Hello all. For all of those who didn't extrapolate from the name, wearable electronics or wearables is the art of making clothing and accessories that have electrical elements. Although there are some really cool things going on with 3D printing and fashion (link here), there is the much more accessible and more interactive aspect of clothing of using microprocessors like the Arduino but making them smaller and able to be sewed into projects two examples of such microprocessors are Arduino's Lilypad and Adafruit's Flora . Now you might be wondering why would you go to the trouble of incorporating microprocessors in clothing. And the answer is because it's awesome.
For Maker Faire I finally put together my first project, which was a scarf that I knitted myself and wired up with Adafruit Neopixels and the Flora. My original plan and what I'm still working on because GPS can be a bit finicky is making it point in the direction of home. I'll post pictures when it's officially done, which should be soon as well as my plans for Halloween. (For Maker Faire I just had it light up because I didn't realize how much of it was outdoors.)
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