Electron Bow

May 28, 2013

Make an oversize hair bow glow with EL wire.

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Color-Changing Chameleon Scarf

May 23, 2013

The color-changing chameleon scarf uses the FLORA color sensor to match its LED pixels to the color of anything in your wardrobe (or lunch).

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Glowing Chuck Taylor All-Star Sneakers

May 14, 2013

Mod your Converse sneakers with an illuminated star logo made from EL panel.

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Light-Up Angler Fish Embroidery

May 09, 2013

Make this light-up deep sea angler fish embroidery with FLORA, on a pair of shorts.

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Sewable GPS

May 01, 2013

FLORA Wearable Ultimate GPS Module

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The Future of Wearable Tech – PBS Off Book

April 25, 2013

I was interviewed for this video: The Future of Wearable Technology – PBS Off Book

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Sparkle Skirt

April 24, 2013

Photo by Johngineer.

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LED Origami

April 10, 2013

LED Origami – Lotus Flower & Frog

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Plush Game Controller

April 03, 2013

Plush Game Controller with Flora & Conductive Fabric – Make an oversize plush game controller that actually works! Use conductive fabric and a Flora board to stitch up a capacitive touch sensing circuit. The controller acts like a computer keyboard, allowing you to play all your favorite old school games on emulator sites online.

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Bare Conductive Paint

March 27, 2013

Bare Conductive Paint

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Candle Flicker LED Hair Bow

March 13, 2013

Stitch up this twinkling hair bow with the Adafruit LED Sewing Kit! Candle Flicker LED Hair Bow

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Make LED Gummy Candies

March 05, 2013

Ever look at a pile of 10mm LEDs and think “mmm, they look just like gumdrops!” These LED gummy candies are so realistic they’ll have your friends fooled at first, then delighted that they are actually edible (and delicious). This tutorial covers the basics of food-safe silicone mold making and provides a recipe for gummy candies you can make at home. – Make LED Gummy Candies

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LED Ampli-Tie with Flora

February 27, 2013

Make a VU meter necktie! LED Ampli-Tie with Flora

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Flora Brake Light Backpack

February 13, 2013

My friend asked if I could help make him more visible on his motorcycle, so Tyler Cooper and I designed a brake light backpack that uses a Flora accelerometer to auto-detect braking behavior on a motorcycle or scooter. It also has turn signals triggered by a simple wireless module, and can still leaves plenty of room for your stuff in the pack!

Flora Brake Light Backpack

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Super Bowl Glowing Helmets

January 30, 2013

Super Bowl Glowing Helmets

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Wearable Piezo Tones with Flora

January 23, 2013

A piezo transducer can play a tone when supplied with a square wave signal. Using one of Flora’s PWM pins, we can supply a square wave of varying frequency and duration to play melodies– a wearable music machine!

Wearable Piezo Tones with Flora tutorial

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Capacitive Touch with Conductive Fabric

January 16, 2013

Capacitive Touch with Conductive Fabric & Flora

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Flora GPS Jacket

January 09, 2013

Flora GPS Jacket

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10 Tips for Conductive Thread

January 02, 2013

10 Tips for Conductive Thread (video)

Conductive thread tutorial on the Adafruit Learning System

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Flora Snaps

December 27, 2012

Easily disconnect your Flora for use in multiple projects, or remove it prior to machine washing with SNAPS.

New to FLORA? Check out these other guides:

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TIMESQUARE Watch Kit

December 12, 2012

Pick up this unique time piece at Adafruit

Complete assembly instructions

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Flora Pixel Brooch

December 05, 2012

Make this color-changing LED brooch with FLORA! It’s a quick project with no soldering, just free-hand wiring to make the connections. Use our sample code or change it up to display whatever colors or fading effects you like! If you’re new to FLORA, check out the Getting Started guide and the RGB Smart Pixels guide prior to beginning this project.

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Furby 2012 Teardown

November 14, 2012

Furby 2012 Teardown

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iPhone Light Mod

October 18, 2012

Add a light panel to illuminate the back of your iPhone!

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