Optimierung von Wasser-, Strom- und Waschmittelverbrauch mit Wasch-App

Eine Idee, die mich schon eine Weile umtreibt ist die Entwicklung einer mobilen Waschmaschinen-Applikation, die hilft Wasser und Energie zu sparen. Sauberes Trinkwasser ist in vielen Weltregionen knapp. Auch in Deutschland ist das Haushalten mit Wasser und Energie wichtig, um Ressourcen zu sparen und die Umwelt zu schonen. Die Wasch-App kann weltweit Anwendung finden. Meine …

FashionTec beim Berlin-Brandenburg Magazin ZiBB mit Thomas Gnahm von Trafopop

RBB berichtet über Fashion und Technologie mit Thomas Gnahm von Trafopop. Früher war Kleidung einfach nur Kleidung. Passen sollte sie, gern auch modisch sein und darin wohlfühlen sollte man sich im günstigsten Fall auch. Heute ist Kleidung nicht nur etwas zum Anziehen, sondern auch Technologie. zibb zeigt, was dahinter steckt. Wear It: Festival for wearable …

MeshCon’14 in der Abendschau Berlin

Abendschau über die MeshCon Fashion and Tec Week Berlin 2014. Softwareapplikationen für die Modeherstellung, Wlanchips für Kleidung und Prototypen von Strickmaschinen. Links: MeshCon: meshcon.net FashionTec Working Group: fashiontec.org FashionTec Meetups Berlin: www.meetup.com/FashionTec-Meetup-Berlin Tanja Mühlhans Ansprechpartner | Projekt Zukunft Berlin Tanja Mühlhans bei der MeshCon’14

MeshCon 2014 Fashion and Tec Week Berlin

Let’s upgrade the garment and textile industry to the 21st century at MeshCon 2014 Fashion and Tec Week in Berlin. The event will take place from 10-15 October at the TU Berlin and the home of the Wikipedia community in Berlin, the Wikimedia e.V. Today our clothes are produced in unethical ways harming people and …

Open Fashion Wiki with Tons of Resources

Looking for sources about computer knitting, embroidery and pattern making? Check out the wiki at k2g2.org. Martin Schneider offers a lot of resources in his Craftopedia. Portals machine knitting machine embroidery hand knitting braiding beading paper craft Other Mathematical Craft Projects Subversive Craft Projects Genderific Craft Projects Science Craft Projects Nerdy Craft Projects How-Tos Hands-on …

3D Knitting from a 3D Computer Model

Yuki Igarashi, Takeo Igarashi and Hiromasa Suzuki already published in 2008 a way to convert 3D models into knitting models in their presentation in Japanese “3次元モデルからのあみぐるみ生成 – 五十嵐 悠紀,五十嵐 健夫,鈴木 宏”. Video in Japanese: youtu.be/xJyZ3XQkrh4 A knitted animal is made of a closed surface consisting of several knitted patches knitted out of yarn and stuffed …

2D Patterns and 3D Forms – Sensitive Couture for Interactive Garment Editing and Modeling

This paper about “Sensitive Couture for Interactive Garment Editing and Modeling” is amazing and the source code is available (but not with an Open Source license as far as I can see). It is published at ACM Transaction on Graphics, Proceedings of SIGGRAPH 2011 by Nobuyuki Umetani, Danny M. Kaufman, Takeo Igarashi, and Eitan Grinspun. …

Arduino and Knitting Machines AYAB Graphic Interface Project

The goal of AYAB-Knitting is to be able to program a knitting machine (currently brother 9xx models) with an image from a computer and extending the capabilities of the machines, e.g. the maximum 60 pixel image width. This is achieved by substituting the control of the needles and required identification of the current position and …

Couture Pattern Making Project in Java by Patrick Proy

Patrick Proy started an Open Source Pattern Making project in 2012. While it is currently (and maybe definitely) in pause, it is definitely of great value to look at his development ideas on the web. The project is in java and you can currently still have a look at it here : couture.proy.org/software_en.html Screenshot of …