Lightcatcher Dress

This dress is intended to light up as its surroundings grow dark. It does this in two ways: by glow-in-the-dark paint, and by a photoresistor-controlled Arduino circuit.

It is part of a light-up dance costume and goes with the dazzle jacket and fiber-optic laser fans. The costumes are intended to aid self-expression and augment the inherent drama and design of the dance costume.

The dress's circuit is dependent on analog input from a subtly placed photoresistor. Subtle placement of glow paint and LEDs make the nighttime components nearly invisible in the daytime.

NOTE: The main image displayed is an image of the dress in daytime, photoshopped to an idealized version of the dress. See the second image for what it looks like at night.

Step 1 Materials

Glow-in-the-dark paint (These ones are really good, but there is also cheaper good stuff: http://glowinc.com/SearchResult.aspx?CategoryID=2)
Lilypad Arduino
Solder/Soldering Iron
Protoboard or surface mount equipment
Circuit components (see steps 3, 4, and 5)
3 button cell batteries
A flowy, sparkly dance dress. This one is a see-through dress with a leotard attached under it.

Comments

[Danger is my middle name]

That's so cool! The glow paint looks awesome in the second picture!

[ChrysN]

Looks really cool!