Sophy Wong's Electronic Builds Include Lightsabers and Wearable Tech
Sophy Wong chats with Nerdist about designing and building wearable technology, including spacesuits and 3D-printed fabrics.
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Sophy Wong chats with Nerdist about designing and building wearable technology, including spacesuits and 3D-printed fabrics.
CALGARY -- Aeronautical-engineer-turned-movie-props-maker Ben Eadie likes cosplay. Specifically he likes creating cosplay costumes of the sort that draw attention at the local comic expo. One day, while working on a project that involved sewing, Eadie noticed some crochet stitching that turned his head. “I'm like, wait a minute, if I link those two zigzags together, if they were like, not a noodley thread, but something solid, it might look like chainmail," said Eadie. “So I thought ‘I've got a laser cutter. Let's just cut a couple samples out and see how it goes. And it worked. ...