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9. Wearables

Research

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Ideation

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Concept

The constellation Cygnus, the Swan, alongwith the stars Vega and Altair. The story goes that Vega and Altair, were lovers banished to opposite sides of the heavenly river, the Milky Way. They only meet one night a year when a flock of swans form a bridge of wings to allow them to cross the river.

Done as a patch for a jacket, to be attached by velcro to be removable.

The EL wire defines the constellation while the LEDs mark the stars. An LDR under the collar turns on the whole thing when the collar is folded down and covers the LDR.

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Process

EL wire EL wire
EL wire

LED prep LED prep
LEDs prepped

fabricLC EL woven
Fabric lasercut and EL wore woven through it

arduinoStitched wip

Tapes, Stitches, Soldering

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Final Assembly

Backside, working

Cygnus, Vega and Altair Starcrossed lovers in the Summer Sky

To Do :

Debug MOSFET and add LDR under collar

Image Credits to add to pics

https://noirlab.edu/public/education/constellations/cygnus/ https://starwalk.space/en/news/summer-triangle-asterism https://astrobackyard.com/cygnus-constellation/