Ah, the Magic 8-Ball. Who could ever forget the hollow plastic sphere that emerged as a pop culture icon dating back to the 1950s? Indeed, a fictional fortune-telling device, it was often used for comedic advice given its inaccurate and otherwise statistically improbable answers. First developed and manufactured by Mattel, the oversized, black-and-white pool ball provided responses to “yes or […]
Can you believe it? It’s already December! And, what better way to kick off the official holiday season than with this slick wearable created by Maker (and hat aficionado) Barbara Eldredge. Our friends over at Element 14 initially brought her Atmel based Jaunty Fascinator to our attention a couple weeks back after it had been crowned victor of their recent Hats Off Design Contest. For […]
50% of those considering buying a smart wristband will choose a smartwatch instead, says Gartner. According to Gartner’s most recent report, smart wristbands will decrease in popularity over the next year as consumers will migrate to more all-purpose smartwatch devices. However, the market for smart wristbands and other fitness monitors will experience a resurgence come 2016 because of versatile designs with lower-cost displays, as well as the […]
Makers, rejoice! One of our favorite holidays is quickly approaching — a celebration full of carving, candy consumption, and of course, DIY costumery. Though, we can adorn our own bodies with tricked-out costumes, what about our furry four-legged friends? These two Atmel powered costumes from Adafruit should provide some Halloween-spiration! Adafruit’s Becky Stern recently demonstrated how to transform a pair of Doggles […]
Sorry shopaholics, you may have just met your match. Australia-based company Credit Card Finder recently devised a high-tech, megaAVR based handbag that promises to help curb (more like stop cold-turkey) your spending habits. Using an ATmega32u4 MCU based FLORA and a real-time clock, the iBag was designed to physically deter shoppers from accessing their credit cards during their most vulnerable moments. The purse is also equipped […]
A Maker by the name of Afrdt has created a wearable EMF detector, aptly named “Divergence,” that provides haptic and sonic feedback of surrounding electromagnetic sources. As Hackaday writes, after spending two weeks on a boat as an artist-in-residence in Linz, Austria, Afrdt decided to design a dress that detects EMF waves and outputs them to vibration motors and a headphone jack. “Divergence […]
October is here and while most of us are urgently searching the web for the perfect Halloween costume to wow friends and family, our pals at Adafruit have come up with the perfect Atmel based solution. Inspired by the Cassiopeia constellation, this galactic makeup uses the GEMMA platform (ATtiny85) along with a series of FLORA NeoPixels. The team behind the build […]
During his Maker Faire Rome presentation, Arduino Co-Founder Massimo Banzi offered attendees a preview of the company’s new collaboration with Adafruit — the Arduino Gemma, a tiny wearable MCU board packed in a 1-inch (27mm) diameter package. Similar to the original Adafruit Gemma, the mini yet powerful wearable platform board is powered by the versatile ATtiny85. The board will be default-supported in the Arduino […]
Metasphere, who recently created a motorcycle remote started using an Arduino and a smartphone, has transformed a once-ordinary biker accessory into a “smart riding jacket.” The garment displays right and left light-up turn signals synced with the bike’s own blinkers via the ATmega32u4 powered FLORA wearable platform and NeoPixels sewn into the jacket’s fabric. Metasphere — a responsive platform that acts as mission control for Makers’ programable hardware […]
Our friends over at Adafruit have alerted us to another spectacular collaboration between the fashion and technology communities. Gerard Rubio (who you may recognize from his OpenKnit project) and his team have developed a live show entitled “The Wearable Fashion Orchestra,” which can best be described as a musical composition through contemporary dance choreography and fashion. Each garment is outfitted with a […]
