Category: Electronics

LED Bicycle Handlebars

Light up your ride with some LED handlebars! You will need:

Tools:

  • Soldering iron and solder
  • Wire strippers
  • Scissors
  • Needle and thread
  • Sewing machine (optional)
  • Measuring tape
  • Multimeter
  • Lighter (or heat gun– for shrinking heatshrink tubing)
  • Utility or craft knife

This project was inspired by Mitchell Silva, who created GLOBARS with LEDs inside the handlebars.

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Quick LED Robot Ornament

Crafting under pressure is irresistible. This year the Craftzine gals suggested an ornament swap– 12 days before Christmas. With a lot on our plates, we all agreed to make time for crafting eight handmade ornaments each, and the deadline made it even more intense. Cheers to speed crafting!

Step 1

Spray paint some scrap cardboard — I chose silver.

Sketch out your robot designs, either in a notebook first or directly on the cardboard.

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LED Shoe Clips

This easy soft circuit project can get you started in wearable electronics and make your toes twinkle. 

Complete step-by-step tutorial originally posted on CRAFT/MAKE.

Gather materials and tools: you’ll need conductive thread, 4 LEDs, 2 CR2032 batteries, as well as some standard sewing supplies and a pair of paper clips.

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TV-B-Gone Jacket

Whenever I bring my TV-B-Gone out to restaurants, I look suspicious pointing it around. So I embedded the device into a jacket and turned it into a wearable TV silencer. For the switch, I sewed paths of conductive thread that become bridged by the metal zipper pull when it passes by. At the restaurant or bar, all I have to do is unzip my jacket to turn off the TV(s).

For this project, you will need:

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