HANDBOOK
Easy to prototype with static electricity with this custom-made PCB.
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The e-static textiles workshop kit consists of basic components and instructional handouts that can be used in an educational setting to introduce the topic of prototyping with static electricity and textiles. So far, the workshop kit has been used at…
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This website is a part of ESTEK, or E-static textiles exploration kit, that facilitates the incorporation of static electricity as a resource in e-textile design and development. ESTEK or Electrostatic Textiles Exploration Kit is a toolkit for investigating static electricity…
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“Engaging with e-static textiles” is exhibited at designtransfer showcase as part of Vorspeil Transmediale 2021 at Einsteinufer 43, Berlin from 22.01.2021 to 28.02.2021.
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My doctoral thesis “Engaging with e-static textiles: An investigation into textile interaction design for shaping body-driven energy harvesting in the interior” is now published and available to view and download at https://doi.org/10.25624/kuenste-1357
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An electrostatic setup that simulates a long-term energy harvesting interaction to study the experience of engaging in energy harvesting practices with ones body. This interactive prototype is made using the e-static board in a setup described in this post>>
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The e-static prototyping board can be connected to the interrupt pin of the Arduino to program complex interactive systems using static electricity and textiles. Here is a simple example of reading the e-static board and printing to an Arduino Serial…
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Different outputs can be directly connected to the prototyping board to interpret the e-static charges visually (for e.g., using an LED), sonically (for e.g. with a piezo speaker), tangibly (e.g., with a vibration motor) etc. The output will correspond directly…
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A counter module connected to the OUT pin of the e-static textile prototyping board can be used to count interactions with an electrostatic textile setup. The prototyping board reads the electrostatic charges generated due to the interaction with the body…
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Explore long term engagement with electrostatic textile systems- How will it be to actively interact with an electrostatic textile everyday for the purpose of energy harvesting? While the technology of e-static harvesting is rapidly catching up, questions regarding experience of…
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“Engaging with e-static textiles” is exhibited at designtransfer showcase as part of Vorspeil Transmediale 2021 at Einsteinufer 43, Berlin from 22.01.2021 to 28.02.2021.
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My doctoral thesis “Engaging with e-static textiles: An investigation into textile interaction design for shaping body-driven energy harvesting in the interior” is now published and available to view and download at https://doi.org/10.25624/kuenste-1357
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A half-day e-static textiles workshop held at IKEA Sweden in July 2019. Special thanks to Prof.Dr. Linda Wörbin for this amazing opportunity!
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