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Materials

The Node commits to providing the following consumables for each class:

State of the Art

• No consumables

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Digital Bodies

• Cardboard for laser cutting (2mm to 6mm)
• White glue
• Portable scanner or Camera, 3D Scanning app for smartphones
• Caliper

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OS Circular Fashion

• Variety of synthetic textiles for laser cutting
• Sealing textiles - synthetic textiles that melt and seal the edges of the cut outs
• Vegetable tanned leather (chrome tanned leather is toxic when heated)
• Neoprene
• Felt, natural, and/or synthetic (preferably PLA or other biodegradable felts)
• Scuba knit (check for composition that no toxic particle/fumes will be released when heated)
• 3D fabric with volume

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Biochromes

• Natural fibers (e.g animal and plant-based - cotton, linen, silk, wool etc)
• Natural dyes (e.g annatto, campeche, turmeric, hibiscus, etc)
• Alum, tara powder, tannins, soya beans, copper, and iron liquor
• Na2Co3
• Citric acid / vinegar
• Arabic gum
• Ethanol 96%
• Ph strips
• Pots and electric stoves for cooking
• Kitchen equipment, mixng tools

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OPTIONAL:

• Pigmented bacteria (e.g Janthinobacterium lividum)
• Nutrient broth and agar
• Petri dishes

E-textiles

• Conductive thread and fabrics
• Resistive fabrics
• Circuit playground / Arduino / ATtiny / or compatible
• Soldering tin and iron
• Cables
• Resistors
• Capacitors
• Velostat
• Non conductive fabrics
• Transistors
• Protoboards
• LEDs and neopixels stripe
• Coin cell battery and holder

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Bio-fabricating materials

• Natural dyes (e.g annatto, campeche, turmeric, hibiscus, etc)
• Food colourants
• Gelatine
• Agar agar
• Alginate
• Calcium chloride
• Glycerine
• Na2Co3
• Beeswax
• Citric acid
• Ph strips
• SCOBY mothers for kombucha
• Casting sheets
• Pots and electric stoves for cooking
• Kitchen equipment, mixng tools

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Computational Couture

• 3D printing filaments (PLA, Filaflex, TPU,...)
• Lycra 2-way stretch fabric
• Other fabrics to experiment

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Textile Scaffold

• Variety of fabrics for composites
• Gelatine
• Glycerine
• Textile Hardener
• Blocks of wood for CNC milling
• Alum
• Epsom salts
• Borax
• Table salt,s ugar
• Concrete or plaster

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OS Hardware

• The consumables for this class are decided by the local instructor, according to the tools they wish to build in the laboratory.

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Wearables

• Mini vibration motors
• Resistors
• Capacitors
• ATtiny 45 / 85
• Socket for ATtiny
• Transducers
• Conductive and resistive threads
• Neodymium magnets (small for flip dots, large for speakers)
• LEDs, RGB addressable led stripe, optical fibers
• Shape memory alloy
• Mosfet/TIP transistor
• Arduino kits, protoboard, jumper wires and alligator clips
• Velostat and conductive tape or fabric
• Thermochromic ink
• Soldering tin and iron

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Soft Robotics

• Silicone Smooth-on Ecoflex 30
• 3D printing filaments
• Thermo adhesive vinyl / vinyl Flex 90 adhesive / TPU sheets
• Parchment paper
• Soft Silicone Hose tubing 4/6mm
• 3-6V Mini Air Pump Motor
• Power supply
• Mosfets transistors
• Arduino kits, protoboard, jumper wires and alligator clips
• Velostat and conductive tape or fabric
• Resistors

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Skin electronics

• Latex
• Circuit Playground
• ESP32
• Neopixels
• Soldering tin
• Fabrics
• Conductive ink
• Kapton tape
• Lithium battery and charger
• Golden leaf foil
• RFID tags
• RFID reader

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Implications and Applications

• Sticky notes, pencils, colored markers, papers

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Personal Project Development

• Participants need to procure the materials for their final project and the lab also provides materials that are already there.