This site was created in the wake of Maker Media shutting down. I was in the middle of an online wearable electronics class being run by them when the shut-down happened. I am hoping to continue the conversations with other students here, and help anyone else looking for up-to-date wearable info. Much of the information online about wearables is out-of-date with many dead links or referencing products that are obsolete or no longer exist. Hopefully I can help remedy that, at least a little.
Many of these are available in electronic formats pretty cheaply in various places. HumbleBundle has offered many of them in the past in e-book bundles; many of them I've seen come up multiple times, such as the Make books, so you might want to keep a look-out. I've had good luck finding many of the older books in libraries/via inter-library loan. And if you're lucky enough to be affiliated with a university, you may have luck finding some of them through your library's online subscriptions. I've listed the
In compiling this list I've done a lot of searching on Google, Amazon, and in library databases. The most commonly used term I've seen is definitely "wearable electronics", hence the name of the page. However, "e-textiles" or "e-sewing" also comes up occasionally, as does the term "soft circuits". If you're trying to find more information, I suggest trying variations of these search terms, as some results will be excluded if you only try one.