I used about 440 WS2812b LEDs + one 100foot string of fairy lights to create this dress. I used a Flora Board to control it and 4 large batteries to power it. Not lite by any means but bright and pretty for a good long time. These are some quick pics from New Years Eve.
Category: prototypes
Robot Ornaments
This year I wanted to spice up the ornament project. And I was thinking Robots… I love robots. These robots needed to be able to work for kids as young as 8. They also needed to be affordable and cute. It was also important to include a good does of customizability to them. I started …
New Designs for East Bay Mini Maker Faire
At East Bay Mini Maker Faire I will be doing a Free Hands on workshop. These are the new designs of laser cut fleece.
Basic Soft Circuits @ East Bay Mini Maker Faire
dress pattern from ready to wear
This is the copy I made from a ready to wear dress. So I spotted the polka dot dress at Ross and it fit pretty well… it was smidge too small. But not by much. It is what I call a great “standing” dress. As in it looks great standing but not as much sitting …
In Which… a pop up book project
This is a little project (and by little I mean huge and awesome) I am working on. There is an amazing crew of folks working on it. We are currently playing with scale models in order to troubleshoot before we are working with a 18 foot whatnot. It is cool. We submitted a proposal… I …
Kindle Cover Prototype
So this is a little kindle cover I made out of felt scraps. I have been using it for the past several months and the design has held up… not so much the felt thought. This piece was hand sew and total work time was about 2 hours. If folks like the design I will …