Great Presentation by Sophy Wong About Wearables Made by 3D Printing and Laser Cutting

DIY 3D Printable VR Backpack

Low Cost DIY Smart Glasses Based on Arduino

YouTuber DdelectroTech.com made this sub-10 USD DIY smart glasses based on Arduino. Cool cheap project!

The latest fashion trend for all you 3d printing geeks

If you are into 3d printing then this is THE style of jacket you should wear!

Detailed project description:

This jacket has 40 neopixels sewn to the back to display the status of the 40 3D Printers in Duke’s Innovation Co-Lab Studio. Each light corresponds to one printer and is either blue (in use), green (available), or red (offline) to show the real-time status of the printer. The printer status is retrieved via Duke’s Innovation Co-Lab’s 3D printer status API, documented here: http://apidocs.colab.duke.edu/.


Instructables page with all the steps and code:

https://www.instructables.com/id/3D-Printer-Status-Jacket/

Get 3D Printer Notifications on your Smartwatch via Octoprint and Telegram

Rene Jurack developed a simple tutorial on how you can get push notifications about your 3d print status to your smartwatch using the Octoprint and Telegram app.


You can see push notifications in action here on Apple Watch:



Complete setup tutorial can be found at project homepage:

http://well-engineered.net/index.php/en/58-push-notifications-from-your-3d-printer-with-octoprint-and-telegram

Low Cost 3D Printable Eye Movement Tracker

Crazy Eyes. Is this art? Is this science? Is this just a joke? It could actualy have many uses ...

Project description:

The project consist in developing a lightweight wearable/portable animatronic system that track the user's eyes and moves in real time a pair of robotic eyes in response to the users eye movement, "looking" at the same place where the user looks. The device should be ultra low cost ( under $30 ), DIY-able, and easy to be included in costumes, cosplay, Halloween props or any crazy devices that the user can think of.

They are actualy working:



Project homepage:

https://hackaday.io/project/13156-crazy-eyes

3D Printable Smart Glasses based on Raspberry Pi Zero

Ricard Ferro developed the DIY smart glasses based on Raspberry Pi Zero. They have a 3d printed frame that holds everything together.  Interesting project with many possible applications, hopefully it will be developed further and get a community of contributors.

Here is a video showing OCR recognition:




Project description:

At a lose for words? Can't describe an object? PiZero SmartGlass can help you with that by using image recognition tech. Make your own smart glasses easily with the Raspberry Pi Zero! Affordable and easy to build, retro-wearable 3D Virtual Stereo Digital Video glasses are around $75 along with the Pi Zero. This display uses composite video to connect the Pi Zero's video out pins and are easily customized. There are many applications for image recognition, which allows computers to translate written text into digital text. The PiGlasses can help with the field of machine vision, recognizing people and objects. Add a battery pack and your PiGlasses are ready to go!

Project pages:

https://hackaday.io/project/13332-raspberry-pi-zero-smart-glass

http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1654678

Octowatch and Octowatch2 Pebble Smartwatch Apps

Jason Gullickson from Wisconsin developed a small app for the Pebble smartwatch that enables you to monitor your 3d printer remotely via Octoprint API.

Get it at:

https://github.com/jjg/octowatch

Hackaday.io page:

https://hackaday.io/project/164-octowatch


Octowatch 2 is inspired by original Octowatch but it was completely developed from beginning and re-written. The developer is Dominik Scholz.

GitHub page:

https://github.com/schlotzz/octowatch2/

Future of both apps is uncertain since Fitbit bought Pebble and basically destroyed the functionality of entire Pebble line with no future device coming out.

3D Printed PICK Smart Glasses Frame

Hyeon Han from South Korea developed smart eye glasses frame with 3d printing shell. He named it “PICK glasses 3.5”.
It features a very small custom PCB (45mm x 10mm), Arduino, vibration motor, acceleration sensor, serial port (TTL), battery charger and Bluetooth 4.0. There is no description of what it actually does but if you have a platform you will find a purpose :-)

Han's blog with project description:

http://baehyunhan.tumblr.com/post/139110072315/my-smart-glasses-project-pick-glasses-35-pcb

For a MUCH more cyberpunk project take a look at:

http://diy3dprinting.blogspot.hr/2013/11/dyi-3d-printable-google-glass.html

3D Printed Watch with Tourbillon Mechanism

Christoph Laimer devloped a working 3d printable analogue watch with Tourbillon mechanism.

Here is how he describes his project:

This is a mechanical watch with tourbillon and going barrel. The watch has a Swiss lever escapement, embedded in the tourbillon. It is driven by a 3d-printed spring, and runs 35 Minutes (a wire retraction spring made from steel would perform better). My watch is running with less than 0.5 Seconds deviation within one Minute.
The project demonstrates that the 3D-printing technology is developing. Compared with earlier generations of 3d-printers, the process works more reliable and more accurately.
The watch is designed with Autodesk Fusion 360, and printed with Ultimaker 2.

