Wearable Electronics

Mentor:  Angela Sheehan

Date:  Saturday, March 16th

Time:  1:30pm - 6:00pm

Participants:  10-12 Youth Teacher Applicants

Place:        South End Technology Center @ Tent City

359 Columbus Avenue Boston, MA  02116

617.578.0597

1 block from the Orange Line Back Bay T Station

Sign-up link:  https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1yZ4SmLi6RbcYOE2Aqrg9C0q_VRjX9T3YGQjaRpV5F8A/viewform

In this workshop with Angela Sheehan from Soft Circuit Saturdays, you will learn the basics of electricity and switches by making a soft circuit light-up pin or backpack "buddy" (a badge or creature you can attach to your backpack with a keychain ring).

Instead of wiring a circuit, you will sew one using an LED, conductive thread, and a coin cell battery.  You will make a touch sensor or button or a switch using snaps or beads to turn the light on and off.

The pin or badge can be of your own design, though we will have some lasercut felt pieces of robots, rockets, flowers and fireflys as well!

If you want to find out more about Angela and her work, here is her website:

http://softcircuitsaturdays.com/