2. History
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Conductive fabrics/thread
have been used for over
1000 years!
By the late 19th century,
electricity was so
ubiquitous, party planners
could hire women to wear
light-studded party gowns
3. Categories
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Wearable computing encompasses a wide range of
uses
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purely aesthetic
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light/sound displays
purely practical/functional
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Google glasses
Turn signal bike jackets
4. Enter Arduino
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Arduino – open source electronics prototyping
platform
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Hardware (microcontroller, inputs, outputs)
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Software/IDE (simplified C++ language)