It is truly a masterpiece and work of great craftsmanship:




You can get all the files and 3d print it yourself:

http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1249221


Here you can see a watchface and a parts of a spring mechanism. Layers of PLA are also clear to see.

3D Printable NFC Bracelet

Here is a nice little project on how to embed a cheap NFC tag into a 3d printed bracelet.




Detailed guide and files can be found at:

http://www.instructables.com/id/3D-Printed-NFC-Bracelet-Prototype-TfCD-Project-by-/?ALLSTEPS

How to make cheap Oculus Rift DK1 clone with help of your 3D printer

OpenVR is a cheap DIY virtual reality headset project based on Oculus Rift DK1 made on a 3d printed frame. It is relatively easy to make and will cost you around 150 USD. Project was developed by Ahmet Yildirim.

Main components:

• Arduino Mini Pro
• GY-85 9DOF IMU
• USB to TTL Converter
• 5.6” 1280×800 LCD Display
• 12V Power Adapter for
• 2x (50mm 5x Aspheric Lenses)
• 3D Printed Case
• Shoulder Sponge Pad
• Some wires

Most of the software is open source.

Headset looks great. I'm huge fan of this '90tis cyberpunk look.

Here is a video of it in action playing Portal:



Detailed build guide with software and setup instructions:

http://www.instructables.com/id/OpenVR-Opensource-Rift-for-only-150/

for all the files look at: https://github.com/ayildirim/OpenVR

And check authors blog at: http://mclightning.com/

Another SF tech coming to relaity :-) Cheap homemade VR head set!

AleksanD Chrono 3d printed watch with flexible PLA watch strap

Here is another 3d printable watch from 3D proto. It is controlled by MSP430 microcontroller and has a circular display that shows time / date with 12 bi-colored LEDs around the face with one status LED for p.m. - a.m. time.Watch strap is printed in felxible PLA and 3d printer is used to drill watchface holes.
Hopefully designers will publish the electronics schematics, but it should be easy to recreate if you have some experience with electronics.

Here is a video of the watch and development process:



Here is the project homepage (in German):

http://www.3d-proto.de/index.php?p=projects#Chrono


For an Open Source warch project which is much better documented take a look at:

http://diy3dprinting.blogspot.com/2014/05/open-source-watch-with-3d-printed-case.html

RetroBand DIY wearable activity tracker with 3d printed enclosure

Wearable technology is hot new tech trend that promises to change the way we interact with everything and improve human health.
RetroBand is open source project of a wearable 3d printable activity tracker armband you can make yourself. It can be connected to mobile app to display information.
Cool project ...

Tech specs:

• Processor : ATmega328 - 3.3v (8MHz)
• 32KB Flash(2KB is shared for Bootloader), 2KB RAM, 1KB EEPROM
• Connected with Android exclusive app(supported over v.4.0).
• Calculating calories based on step count.
• Accumulating calorie data and displaying statistics in a monthly/daily/hourly data
• Real-time check of the change of the 3-axis values measured by accelerometer
• Open source

Detailed construction guide and all the files:

http://www.instructables.com/id/Make-your-own-activity-tracker/?ALLSTEPS

GitHub repository: https://github.com/godstale/retroband

Project homepage: http://www.hardcopyworld.com/ngine/aduino/index.php/archives/975

Android app: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.hardcopy.retroband

How to make 3d printable functional Pip-Boy 3000

Christopher Hoffman made this working Pip-Boy 3000 he will wear at DragonCon 2014. If you don't know what a PipBoy is, stop reading this post.

It uses 3d printed hand bracelet and embedded smartphone with external battery as an interactive display. I like it.
It is printed in 15 pieces and the print job takes some 25 hours. Well worth it.

It looks like the source model is developed by Yvo de Haas, the same guy who developed Plan B powder 3d printer.

Detailed instructions and files can be found at:

http://ytec3d.com/pip-boy/

New from Adafruit: 3d printable DIY virtual reality headset

Adafruit is continuing to make this cool wearable electronics projects with parts you can customize and 3d print at home.
Here is a cool VR eyewear project made with Ninjaflex flexible filament and PLA. It could also be classified as home made Oculus Rift.

I would like to see some people who made some of Adafruit wearble projects and how they use them.

Detailed construction guide: https://learn.adafruit.com/3d-printed-wearable-video-goggles/

All the files: http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:417201

How to heat form 3d printed PLA parts to perfectly fit your body

Andreas Bastian from e-nable project made this tutorial on how to heat form prosthetic gauntlets to custom fit on different bodies. It could be also used by people developing DIY wearable tech and costumes.

