Starboards<\/a>\u00a0are flexible circuits that can be sewn directly into garments. Creator Meredith Scheff also offers low resistance (2.5 ohms per yard) solderable conductive thread. It is a\u00a0conductive thread that is also solderable\u00a0and it\u00a0strong enough to be used like regular sewing thread. Need to solder? We\u00a0now have soldering irons in our Tool Library<\/a>!<\/p>\n Wear\u00a0Space Face Galaxy Light Up Makeup<\/a>,\u00a0inspired by the constellation Cassiopeia, and you could be the star of the evening. This spacey headpiece uses 5\u00a0FLORA NeoPixels.<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0Make: Wearable Electronics<\/em>\u00a0has an example to help you get started using this versatile module. It is wearable, sewable, easily wired, individually addressable, ultra-bright, multicolored LEDs – what’s not to love?<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Or make that statement wearing\u00a0a dress with butterflies that actually flap their wings. If you are interested in wearable tech that utilizes motors, both\u00a0Make: Wearable Electronics\u00a0<\/em>and\u00a0<\/a>Making Things Move: DIY Mechanisms for Inventors, Hobbyists, and Artists<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>can help you learn to do just that!<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n How about ABC (Anything But Clothes)?\u00a0Perhaps the ultimate DIY clothing project? Found objects around the house can be combined into a one-of-a-kind outfit! Want some ideas to jump-start your creativity? How about garbage bags, balloons, shower curtains, sheets, cardboard boxes, and candy wrappers? A caution tape dress? Use your LilyPad skills to add warning lights. And, there is always the always-versatile duct tape, too! Check out Season 7 of Mythbusters<\/em><\/a> for information about adhesion….<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Whatever bright idea you have about that special outfit for that special dance\u00a0– we’ve got the resources – information on everything from circuits and batteries to conductive materials and how to make your one-of-a-kind ideas wearable!<\/p>\n Resources:<\/strong><\/p>\n Hartman, Kate. 2014.\u00a0Make : wearable electronics.\u00a0<\/em>Sebastopol, CA : Maker Media.\u00a0Engineering Library QA76.592 .H37 2014<\/a><\/p>\n Lichtenberger Engineering Library. Tool Library<\/a>.<\/p>\n Bonnington, Christina. May 29, 2011.\u00a0Light Up Your Life with LEDs, Sewable Circuitry.\u00a0<\/em>Wired<\/a> .<\/p>\n Ho-To: Space Face LED Galaxy Makeup.\u00a0<\/em>Make<\/a><\/p>\n It’s what’s inside the breadboard that counts (hint: it’s and Arduino).\u00a0<\/em>Sparkfun<\/a><\/p>\n Roberts, Dustyn. 2011.\u00a0Making things move : DIY mechanisms for inventors, hobbyists, and artists.<\/em> New York : McGraw-Hill. Engineering Library TJ147 .R56 2011<\/a><\/p>\n MythBusters. Season 7.<\/em> 2011. Engineering Library Circulation Desk Video Record 37153 DVD<\/a><\/p>\n Anything But Clothes Party Ideas.<\/em>\u00a0Sept. 22, 2009. Craftster<\/a><\/p>\n Shore, Alex. Oct. 24, 2014. 5 ABC (Anything But Clothes) Halloween Costume Ideas.\u00a0<\/em>Her Campus at Emerson<\/a> .<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Other Resources:<\/strong><\/p>\n Pedersen, Isabel. 2013.\u00a0Ready to wear : a rhetoric of wearable computers and reality-shifting media.\u00a0<\/em>Anderson, South Carolina : Parlor Press.\u00a0Engineering Library QA76.592 .P43 2013<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Spring is right around the corner – those spring dances and formals aren’t far behind! Are you looking for the perfect, unique, attention-getting outfit? How about a DIY project? 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