I'm thinking of Kade's chainmail idea and connector dificulty. what about ridgid, partially coated, plastic and connector metal ball and socket connectors they could rotate and shift and always maintain a positive connection because of the more ridgid plastic could maintain the pressure and in emergencys they could be popped appart/together with some force with no dammage to the system also if something was uncomfortable or the wearer had a special need the standard form could be deviated from with a little rearangement possibley a little extra software. What do you think? Now that I think of it there was something I came across a year ago about robotic insects that were modular. If part of the system was destroyed they would assess their working circuitry and continue moving the parts thay had left. I'll try to find the reference. sarah > > I keep have this vision of little squares, about 1 by 1 inch, all > > connected by some sort of hinge or bendable connection so you could make > > a suit out of it sort of like chainmail armor. Each board would then > > contain a few components and would be connected to the next via the > > flexible connectors. > >As a hardware engineer who works with some truly gnarly connectors, I have >to say that connectors are a (necessary) evil. > >You want to try to minimize or at least control the number of connectors, >since each is a potential failure point. > >Permanent solder joints and flexible circuitry > > http://www.multinationalresources.com/Flex_Tape/flex_tape.html > > http://www.parlex.com/flex_circuit.htm > >wouldn't be so bad in this case, but anything worn, containing dozens (or >hundreds?) of pluggable connectors, is asking for trouble. > >What about making the entire unit out of one flexible circuit? > >-Tom > > >-- >Subcription/unsubscription/info requests: send e-mail with subject of >"subscribe", "unsubscribe", or "info" to>Wear-Hard Mailing List Archive (searchable): http://wearables.blu.org > ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com -- Subcription/unsubscription/info requests: send e-mail with subject of "subscribe", "unsubscribe", or "info" to
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