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FLORAbrella LED Umbrella - Tutorial Out

2014-04-29T03:03:17Z

Hey, I know many of you were following the "Get Closer" challenge and I wanted to let you know that the tutorial for the FLORAbrella is now posted here on Adafruit's site. It's been a great experience writing up my directions ...(read more)

FLORAbrella & ColorCam WIN Adafruit + @element14 Challenge!

2013-10-09T05:34:00Z

Thanks to all the competitors in the Adafruit + element14 FLORA "Get Closer" Challenge! It was an absolute pleasure to watch the journeys of eight wearables projects in the e14 Arduino community.We had to name a winner, but we couldn't decide on just...(read more)

"Get Closer Challenge" - Navigation Glove

2013-10-05T05:51:44Z

Here is my final blog post in the element14/Adafruit "Get Closer" Wearables Challenge.... Let's wrap things up with a video!players.brightcove.net/.../index.html I really can't thank element14 and Adafruit enough for inclu...(read more)

The FLORAbrella Finale

2013-10-05T03:54:00Z

Wow, it has been quite a project. From my beginning research of unique umbrellas, to wiring individually addressable LED Neopixel strips and facing 3D printing – I’ve just learned so much. Adafruit’s Forum has been outst...(read more)

Jacket... ongoing...

2013-10-04T22:08:57Z

I was really hoping that I would have cracked on with the jacket this week in the evenings after work. I even missed roller skating on Tuesday night and rushed back from ice skating on Wednesday, but unfortunately due to issues arising at work meant ...(read more)

Flora ColorCam:

2013-10-04T16:13:05Z

Before I publish my last post I wanted to review a few things about the project as a whole. First I made a video to show you how I attached the conductive fabric buttons to my project. I did this a bit different from the ways shown in the Adafr...(read more)

Flora ColorCam: Tadaaaaaa!!

2013-10-04T15:57:04Z

This is it! My final post This is were you get to see my ColorCam and this nifty video I made. First of all I would like to take the opportunity to thank Element14 and Adafruit for selecting me for this challenge. It was one bumpy, but instruc...(read more)

Flora ColorCam: last minute "must-add-more-color" madness

2013-10-04T07:14:55Z

So only two more things need to do today. I need to write my final post containing a video of the ColorCam, and I want to show my newest adition to this project. When we were experimenting with the colorsensor we quickly found out that a large,...(read more)

Furry Costumes Final Submission

2013-10-04T00:18:56Z

Here was the drawing we included in our initial bid. And we kind of got there but time ran out on us. The failures just kept multiplying yesterday after we tried to take a video of them in action. Here is a pic from yesterday.&...(read more)

Flora ColorCam: It was a night of revelations.

2013-10-03T19:07:39Z

Jeej! I finished my entire project today And I'm pretty happy with the result too! Last night we finally finished the colorissues as well as the conductive fabric buttons and we could put the whole camera together. Yesterday I showed you a pictu...(read more)

FLORAbrella Update - Circuit Wizardry

2013-10-02T18:19:04Z

I decided to call this chapter circuit wizardry because it takes magic and a little luck to make it happen. The LED strips have three copper pads on the end, yet I needed to mount five wires on each one so I could keep the majority of the...(read more)

Flora ColorCam: last minute madness!

2013-10-02T15:54:49Z

The competition is almost over and as always, there are still things to do! Not all of them necessary, but all are great fun! The assembling of the ColorCam is what's first on the list. The foam I used for the interior of the camera is perfe...(read more)

Jacket Progress

2013-10-01T18:44:18Z

Everything is now sewn on to the jacket: I've carried out an LED test to check that I'm ok powering from 3.3V and it seems that everything is ok, so that's saved routing another power line down the length of my arm. ...(read more)

FLORAbrella Update - Getting 3D

2013-09-28T16:48:24Z

So, I had to create a handle for my umbrella because I wanted to embed a switch into the bottom of it. In order to do this, I had a couple of alternatives -- my first idea was wood, but it just didn't speak to the sci-fi part of me. The s...(read more)

Roadblocks and alternative routes

2013-09-28T15:43:18Z

Can't believe how quickly time is going, work has been busy recently so I haven't had as much time to dedicate as I would have liked. I got most of the jacket pieced together, but unfortunately I then went to get the zip. Recently we've moved ho...(read more)