Interview with Star Simpson, part 1: High Voltage Innovation

March 8, 2011

Star Simpson is an open source hardware addict, electrical engineering and computer science student at MIT. Her lifestyle is prototyping, innovating, building things, making devices and hackin’ some wearables.

Star is well known as a team member of the Intellectual Ventures, MITERS, and MonkeyLectric projects.

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Photo above: Star Simpson during her lecture in Mama
Photo by Tom Medak (cc)
Photo bellow: Star Simpson by Nick Vu taken from Star’s Facebook

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Interview with Syuzi Pakhchyan: Wiring garments and objects… creatively…

October 4, 2010

Syuzi Pakhchyan is a passionate  user experience designer, robotics instructor, writer, blogger, founder of Fashioning technology network, soft circuits  and electronics addict, tool master, sparkle maker,  and sewing machine’s best friend…

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Interview with Lynne Bruning: Doing Groovalicious eTextiles!

April 10, 2010

Lynne Bruning is an award winning wearable artist, eTextile innovator and, as she likes to title herself, ‘a textile enchantress, lover of black sand beaches, tangerine bikinis and fast connections.’

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Synaptic by Lynne Bruning, photo: Carl Snider

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Readaholic: Open Softwear – wearable computing using Arduino

August 4, 2009

It’s been awhile since I’ve posted the first recommendation in Readaholic… Thus, enjoy the world of prototyping and creating some clothing based on wirez, fabric and electricity with the help of free e-book Open softwear – fashionable prototyping and wearable computing using the Arduino.

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