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12. Skin Electronics

Research

This week's assignment began with understanding how it would differ from the wearable week. I recalled what I had done during the wearable week and first tried controlling the light of a neopixel.

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I came across a designer on Instagram who showcased a video of creating clothing by directly designing on a torso using a 3D pen.

I thought about using her method directly to create something for the wrist. However, since the filament from the 3D pen is hot, I decided to take precautions by either wearing thin gloves or placing organza over the skin and working on top of it.

References & Inspiration

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I found a photo of someone successfully 3D printing a circuit directly onto their skin! I really want to try this too. I’d like to create something like a bracelet with individually connected neopixels applied directly to the skin... But I’m still concerned that it might be too hot to do it directly.

I consulted my Fab Lab owner, TAKE, and received advice suggesting the use of liquid bandage.

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Process and workflow

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footnote fabrication files

Fabrication files are a necessary element for evaluation. You can add the fabrication files at the bottom of the page and simply link them as a footnote. This was your work stays organised and files will be all together at the bottom of the page. Footnotes are created using [ ^ 1 ] (without spaces, and referenced as you see at the last chapter of this page) You can reference the fabrication files to multiple places on your page as you see for footnote nr. 2 also present in the Gallery.

Code Example

File: Arduino

Results

I imagined a glowing, transparent petal-like bracelet that appears to exist directly on the arm and worked on prototyping it as far as I could. The way it emits light is beautiful, so next, I want to try placing an LED behind the ear to project the silhouette of the ear with light. In other words, I’m thinking of creating an ear-shaped structure formed by LEDs.

Video

From Vimeo

Sound Waves from George Gally (Radarboy) on Vimeo.

Tools

weekly assignment

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