13. Skin Electronics

This was a week I was really excited about since I started exploring the course, but I cannot say that it met my expectations. Obviously, my imagination was too vivid and that sort of things are still not something that can be easily done, especially in less than a week and with my electronics skills! We were suggested by Kate Vega to make something related to upcoming holidays so we could celebrate together, therefore this week was more easygoing.

Idea

I started with the idea of using a small vibrating motor and ultrasonic proximity sensor which would move a wire with bells attached to it and hence the bells would ring.

Motor -> Vibration = ringing bells

However, after the first try, the bells did not ring as well as I had imagined and in the end it became a sort of Elf Christmas Hat.

Testing

Tests

Final Piece

Research

• Matrix Examples
• Edible Electronics
• Skin-like Devices
• Touch Sensitive Robotic Skin
• Arduino Stress Detector
• Dyeing Conductive Yarn
• Tape-free Electronic Tattoo Sensors
• Tap Credit Card Payment
• Edible Electronics
• Coolables
• Cool Tech
• Personal Cooling Device
• Tattoos

Tutorials

Duoskin Article Shape Memory Alloy Guidebook

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Last update: August 9, 2021