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You’ve probably seen LED-decorated t-shirts and hats, and maybe even other electronic gadgets embedded in clothing, but with Arduino Wearables you can learn to make your own wearable electronic creations.
This book is an introduction to wearable computing, prototyping, and smart materials using the Arduino platform. Every chapter takes you all the way from idea to finished project. Even if you have no experience with Arduino, this book will get you set up with all the materials, software, and hardware you need; you’ll complete simple projects first, and then build on your growing expertise to make more complex projects. By the end of the book, you’ll have learned:
Electronics basics How to prototype successfully Arduino programming How to design and build your own wearable Arduino creations
Along the way you’ll create fun and inspiring wearables, such as:
An LED bracelet: learn the basics of wearable electronics A synthesizer tie: accept user input and create output in response A solar-powered glow in the dark bag: create self-sufficient wearables A shape memory flower: store state and manipulate your wearables An EL wire dress: add designer touches to your wearables A beatbox hoodie: use a voice-activated sequencer and skin resistance to create the coolest of urban wearables
Arduino Wearables is the complete guide to getting started with Arduino and wearable computing. The 10 inspiring projects to make, learn from, and build upon will equip you for creating your own projects; the only limit is your imagination.
Publisher : Apress
Publication date : July 12, 2012
Edition : 1st ed.
Language : English
Print length : 355 pages
ISBN-10 : 1430243597
ISBN-13 : 978-1430243595
Item Weight : 1.3 pounds
Dimensions : 7.48 x 0.76 x 9.25 inches
Raul Carmenate Sr –
Five Stars
I’m satisfied.
Linda Wichelmann –
Four Stars
Still reading; I’m a novice so it may take a while to sink in
Amazon Customer –
Good
I was expecting a little bit moré advanced text, it has a lot of practical examples in a low level
Ira Laefsky –
Art & Fashion with The Arduino/E-Textiles & Wearables
A prominent new use for Do-It-Yourself Electronics around Hackerspaces & Artist’s Lofts involves a blending of artwork, fashion, microcomputers and sewing; this book excellently covers this exciting new medium. Wearable computing devices have been applied to decorating and making fashionable clothing interactive (e.g able to create light and sound and respond to the wearer’s body), as well as being a comfortable means for allowing computing devices to be incorporated into the user’s lifestyle as they move about their environment. This excellent project-oriented guide to Wearable Computing and Electronic Textiles both provides the electronics and computing background to work with these interesting devices and gives 10 exciting projects encompassing interactive jewelry, a solar powered glow-in-the-dark bag, and a musical hoodie that responds to the human voice and the skin’s ability to conduct electricity. The author is an Adjunct Professor of Art and Communication at Malmo Univerity in Sweden, he is also a prominent Digital Designer and Artist and is a founder of the design group 1scale1. This book also prominently covers the “LilyPad Arduino” a version of the Open Source Arduino designed specifically around wearables and e-textiles by Leah Buechley of the MIT Media Lab’s High-Low Tech Group.A thoroughly exciting book that encompasses Art, Technology and Fashion and which gives the tools to the Artist or Home Crafter to including Computing and Interactive Design in their own clothing and textile projects.Lest you think that this book is just for those interested in fashion, I am aware of several application of wearable computing and e-textiles in Biomedical Design for comfortable clothing that contains embedded sensors to measure heart rate, respiration and galvanic skin resistance.–Ira Laefsky, MS Engineering/MBA Hacker, & Human Computer Innteraction Researcherformerly on the Senior Consulting Staff of Arthur D. Little, Inc. and Digital Equipment Corporation
Fernando Noronha –
Four Stars
Very good examples and details.
James Ashley –
Good cookbook — you need to be able to sew!
Writing a book about Arduino is probably one of the hardest tasks there is as it involves so many different kinds of technology that most people are not familiar with at all.Tony Olsen takes this problem a step further by treating a very specific sub-genre of Arduino Tech – the world of wearables. I don’t think there’s any easy way to do this or to even identify who your audience is going to be, so the author just jumps in with both feet and invites his reader to do the same.After a three chapter tour of the world of Arduino and wearables, we basically dive into one recipe after another. If you diligently work through these chapters, you’ve got a good shot at being a master by the time you get to the end.Hats off to Mr. Olsen for helping his readers get up to speed on a fascinating topic. Keep in mind though — it isn’t enough to be tech-savvy, in this case. You’ll also need to know how to sew.
Rafael P. Cervantes –
Five Stars
Excellent Book!
Rachel Wright –
This is an excellent book for anyone interested in beginning wearables. Among its many virtues: clarity, simplicity, usefulness. Absolutely appropriate for people with no prior experience. Thoroughly recommended
dm –
The book is a nice introduction about electronic wearables. I will use this book as a reference for my projects.
ROBERT SMALES –
Great product – I can recommend…
Bruno L –
book is so so.. thought I might be inspired, but did not do much for me.