68 points scottbez1 5 hours ago 13 comments
scottbez1 5 hours ago | parent
Author here, happy to answer any questions!
verdverm 5 hours ago | parent
Have you thought about ways to make the lights detachable so you can wash the garment? Or is the trade off at a point where redoing it is easier overall?
scottbez1 5 hours ago | parent
It’s maybe plausible to gently wash it with the filaments still attached? I did actually use connectors so the shirt could be detached from the drive electronics, though I’d be a bit worried whether the stitches would survive and corrosion on the solder joints. Adhesive/waterproof heat shrink could maybe help?
The other option is maybe attach the filaments to an embroidery style patch instead of the shirt itself and then attach it with Velcro to the shirt?
bigwheels 1 hour ago | parent
Just want to say- this is a really neat idea and project!
p.s. thanks for the additional sourcing details
scottbez1 1 hour ago | parent
AliExpress and Adafruit, e.g. https://www.adafruit.com/product/5867
ipsum2 1 hour ago | parent
I wonder if white thread would've been more invisible, the black thread seems more obvious against the LEDs? Being nitpicky, its a cool project for a single night.
scottbez1 56 minutes ago | parent
Or color matched. Hadn’t even thought of that to be honest
d3Xt3r 44 minutes ago | parent
There's actually a specific transparent thread you can use for this, it's called a monofilament polyester (aka "MonoPoly") thread, in clear or "invisible" variant. Would be perfect for this project.
embedding-shape 11 minutes ago | parent
I was gonna say maybe fishing line would work, but I think maybe some fishing line is some sort of monofilament polyester?
4d4m 4 hours ago | parent
The pwm animation/flicker/ramp up was a REALLY nice touch
Razengan 1 hour ago | parent
Reminds me of a Japanese tech demo on YouTube I can't find right now, of projecting a flexible hologram on to a t-shirt with invisible markers.
danilafe 1 hour ago | parent
Beautiful! Thank you for sharing.
buredoranna 11 minutes ago | parent
This is great, because the one problem I have with the cyberpunk dystopian future we live in, is the disappointing lack of neon.