Handcrafting Textile Sensors

textile-sensors


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http://www.plusea.at/

WHERE: Museumsquartier, Tagr TV / Transforming Freedom Space

WHEN: 7pm

WHO: women and trans only, free entry


This hands-on workshop introduces a range of low-cost materials and tools for building textile sensors. Participants will learn techniques for handcrafting textile sensors and circuitry that include sewing, knitting, crochet and embroidery.

The goal of the workshop is to familiarize participants with available electronic textile materials and introduce them to a variety of sensor and circuitry construction techniques.

Participants will also learn how to read the values of their sensors, using multimeters as well as Arduinos and Processing.