14 DAY TRIAL // Marcus Olsson of slickstreamer has 3D printed a do-it-yourself wearable LED band that lights up and changes color when you move.
And that's really all there is to it. The man didn't bother trying to make anything too sophisticated, and I can't blame him when even expert mobile device companies failed to get people sold on smartwatches.
Wearable fitness trackers are doing a bit better, but they're still meant to be practical instead of pretty.
Olsson wanted just to make something that would look good, or make its wearer look good. Or both. Or neither if the one wearing it does it to throw people off their game by being queer.
Anyway, his LED Bracelet was inspired by the Diagrid Bracelet from 3D printing artists Nervous System.
The band was printed in white resin on a Form1 3D printer, but the lighting program inside the band is run by an adafruit Trinket – 3.3V Logic microcontroller. A strip of 60 LEDs was installed at first, but now a NeoPixel 144 LED/M strip is used instead.
A set of magnets and a removable panel allow the bracelet to clip in place on your wrist.