Tirsh and I met Leah Buchley at the Maker faire in San Mateo- we were wandering around and saw this girl with an LED shirt! She made it herself, the LEDs were 'wired" with sewn conductive thread(which looks like thick greyish thread) which was party handsewn and party machine sewn, and She had controls on the side with the battery pack. It was totally rad, and my mom ended up picking up a kit to make a small LED "soft circuit" patch. (which is a current struggle to get to work)
A video of it being programed and demo of the shirt here. The math handbag shown below was cut by a laser cutter from a file generated by a graphing calculator. She is a phd student at the U of colorado, and on her website she says,
"I am interested in integrating "feminine" activities like sewing with computer science, mathematics and technology. I think that social issues more often than lack of talent discourage women from entering math, technology and science related fields, and I hope to help create environments where women's interests are explored and represented."
When I was in highschool, we would program our TI-83s to graph hearts, but I think Leah's designs are way cooler.
-K
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