On Tuesday the 14th of August, the year 6 girls showed the DT Committee how they had made wearable technology. This is what they showed us.
The DT Committee was so excited to see fashion and electronics being used to make such beautiful objects. We were wondering how they were made and how the circuits work.
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Wearable Technology
We all have had really great designs!
Wow, some cool designs!
To start out making our wearable technology, we, of course, had to plan. We got an A3 piece of paper, and designed our bracelet, bag or whatever we wanted. Once it was approved, we started making/building. We started with our coloured felt, and cut it to size. After we sowed on the electrical circuit, most of us covered it up. Last of all, you put in a battery, flick the switch, and wallah!
Wow I love all the designs of the wearable technology. It looks like so much effort has gone into this. I know with mine, I had to try it a few times before I got it. There are so many different materials to make this masterpiece of wearable technology.
I really enjoyed doing this project!
We made our wearable technology by first planning them and then making paper examples of how they would work and look. We then worked with felt, conductive string (we used this instead of wires), normal string, lights, batteries, battery holders and press studs (or other switch making materials). It was quite difficult and could be frustrating as the circuits did not always work the first time you made them as it was easy to short circuit them. Everyone either did a simple circuit with one light were the electrons picked up the energy and carried around to the light and came back for more energy or a parallel circuit which is where the circuit has more than one light and the electrons split evenly between the lights and drop off energy there. It was lots of fun and overall enjoyable being creative and learning to make circuits.