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I’ve learned that there are 3 main challenges in working with soft circuits. The first one is to create circuitry with materials that are almost always completely exposed: a lot of thought goes into the layout of the circuit to not only avoid accidental shorts during normal wear, but also to avoid crisscrosses between conductive [...]

I thought I’d share with you how methylenchlorid can be used to glue and fix different plastics. Here’s an experiment I’ve just done using a hacked servo (continuous rotation) and polystyrene and methylenchlorid to make a linear actuator. The video below shows how easy it is to use methylenchlorid: If you can see this, [...]

I came to experiment with the construction of an arduino-on-wood just recently because I began to be interested in the idea of “embalming” data.  Since some years ago I’ve been exploring ways to make visible and audible the human rhythms of birth and death, and at this time I wanted to get hold of these [...]

Guilherme Martins and I have been working on a sculpture composed of a series of electronic circuits mixed with paper and other materials. These objects, each equipped with a custom designed PAPERduino, will be assembled into a mobile as we explore the aesthetics of electronics. In untitled circuits each piece reacts to the others to [...]