivity.” wikipedia I keep a large supply of these inexpensive sensors on hand. You can find them available at DigiKey.

A neighbor supported a IndieGoGo for Boarderless Electronics and received this $12 USD starter kit, including a faux Arduino board, in the mail. On Sunday afternoon I’ll teach the 8 year olds how to use it and give you a report on the entire kit.