JAYCAR ELECTRONICS

http://www.jaycar.co.nz/

This was an idea shop that i used to purchase the bright LEDS that i require for my project

LED MATRICES

I took another look at some more DIY LED matrices to help me better understand what i need to do to produce my pro2 idea

DIYLEDMATRICES

POSSIBLE MATERIALS FOR PIECE OF WEARABLE TECH.

SUPERBRIGHTLEDS.COM

A website online that sells all types of LEDS specifically reasonably bright ones that will be suitable for my pro2 idea

More Inspiration...SPECIFIC PRO2

AUDIO REACTICE MUSIC HAT

PROJECT2 CONCEPT

My idea for this project is to create a visually appealing piece of wearable tech. that is light reactive. I want to create an aesthetically appealing LED matrice that requires different light thresholds for different parts of the matrice to activate the LEDS. My inspiration for this idea were the synthesizer t'shirts that many people wear that are audio reactive, where the louder the frequency of the audio the more LEDS light up. I wanted to create something similar in the sense that you could where it to a festival or concert of such but i wanted to make the synthesizer dependent upon light instead of audio. Depending on how much light there is, how bright the light is will depend on the amount of LEDS that will be hopefully flashing in the same way an audio synthesizer t'shirt would work.

Original Concepts

These were some of my original ideas for a wearable piece of technology...
sketches and notes.

INSPIRATION SPECIFIC PRO2

Sound Reactive Visualizer tshirt

The t-qualizer is a t-shirt with a built in graphic equalizer panel that is sound sensitive. as the music beats, the shirts equalizer lights up to the beat of the music. each frequency of music will activate a different equalizer bar, just like a normal equalizer.
the digital clock t-shirt assures that no one will ask you what time it is.

I like the idea behind this tshirt, it is an up beat aesthetic tshirt that is very common today at events like festivals and concerts, its extremely visually appealing and that is the aspect of this idea that i want to incorporate

RESEARCH

Power Your Music Player With Your Running Pants

Talk about a dance, dance revolution: The Dancepants Kinetic Music Player, a shortlisted entry in Designboom’s Green Life competition, makes you work for tunes. (May we suggest “I Like to Move It” for your playlist?) Designed by Inesa Malafej and Arunas Sukarevicius from Lithuania, the Dancepants converts kinetic energy from running or dancing into electricity for your MP3 player.

Color-Changing Contact Lenses Help Diabetics Keep Tabs on Glucose Levels

Color-Changing Contact Lenses Help Diabetics Keep Tabs on Glucose Levels

Want to talk about a sight for sore eyes? Diabetics could soon be weeping tears of joy over a new noninvasive technology that would make the ritual of drawing blood throughout the day ancient history. A biochemical engineer at the University of Western Ontario has developed contact lenses that change color in response to spikes and dips in the wearer’s glucose levels. The secret: Ultra-teeny nanoparticles that react chemically with glucose molecules in tears to produce a shift in hue.

more inspiration...

the BodySynth™

The BodySynth™, created by Chris Van Raalte and Ed Severinghaus (Copyright 1994), is MIDI controller that transforms movement, gestures, and other muscle efforts into sounds. The performer attaches electrodes to the body over various muscles. The tiny electrical signals generated by muscle contractions are measured and analyzed by a microprocessor. A variety of processing algorithms are available through the keypad on the Processor Unit. These algorithms translate effort into MIDI commands thus causing the body to become a controller for an electronic sound module such as a synthesizer or a sampler. You can find out more about The BodySynth™ by visiting

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Wearable technology fashion show

More Inspiration...

RAZRWIRE™ Bluetooth Eyewear Fusing high-fashion and high-technology with innovation and intelligence, RAZRWIRE™ enables you to take calls directly from your eyewear, so you don't have to stop enjoying your favorite outdoor activities to search for your mobile phone. Sleek and lightweight, RAZRWIRE will change the way you connect with the world.

Pioneer wearable technology jacket

Pioneer wearable technology jacket

A piece of wearable technolgy that incorporates lcd display screen in the wrists of the jacket.

research

sixth sense waearble technology
This piece of wearable technology is essentially a lot like the concept outlined in the movie minority report. where they use their hands to control and interact with their environment

Inspiration!!!