soundie

[MezlaFilms]

Really neat project! Does it work when other people touch the pads? And if so, do they need to touch both?

[Lights4Love]

could you possibly help explain how i might be able to make something similar to this but with no sound and have the leds be sensitive to sound?

[baileymcdoogle]

@Lights4Love In order for the LEDs to be sound-sensitive, you'll need a sound sensor of some sort, and you'll need to process its input and map it to the LED output you want. I believe you can use the Arduino Knock Sensor as a sound sensor, though I've never used it myself.

In the Arduino forum, there is a thread called "Help creating a sound-sensing LED display" that shows sample code for converting sound input to LED output.

Hope that helps!

[earthlyUpLink]

You go to MIT and this is what you produce?!

[cindyandjoey]

One more question that didn't fit in the other box...I was wondering whether you, Leah, or anyone else has done extensive experimenting w/ different sizes and shapes of conductive fabric to see how they respond, and if there is a link for that somewhere?

[baileymcdoogle]

@cindyandjoey We have unfortunately not done any such experimenting, but if you give it a shot we'd love to see the results. As far as I know, different types of conductive fabrics respond slightly differently, but the difference is fairly trivial.

[cindyandjoey]

I built a test circuit using two 3-inch circles of conductive fabric. For right now they are connected w/ alligator clips (will anything change when I sew them down?). I'm only getting values down to about 900 though, and I have to wet my fingers and touch it because my skin is sooooo dry. (BTW what units is the 1023? 1023 whats?)

Is my only getting down to 900 because of the size of the circles? Or is it because the alligator clips don't connect them as well as stitching? Any other ideas??

[baileymcdoogle]

@cindyandjoey In general, the alligator clips don't work as well as the stitching. I had to reinforce the stitching across the conductive fabric to get a better connection.

1023 is just an arbitrary measurement, I believe.

It could also have to do with the type of conductive fabric you have - if you get someone else to touch it, are they able to get the value down lower? Also, if you use a large piece of conductive fabric, can you get a lower value?

[MaryPoppinsMusic]

Can i buy one?

[COOTERBABY94]

It would be cool if it played Mp3's.

[Dedtruth]

what are we to do if we are caught in the rain with it on

[baileymcdoogle]

Turn it off.

[youdonowme]

Now if only it were like an mp3 player and depending on how hard you grasp the "pads" the louder the music gets and or if you touch one it switches songs...

Just thinking here.

[baileymcdoogle]

Hmm, that sounds like a really cool idea. Possibly doable, if I could take apart an mp3 player and knew how to adjust volume, etc with circuitry =).

[youdonowme]

Heh well its still a cool hoodie.

[xxKrashxxingMars]

hehe [[but how do you wash the hoodie afterwards]] x_X

[baileymcdoogle]

the hoodie is washable, as long as you don't turn it on before it dries completely. I wouldn't recommend putting it in the dryer, either.

[homam84]

what is the point?

[baileymcdoogle]

*points to video description* as you can see, the hoodie is a prototype and was designed with purely artistic intentions and with absolutely no practical applications.

however, it's easy to take a step from this hoodie to making an easily portable musical instrument that can be sewn onto your clothing, etc..

[analoq]

It's a pretty cool project but I have to restrain myself from making immature jokes. Well, at least they're not pants.

[mych00]

be great if you can compose a song with it..

[Kitttens89]

Doesn't it get really annoying when you cross your arms?

[baileymcdoogle]

Fortunately, you can turn it off. I had to turn it on at the beginning in order for the speakers to work.

[BJEAKE]

Love the technology, not sure about the application. I can see myself yelling "Stop touching yourself!"

[OMFGL0LWTF]

Is that supposed to protect you from tentacle monsters ?

[asfesesease]

Burn.

[eyk0i]

uh oh

hope you're ready for the swarm of rappers wanting you to turn their jackets into a soundie

Also, 5/5 stars. This is cool:)

[baileymcdoogle]

hahaha. they can make their own - there's a tutorial =)

[kamadoo2]

thats pretty annoying actually

unless you could plug an ipod into it i dont see the point

[baileymcdoogle]

You can turn it off =). It would definitely be plausible to create a hoodie with speakers that you can plug an iPod into. However, a separate power pack might need to be attached to the insides of the pockets in order for such speakers to be effective.

[biggerflexible]

Very Cool.

[pstretz]

Totally love it!! Great job. I was thinking of doing something similar with wireless MIDI out.

[baileymcdoogle]

Cool! Give it a shot and keep me posted =)

[mastershake1000]

What about a sweater with speakers?

[baileymcdoogle]

It has speakers.

[xamox]

Ohh no, it's basically circuit bending mounted on clothing.

Also I suggest a name change, almost reminds me of snuggie.

[pstretz]

It's not circuit bending. The Soundie is doing exactly what it is designed to do. Circuit bending takes a circuit designed to do one thing and bends it do something else. Like pitch bending a speak and spell, or generating sound from a calculator.

[3wc]

Hehehehe I can See this product goin wrong in so many ways :

News Headlines

Woman beaten to death in Subway for Annoyin Traveling passengers...

Boy Shocked to death in the rain, wearing Soundie

LoL im just playing i like the concept keep it up XD

[bootyswagga09]

That was really funny and so true

[baileymcdoogle]

hahaha =). Fortunately, I insulated the inside of the sweater with adhesive fabric, so none of the circuit actually touches the person. and anybody who is senseless enough to use it on the subway deserves to be beaten! =P

the cool thing is that the circuit and its components are pretty machine washable, so rain won't really do any damage. should give it a shot! =)