{"id":807,"date":"2011-03-30T00:31:04","date_gmt":"2011-03-30T06:31:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/5bd4f92546.nxcli.net\/?p=807"},"modified":"2021-11-12T12:25:29","modified_gmt":"2021-11-12T18:25:29","slug":"3-super-geeky-diy-t-shirt-projects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bluecotton.com\/blog\/offbeat\/3-super-geeky-diy-t-shirt-projects\/","title":{"rendered":"3 Super-Geeky DIY T-Shirt Projects"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Ben Heck&#8217;s &#8220;Portal&#8221;-Inspired T-Shirt<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-808\" title=\"Ben Heck's &quot;Portal&quot; T-Shirt\" src=\"https:\/\/5bd4f92546.nxcli.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/portal_2.jpg\" alt=\"Ben Heck's &quot;Portal&quot; T-Shirt\" width=\"500\" height=\"293\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bluecotton.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/portal_2.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.bluecotton.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/portal_2-416x244.jpg 416w, https:\/\/www.bluecotton.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/portal_2-300x175.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Geek idol and modding god, <a href=\"http:\/\/benheck.com\/\">Ben Heck<\/a>, created his own high-tech t-shirt inspired by the popular video game &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.valvesoftware.com\/games\/portal.html\">Portal<\/a>&#8221; by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.valvesoftware.com\/\">Valve Software<\/a>. The project utilizes a small LCD display, a miniature security camera, and a battery pack to create a t-shirt that creates the illusion of having a see-through &#8216;portal&#8217; on your torso. Check out <a href=\"http:\/\/www.element-14.com\/community\/docs\/DOC-25095\/l\/episode-4-ben-builds-a-portal-shirt-for-halloween\">episode 4 of &#8220;The Ben Heck Show&#8221;<\/a> for a full step-by-step breakdown of how he made the shirt.<\/p>\n<p><!--more Click here to continue reading...--><br \/>\n<strong>Chris Ball&#8217;s E-mail Counting T-Shirt<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0X-hPEZWWo8\" width=\"560\" height=\"349\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Chris Ball, a software developer in Boston, used some electronics he won to build and program his own e-mailing counting shirt. The shirt uses a series of LED lights to display the number of unread e-mails he has in his gmail inbox. Check out his personal blog post about the project. He even provides a link to the source code used to create the shirt for those interested in replicating the idea.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The iShirt Laptop Case<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-812\" title=\"The iShirt Laptop Case\" src=\"https:\/\/5bd4f92546.nxcli.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/163788064_9de1ed9c69.jpg\" alt=\"The iShirt Laptop Case\" width=\"500\" height=\"366\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bluecotton.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/163788064_9de1ed9c69.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.bluecotton.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/163788064_9de1ed9c69-416x305.jpg 416w, https:\/\/www.bluecotton.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/163788064_9de1ed9c69-300x219.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Flickr user, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/vox\/163788064\/\">Voxphoto<\/a>, made this cool laptop case using an old pocket tee. He got the idea from an article in <a href=\"http:\/\/makezine.com\/\">Make magazine<\/a>, but made a few of his own adjustments to perfect the concept.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ben Heck&#8217;s &#8220;Portal&#8221;-Inspired T-Shirt Geek idol and modding god, Ben Heck, created his own high-tech t-shirt inspired by the popular video game &#8220;Portal&#8221; by Valve Software. The project utilizes a small LCD display, a miniature security camera, and a battery pack to create a t-shirt that creates the illusion of having a see-through &#8216;portal&#8217; on&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[74,143],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-807","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-offbeat","category-video"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>3 Super-Geeky DIY T-Shirt Projects<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Take a look at these three super geeky t-shirt projects for inspiration for your next t-shirt design.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" 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