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Life & fun · October 8, 2026

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Making a flexible "neon" t-shirt with LED filaments

Earlier this year I had the perfect excuse to experiment with some flexible LED filaments that had been sitting in my “interesting parts” bi...

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This blog post documents the creation of a wearable LED neon t-shirt made with flexible LED filaments. The project was completed in just a few days for a neon-themed company event. The author describes the design process and assembly techniques used to incorporate the LED filaments into clothing, demonstrating practical methods for building illuminated wearables with constraints around cutting and customizing the materials.

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Earlier this year I had the perfect excuse to experiment with some flexible LED filaments that had been sitting in my “interesting parts” bin for years -- the company I work for was putting on a neon-themed event, so obviously I had to custom-build some LED neon attire! The only problem was this was announced less than a week in advance.... This is how I designed and assembled a wearable neon shirt in just a few days. Now that I’d validated a basic technique I had to actually design my "neon." One of the main constraints with these LED filaments is that they can't be cut to length - one end is positive and the other negative - and there’s no way to shorten them…from scottbezek.blogspot.com

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