In the guide there are three methods described:

1. Toaster oven. It keeps the gauntlet dry and it is easier to handle without being covered in hot water. Set the toaster oven to a medium heat (200-300 F) and check frequently with a fork for flexibility and softness.
2. Hot air gun / hair dryer. It's a little trickier to get even heating using forced hot air, but a hair dryer is very useful for tweaking the fit and re-working the form to get a perfect fit.
3. Microwave with water. As PLA does not convert microwaves to heat very well, it is necessary to submerge it in a shallow bowl or plate of water to heat it. Microwave until the water is boiling and then remove with a fork or tongs when soft.

The PLA will gradually stiffen over the course of a minute or so after it has been removed from its heat source, so you will have a reasonable window in which to form the gauntlet. And the gauntlet can be re-formed at any time by repeating the heating steps.

Prepare the arm by draping a piece of cloth over the area to which the gauntlet is to be fitted. Quickly remove the gauntlet from the heat source and drape over the arm and apply pressure to form the gauntlet to the arm. Check that the wrist pin hole are parallel and are at a comfortable location. You can either continue to hold the gauntlet in position until the PLA firms up, or you can hold the arm and gauntlet in place in a sink and run cold water over both to set the form of the gauntlet.

Detailed guide is here:

http://www.instructables.com/id/Thermoforming-3D-Printed-PLA-for-Use-in-Prostethic/?ALLSTEPS

Heating PLA water emerged in microwave owen

Forming PLA to fit your body (hand) directly with wet towel

3D printable low cost foldable Bluetooth head mounted display

Tony created this very cheap piece of DIY wearable eyespace technology. It is foldable wearable display that connects via Bluetooth with your Android or computer.

Everything displayed on this head mounted display is controlled by either an Android phone or a Bluetooth connection to a desktop. Using relatively simple display and simple Arduino means it is limited to text and very simple graphics, but this is more than enough for some useful applications like reading SMS messages and checking email.

From project description:

The OLED display is a small .96" display controlled by an arduino nano board. The display receives text and commands from a HC-05 serial Bluetooth module connected to the arduino. There is also a small speaker and RGB LED connected to the board. The OLED display, RGB LED, and speaker are all controllable over Bluetooth. 

The device is powered by an Adafruit powerboost module connected to a small 0.7Wh lipo battery. The optics are a small mirrored right angle prism and a magnifying lense. The frame and casing is all 3D printed with ABS using a Solidoodle 2 pro printer. 

The Arduino communicates with the OLED display using i2c (inter-integrated circuit). The RGB LED and the speaker use the arduino's digital output pins. The display is controlled over blue tooth using a application running on an Android phone or Linux terminal. The glasses are very portable and foldable.

Total cost ~$60.

Kudos Tony!

All the files on Thingiverse: http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:408099

http://hackaday.io/project/2068-%2460-bluetooth-head-mounted-display.-

For a similar wearable device take a look at this one made by 13 year old:

http://diy3dprinting.blogspot.com/2014/07/wearable-arduino-based-display-on-3d.html

Wearable Arduino based display on 3d printed glasses frame made by 13 year old

13 year old Clay Haight made this sub-100$ dollar simple wearable eye display. There are many other DIY Google Glass projects that involve 3d printing, but non with such a young maker.

From the source:

Clay’s DIY “Google Glass” uses the sensors on the Arduino Esplora along with the Arduino LCD screen and a 3D printed frame.

He can use voice commands to bring up a calendar with his schedule, local maps, and temperature and weather info.

A headband on the back keeps it from tilting to one side.
“Now they are extremely comfortable,” says Clay. “In fact I wear them around my house and tell my parents the temperature just for fun!”

Source and more info: http://makezine.com/2014/07/16/diy-google-glass/

Update:

Here is a similar project: http://diy3dprinting.blogspot.com/2014/07/3d-printable-low-cost-foldable.html

FingerReader is a 3d printable wearable device for visually impaired

The FingerReader is a wearable device that assists in reading printed text. It has a 3d printable housing and it is developed by MIT Media Lab, Fluid Interfaces Group.

It is a tool both for visually impaired people that require help with accessing printed text, as well as an aid for language translation.

Wearers scan a text line with their finger and receive an audio feedback of the words and a haptic feedback of the layout: start and end of line, new line, and other cues. 

The FingerReader algorithm knows to detect and give feedback when the user veers away from the baseline of the text, and helps them maintain a straight scanning motion within the line.
Fingerreader homepage:

http://fluid.media.mit.edu/projects/fingerreader

PDF document about Fingerreader:

http://fluid.media.mit.edu/sites/default/files/FingerReaderFAQ%20%282%29.pdf

For other technologies related to 3d printing to help blind and visually impaired see:

http://diy3dprinting.blogspot.com/search/label/blind