[Noisebridge-discuss] LED Tron suit

Corey McGuire coreyfro at coreyfro.com
Mon Jan 3 22:18:11 UTC 2011


I should clarify that this wasn't for a garment, but for plastic models.
Though seeing this, I think it would apply to garments as well.  I don't
want to take away from your inspiring work, here.

On Mon, Jan 3, 2011 at 2:16 PM, Corey McGuire <coreyfro at coreyfro.com> wrote:

> That SO COOL.  Now I want to get an army of us together all dressed as Tron
> dorks, and start a Frisbee sports team!
>
> I was thinking about trying something similar with UV LED's and florescent
> pigment.  This would lend its self well to sunlight but maybe less well in
> darkness.  Thoughts?
>
>
> On Mon, Jan 3, 2011 at 12:55 PM, Laura Khalil <zazenergy at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Sean that's an awesome suit! Congratulations on making something really
>> cool and *thanks for sharing something constructive (and related to
>> hacking) *with the list.
>>
>> You've got my vote.
>>
>> Laura
>>
>> On Mon, Jan 3, 2011 at 11:11 AM, Sean Cusack <sean.p.cusack at gmail.com>wrote:
>>
>>> Helllllloooo Noisebridge!
>>>
>>> As some of you may know - I love making dumb costumes. The shinier it is,
>>> the more I'm interested in it. For the new Tron movie, I made a Tron suit
>>> (in the nouveau style) that is entirely lit by LEDs (about 190 of them). You
>>> can't see the pesky points, and but you do have an epic, diffuse, overly
>>> bright white glow. I wrote an instructables article on how to do it, and
>>> even if you aren't the slightest bit interested in Tron, but you are
>>> interested in wearable electronics, I'd say to head to the below link and
>>> check it out! Hopefully you at least get some ideas on how to get 190 LEDs
>>> onto an easily washable outfit quickly :).
>>>
>>> BTW, its up for the laser cutter contest, so if you love it - *vote for
>>> it to win it*! I can't put a laser cutter in my apartment, so that means
>>> it'll be coming to Noisebridge if I win it (scouts honor and pinky swear!)
>>>
>>> http://www.instructables.com/id/LED-lit-Tron-v20-suit/
>>>
>>> Sean
>>>
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