Soft Circuits Workshop at American University of Sharjah. Thermochromic inks & Intro to Lilypad Arduino (2017)

SOFT CIRCUITS New opportunities of integration of new materials and electronics into paper + textile based interfaces

Soft Circuits Workshop at American University of Sharjah Paola Guimerans, 2017

WHAT IS A CIRCUIT?

A circuit is a path that electrical current flows through. Circuits are made from conductive material. Electricity can flow through any material that is conductive.

A circuit is closed loop containing a source of electrical energy (a battery) and a load ( a light bulb)

A circuit can be a simple as a battery connected to a lamp or as a complícated as a digital computer

Tom Igoe, Sensing and Controlling the Physical World with Computers 1st

WHAT IS A SOFT CIRCUIT?

Soft Circuit by Paola Guimerans

DEMOCRATIZATION OF TECHNOLOGY

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New materials such as smart textiles, conductive inks, soft circuits, wearable computing are challenge traditional ways of relating toobjects, wearable, and space through new forms of interactions.

Conductive paint & ink

Conductive fabrics

Resistive fabrics

Resistive paint & ink

Conductive thread

Conductive yarn

Conductive tape

Smart materials

AWE-INSPIRING PROJECTS

Memory Overlay by Afroditi Psarra

Drapery FM by Irene Posch

The crying dress by Kobakant

Media Vintage by Melissa Coleman

Dandelion Painting by Jie Qi

E-traces by Lesia Trubat

(No)WHERE (NOW)HERE by Ying Gao

Circuit to link by Coraline Gourguechon

LET’S HAVE LUNCH :) and get ready for the SOFT CIRCUITS WORKSHOPS

Toolkit I Introduction to paper circuits

Soft Circuits Workshop at American University of Sharjah Paola Guimerans, 2017

BASIC ELECTRICAL CIRCUIT

Robotics IQP

WHAT COMPONETS ARE INVOLVED?

Conductive paint & ink

Conductive tape

AWE-INSPIRING PROJECTS

Electronic Popables by Jie Qi

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