Ada Lovelace Day was established last year as an international day of blogging to celebrate the achievements of women in technology and science. If you’re not already familiar with Lady Ada, it’s worth learning more… The daughter of Lord Byron, she worked with Charles Babbage on his analytical engine and wrote the world’s first computer program.
In honor of Lady Ada, I’d like to highlight a handful of the women who inspire me in the world of wearable electronics and soft circuitry.
I wrote previously about how inspired I was by the play about the life of Buckminster Fuller, and I mentioned that I was going to design some things in his honor. Well, I’ve just recently completed and posted the first few of those: the Bucky ball pendant pictured here, and a tetrahedron pendant (if you are curious as to why a tetrahedron, go ahead and look at that page, I explain it there). I’m quite happy how they turned out, and have some related things in the works.
I was already about to post to mention that, when this happened:
That’s my pendant, featured on the front page of etsy — how exciting! Thanks, Bucky!
