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Hello, i was at a convention this weekend and a speaker mentioned a product like electroluminescent wire only it was a thread. It could be woven into fabric or used to sew fabric together. It can…Continue
Started this discussion. Last reply by SteampunkProfessor Jan 12, 2011.
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Melissa Coleman replied to Matt's discussion Electroluminescent thread"It's funny that that article is from 2007. So it's hardly new. They must have run into problems somewhere otherwise you'd be able to buy it somehow surely?"
"Connections are always a weak spot in any electrical/electronic project and fashion items suffer even more so because of the constant flexing caused by the movement of the wearer which will eventually cause the connection to fail. However as an…"
Melissa Coleman replied to Matt's discussion Electroluminescent thread"Yes, absolutely. You can cut and extend the two wires (the thin wires being the first and the metal core being the second) with normal electrical wire. This way you can have parts that light up and parts that don't."
evelyn replied to Matt's discussion Electroluminescent thread"is it possible though to cut electroluminescent wires and still source them?"
yikanee sampson replied to Matt's discussion Electroluminescent thread"Thank you, Diana Eng's fairytale fashion is exactly what I saw...thanks ;)"
Jason Cobill replied to Matt's discussion Electroluminescent thread"Yikanee, you might be talking about something like this dress by 3lectromode:http://3lectromode.com/asymmetricalmodern001.html
Her circuit has a few bells and whistles - you can make a simpler version with just a battery, a length of wire, a…"
Matt replied to Matt's discussion Electroluminescent thread"yikanee, I think you are looking at fiber optics. This site has some information - I'm sure there are others...
http://www.lumigram.com/catalog/index.php?language=en"
Riccardo Marchesi replied to Matt's discussion Electroluminescent thread"It looks like a very thin EL wire, but instead of using a copper wire as inner conductor, they used a thread. This way they were able to obtain a very fine thread, 0.12 mm in diameter.
Interesting, even if I would like to see the solutions they…"
yikanee sampson replied to Matt's discussion Electroluminescent thread"I'm looking for that too. I haven't found what I'm looking for. It's a wire, but the whole thing doesn't light up, instead you can put a lightbulb (your color choice) onto any part of the thread, and its also battery…"
michou stek replied to Matt's discussion Electroluminescent thread"Yes i was searching the web for it too. and you have it in different diameters, from 0,9mm to 5mm thick. I like it very much because you can integrate it in every fabric. And it's not that expensive ;) If you type EL wire at Google, then you…"
Matt replied to Matt's discussion Electroluminescent thread"I beleive the speaker was JF Bibeau although their were several their and the event is a litle fuzzy. I did find this "http://www.electronicsweekly.com/Articles/2007/11/07/42559/electroluminescent-thread-makes-clothes-glow-in-the-dark.htm"…"
Syuzi replied to Matt's discussion Electroluminescent thread"was he talking about fiber optics? If you need a light source (LEDs) than its probably fiber optics but that certainly isn't a new technology. Do you know who the speaker was? I'm curious to find out more..."
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Hello, i was at a convention this weekend and a speaker mentioned a product like electroluminescent wire only it was a thread. It could be woven into fabric or used to sew fabric together. It can then be controlled by a battery source and light up. I guess this a new technology but it sounds interesting. Has anyone come across this?
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