Welcome to EduWear

In our weekly group we have some interesting projects. One might be the “Superhero costume” that allows the wearer to sense thing that are close through a super sonic sensor.

The gloves prove quite successful so far. All kids were fascinated by the glow-in-the-dark color and one boy is working on an idea very similar to Deirdre’s and Eimear’s glove. I will give you more information about the project next week.

To test hard- and software and develop together with children we have a weekly group of children coming to our lab. One group was recently finishing the projects: clothes for agents inspired by James Bond. They did build bracelets and had a dance as a presentation in Bremen’s town hall.

Lessons we learned: the connection between hardware and yarn is a critical point and we hope we can solve with the textile connectors. The children liked the software but found a lot of small bugs..

Gim a student of “Human Centered Design” at the KMUTT in Bangkok tested part of the construction kit by making a smart bag.

It will alarm when it is opnened, light up in the dark when you are searching for contents inside and display light pattern on the led application on the outside of the bag.

The technology she used was: controller, conductive yarn, leds, textile switches and a super sonic sensor.