Wearables…What?

You may have asked yourself – “what are wearables?” They are embedded electronics combined with fabric and textiles. Wearables are also know as smart garments, smart clothing, electronic textiles, smart textiles or smart fabrics. They share many of the same familiar components as conventional electronics including microcontrollers, battery packs, sensors and LEDs as well as some that may not be so familiar such as conductive thread, fabric, and sewable components.

Many people consider this section for Halloween, Parties and Intelligent Clothing (ie. Jacket with built in GPS to help you navigate). This category is becoming increasingly popular in Canada, United States, just about anywhere! BC Robotics is currently expanding in this section and would love to hear what else you would like to see in stock. For more ideas on wearable projects, check out Adafruit’s Wearable Electronics channel on YouTube.