Danger, Danger, Danger, Turning biker...

Anyone who commutes to work knows the dangers involved, do you ride sidewalks and paths and risk the possible brutal bone crushing impacts with pedestrians? Or do you hit the streets, kick up the gears and pray to gods that those moving juggernauts see you, or that no one pulls out in front of you thinking oh, hes on a bike, he can stop...


Well during todays feedcrawing I came upon this,

http://www.instructables.com/id/turn-signal-biking-jacket/

They give step by step instruction on how to light up your own garments. I'll let you all know how well it woks, I'm going to put flashers on the back of my backpack.

In the event that the site goes down I have placed a full set of materials needed bellow;
Get your supplies. You need:

-- LilyPad Arduino main board
-- LilyPad USB Link
-- mini USB cable
-- LilyPad power supply
-- 16 LilyPad LEDs (note: these aren't available from SparkFun yet, but will be soon)
-- 2 push button switches
-- a spool of 4-ply conductive thread
-- a digital multimeter with a beeping continuity tester. This is the one I have.
-- a garment or a piece of fabric to work on
-- a needle or two, a fabric marker or piece of chalk, puffy fabric paint, a bottle of fabric glue, and a ruler
(Available at your local fabric shop or Joann Stores.)
-- a pair of scissors
-- double sided tape (optional)
-- a sewing machine (optional)

If you interested in knowing more about wearable electronics, check out the good folks at "Talk 2 My Shirt"

Also for a very cool, micro/sub electronics site, check out Spark Fun (they also sell all the stuff for the jacket project)

-conductive thread- HOW FREAKING COOL