Creating a ‘Textile Computer’
Creating soft circuits became an investigation by itself. We have used the technique in many projects mainly based on conductive yarns and inks, but beside the specific uses in specific projects we hav created a series of experiments that have resulted in a ‘textile computer’ with mother board, wires, connectors, sensors and actuators. This specific attention on textile and soft versions of electronic components have been very useful in the flow of project but also in teaching situations, idea generation, partner collaboration and future perspective research.
Sample Book Pro
In order to frame the research in soft circuits we have created a series of samples of 20×20 cm. These samples can be collected into a small book of samples where the different parts of the ‘textile computer’ can be studied or they can be connected together and programmed in order to demonstrate the functionality and interaction of the ‘computer parts’.
Below is a small description of each page in the sample book together with an image showing the described sample.