Sunday, October 18, 2026

Rachel Maksy Made Acorn Armor

It wouldn’t be fall without hearing the pitter patter of falling acorns. In this video Rachel Maksy turns oaknuts into wearable fall armor!Build yourself Glowing Scale Armor, a Superhero Power Gauntlet or a Zelda Thunder Helm with help from the Adafruit Learning System!

Nate Scovill Made an Umbrella that Rains

Congrats Nate, it’s autumn which means things should technically be starting to cool down. If you’re also feeling the heat or just really need to watch a silly and fun build you’re not going to want to miss this video (also, you’ll learn alot about zipties!)Personally, I’m more of a use-an-umbrella-to-stay-dry or use-an-umbrella-to-block-sun-while-staying-dry person. Everybody’s…

Light Up An LED With Your Body Heat #WearableWednesday
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Light Up An LED With Your Body Heat #WearableWednesday

Researchers from the Every Wednesday is Wearable Wednesday here at Adafruit! We’re bringing you the blinkiest, most fashionable, innovative, and useful wearables from around the web and in our own original projects featuring our wearable Arduino-compatible platform, FLORA. Be sure to post up your wearables projects in the forums or send us a link and…

A Triboelectric Generator In Your Shoe #WearableWednesday

On the offhand chance that you drive on I-5 in California, you’ll pass by the Altamont Pass Windmill Fields. They generate enormous amounts of electricity from natural phenomena. Likewise the Grand Coulee dam in Washington and the particularly clever Hawk’s Next Tunnel in West Virginia. If you walk enough, you might be able to do…

A ‘Hello World’ sweater
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A ‘Hello World’ sweater

Annie Isobel Hall is a jumper (US: sweater) maker and illustrator, creating hand made knitwear using a Brother KH950i knitting machine in London, UK. My garments are mostly one offs and everything is sold through commissions. Commissions are taken on a first-come-first-served basis until my waiting list is full. I reopen commissions around once every…

Crystal Glow Knuckles #WearableWednesday
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Crystal Glow Knuckles #WearableWednesday

This wearable LED glow ring is a great way to get started with the Pro Trinket. It has a LiPo power source, 3 NeoPixel LED’s, and a power backpack to charge passively via USB. All the printed components can be generated in a single build without support material.Check out the full guide. Every Wednesday is…

LED Stego Flex Spike Hoodie #WearableWednesday #ElectronicHalloween
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LED Stego Flex Spike Hoodie #WearableWednesday #ElectronicHalloween

Digging into the archives in preparation for Halloween festivities. Every Wednesday is Wearable Wednesday here at Adafruit! We’re bringing you the blinkiest, most fashionable, innovative, and useful wearables from around the web and in our own original projects featuring our wearable Arduino-compatible platform, FLORA. Be sure to post up your wearables projects in the forums…

Wearable Cyberpunk Gesture Pad #WearableWednesday
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Wearable Cyberpunk Gesture Pad #WearableWednesday

Here’s a project that uses our Capacative Trackpad  a wearable multi-touch control. The project comes from zackfreedman via Instructables. See more:Under the hood, this is just an Adafruit PS/2 Trackpad in a custom 3D-printed shell. I like this trackpad because it has built-in multitouch, gesture detection, and can return trackpad-style (delta) and tablet-style (absolute) coordinates.…

An RFID Ring Desk Controller
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An RFID Ring Desk Controller

Control the height of your desk with the wave of a hand. GitHub user topherCantrell smartened up their moveable desk with the aid of a pico, HC-SR04 Ultrasonic Sonar Distance Sensor, RFID / NFC Smart Ring, PN532 NFC/RFID controller breakout board, a Pico, and CircuitPythonI have this wonderful, motorized desk at work. The entire six-foot…