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Wearable Tech Lovers Rejoice: Elastolite Now Available on Sparkfun!

Elastolite, used to light up costumes in Tron: Legacy, is now available for retail purchase.

If you design clothing or costumes with light and electricity, you'll want to visit the SparkFun site...  It's long been desired by Tron: Legacy fans everywhere.  Access to the special materials used for the costumes in the movie. 

Around the world, folks have sewn Electro-Luminescent (EL) wire to their costumes, in an attempt to create the Elastolite effect.

The fact is that EL wire is a far second to Elastolite, which is a brighter, wider and substantially more durable than EL wire.

At the Wearable Tech conference...
Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SeA-5YqJAcE

Unboxing video...
Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GWwfsSoi_0c

Elastolite as underlay?
Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oTZZLGnzs2o

Enjoy the show!

Elastolite on SparkFun
https://www.sparkfun.com/search/results?term=elastolite&what=products






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