AFFOA is excited to announce its collaboration with AFFOA Member LOOMIA on their E-Textiles 101 Workshop! AFFOA Members receive an exclusive 10% off their enrollment using the AFFOA discount code. This code is valid during the enrollment period between 3/30-4/5 and can be found in the AFFOA Member Portal. This workshop is an excellent introduction to hands-on e-textiles prototyping, whether you are a designer, engineer, or work in innovation.

Enrollment Period: March 30-April 5, 2021

Workshop Dates: This workshop is self-paced and comes with 4 hours of pre-recorded content and a weekly Q&A to answer any questions.

Workshop Website: https://loomia.mykajabi.com/from-idea-to-prototype

AFFOA Member Portal Link for Discount: https://portal.affoa.org/main-feed

The LOOMIA E-Textiles 101 Workshop is an introductory program designed to give you firsthand experience making circuits with our patented e-textile technology. You’ll walk away from this course with a more clear idea of how multidisciplinary ideas become a reality, and an understanding of what it takes to make wearable tech, or other e-textile products.

Together with LOOMIA, you’ll learn how to make a heating pad, and how to read data from pressure sensors. You’ll also learn the basic terminology of electronics prototyping, and receive the tools to understand a basic tutorial from Adafruit or Sparkfun. If you are more experienced in prototyping, you can increase your knowledge base and learn more about how e-textiles can add functionality to your product design. This workshop is a good foundation for those looking to understand the skills and thinking required for developing wearables, e-textiles and more.

Please visit the workshop website for additional information on the program.