Materials

<h2>POWER -+- batteries</h2>
<ul>
<li>AAA battery [1.5V]</li>
<li>9V battery [9V]</li>
<li>Hearing aid battery, size 10 [1.4V]</li>
<li>Coin cell battery [3V] (CR2354, CR2450, CR2430)</li>
</ul>

WHERE TO GET THINGS

  • Sparkfun – sensors, components, Arduino’s, etc.  Great store and a good blog.
  • LessEMF – “The EMF Safety Supperstore!” – conductive fabrics, thread, velcro, etc.
  • All Electronics - Surplus electronics store.  Cheap, if they have what you are looking for.  Sometimes you can find interesting odd things.
  • Electronics Goldmine – Another surplus store with all sorts of neat stuff.  Good for LEDs and sensors.
  • Modern Device – makes the Bare Bones Board, the RBBB and normally has some other cool things.
  • HVW Tech – another hobbyist store, with microcontrollers and such.  They have some inexpensive alternatives to mainstream projects.
  • Adafruit – “Unique and fun DIY” – have some good Arduino accessories
  • Jameco – large electronics retailer, has everything.
  • Digikey – another major electronics retailer.

POWER -+- batteries

  • AAA battery [1.5V]
  • 9V battery [9V]
  • Hearing aid battery, size 10 [1.4V]
  • Coin cell battery [3V] (CR2354, CR2450, CR2430

BOOKS

  • Fashioning Technology: A DIY Intro to Smart Crafting by Syuzi Pakhchyan.  ISBN-10: 0596514379  [amazon]
  • Switch Craft: Battery-Powered Crafts to Make and Sew by  Alison Lewis + Fang-Yu Lin.  ISBN-10: 0307395448 [amazon]
  • Fashionable Technology: The Intersection of Design, Fashion, Science and Technology by Sabine Seymour.  ISBN-10: 321179591X  [amazon]

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