Workshop - Arduino

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Workshop – Arduino


What is Arduino?

- ‘’Arduino is an open-source electronics platform based on easy-to-use hardware and software. Arduino boards can read inputs - light on a sensor, a finger on a button, or a Twitter message - and turn it into an output - activating a motor, turning on an LED, publishing something online. You can tell your board what to do by sending a set of instructions to the microcontroller on the board’’. (Arduino,2021)




Wearable Electronics?

Over the years electronics have become more of a fashion piece rather than practical technology, such as smart watches. But what if we combine fashion and electronics?
After the session on Arduino and creating a small electric circuit to make a LED light flash and create a simple code using the Arduino software, made me think how that could be developed and combined with fashion. A lot of fashion designer use electronics for aesthetic, lighting, but what if it can be used for something different rather than just visual aspect.

Talking with others in the group and realising that this could be a great idea to develop into garments, not just for the aesthetic of the garment but also the functionality, could be helpful to be more visible in the dark for dog walking or running in the evening, however what if we take it a step further and make it so it will help people.

We could develop this into something that detects the health of the wearer. Jackets, dresses, tops could have a detecting the temperature of the person body and sending a message to the mobile informing about the changed. In this time where COVID is still here it could detect the temperature or the pulse or other symptoms to inform you to take a test.

Being more advanced it could be developed and tested and combined with underwear, such as bras that could scan female breasts for any lumps or and changes sending a notification to you phone, for you to make an appointment with a doctor.

Looking at fashion brands that start to experiment with technology and trying to explore a field in smart fashion, I have came a cross brand called Magic Lining. This brand started a transdisciplinary collaboration with artists and scientists to create smart garments and develop e-textiles to produce the items. Magic Lining has started a collaboration that want to explore materials and create garments that invites various perceptual and emotional responses in its wearer. 
















Reference

  1. Arduino. (2021). Introduction. Arduino. https://www.arduino.cc/en/guide/introduction

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