Musical Bra

This is a tutorial for a bra that will play two songs when the buttons on the cup are pressed while it is plugged into any computer with a processing program.

 

photo 1-3Step 1:   Gather Materials- Bra, needle & thread, wires, conductive fabric, old keyboard (not shown), screwdriver (not shown)

photo 3-4Step 2: Cut open the keyboard and pull out the chip connected to the usb chord

photo 2-3Step 3:  Using the wires, find two notches that execute a command such as the letter “q”

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Step 4:
Solder two different wires to the corresponding “q” function notches

photo 3-3Step 5:   Flip bra onto its front and locate the padding

photo 4-2Step 6: cut out the padding and cut a small hole for the button in the padding

photo 5-2Step 7:  sandwich two small squares of conductive fabric onto either side of the padding and sew together

photo 1-4Step 8: Sew the other ends of the wires onto either side of the conductive fabric

photo 2-4Step 9:  Sew the padding back into the cup of the bra leaving the wires and circuit outside

photo 4-3Step 10: This is what the finished product should look like. and tuck the circuit into the other bra cup when wearing the garment

Screen Shot 2014-09-29 at 8.10.56 PMStep 11: Enter this code into Processing and upload any song you desire. sample songs are provided in this code

 

 

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