links - materials and techniques

conductive thread, fabric and velcro (retailers)
about conductive thread

conductive thread - stainless steel
Textura Trading Company

conductive thread, velcro and fabric - silverized/metalized
SparkFun: as of December 2007 conductive thread!!
Lame Lifesaver: conductive thread
Fine Silver Products: conductive thread, fabric, tape
Less EMF: conductive velcro, fabric, paint

conductive thread - metal wrapped
Tinsel Trading Company: vintage metal threads and fabric
T&L Barnes
jdr - Brazilian Elegance
Hedgehog Handworks

conductive thread and fabric (companies/wholesalers)
Bekaert
X-static
Shieldex

electronics
SparkFun
Digikey
All Electronics
Images SI: FSR and stretch sensors
Electronic Goldmine
All Battery
Power Stream
Trossen Robotics: phidget sensors and other stuff
Precision Microdrives: beautiful tiny motors
The Robot Store
Best Hong Kong: cheap LEDs, slow shipping (fr. Hong Kong)
Super Bright LEDs

AVR microcontroller resources
my intro to AVR programming page
Atmel Corporation
AVR Lib C reference
Pascal Stang's AVR Libraries
AVR Freaks: online community for AVR tinkerers
AVRDUDE: tool for downloading programs to AVRs
UISP: and another
AVR programming for linux reference

PIC microcontroller resources
Microchip Corporation
JAL and WISP: a free, open-source language and loader for several PICs

platforms for physical computing
Arduino
PicoCricket
Handyboard
GoGo Board
LogoChip
Phidgets
Basic Stamp
D-Tools
MakingThings

mold making and casting
about mold making and casting materials

mold making and casting supplies
Smooth-On: online source for my favorite resin and rubber
Compleat Sculptor: Smooth-On and other materials
Western Sculpting Supply: Denver source for Smooth-On
Pearl Paint: Smooth-On, Castin' Craft and other materials
Michaels: Castin' Craft

mold making and casting techniques
RTV mold making instructions
Resin casting instructions
Candle making instructions
Soap making instructions
Paper making and casting instructions

colored acrylic
Delvie's Plastics: OK color selection and reasonable
Solter Plastics: beautiful color selection but expensive

thermochromic dye and ink
Chromatic Technologies
Color Change Corporation
Edmund Scientific: liquid crystal paint

other cool materials
Electronic Ink
Solar World: flexible solar panels
Zoflex: conductive rubber
Gorix: carbon fabric for resistive heating
Luminex: fiber optic fabric
Bendywood
LiTraCon: translucent concrete
Metal Powders
Ceramic Fabric and Paper
Ceramic Paint
Ferrofluid: magnetic liquid
Glowire: electroluminescent materials
The Robot Store: nitinol (shape memory alloy) products
Edmund Scientific: nitinol wire

some books about new materials
Extreme Textiles
Techno Textiles & Techno Textiles 2
Techno Fashion
Material World & Material World 2
Material ConneXion
Immaterial/Ultramaterial
Smart Materials and Technologies in Architecture
Transmaterial
Handbook of Materials for Product Design
Materials for Inspirational Design series: Plastics & Plastics 2, Metals, Ceramics


This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. 0326054.

Any opinions, findings and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation (NSF).