# STEAM-Punk Goggles
## Overview and Materials
https://vine.co/v/hXPXPDabFXi
**Science + Technology + Engineering + Art + Math =** [**STEAM**](http://stemtosteam.org/)
Everyone loves funky goggles and the Adafruit Neopixel rings are perfect for building a flashy pair. To kick it up a notch, we STEAMed up these goggles with some high tech sensors and a bit of applied math and physics.
The goggles are controlled by a Flora microcontroller with a LSM303 accelerometer/magnetometer to track the motion of the wearer’s head. A simple physics engine implements virtual pendulum display on the LED rings that swings in response to the motion of the wearer. The effect is much like a pair of hyperactive electronic googly eyes.
Everywhere we go with these, people ask us where they can get a pair!
# Materials:
- 1 pair of Goggles - Any pair of goggles with 50mm lenses will be a perfect fit for the neopixel rings. The prototype for this project was built with [these German-made safety goggles](http://www.leevalley.com/en/wood/page.aspx?cat=1%2C42207&p=70788 "Link: http://www.leevalley.com/en/wood/page.aspx?cat=1%2C42207&p=70788") - using the optional tinted lenses.
- 2 [Adafruit Neopixel Rings](http://www.adafruit.com/products/1463)
- 1 [Adafruit Flora](http://www.adafruit.com/products/659) (the code will NOT fit onto a Trinket or Gemma)
- 1 [Adafruit Flora LSM303 Magnetometer/Accelerometer](http://www.adafruit.com/products/1247 "Link: http://www.adafruit.com/products/1247")
- 1 [3xAAA Battery Pack](http://www.adafruit.com/products/727)
- Scrap of Leather or Upholstry Vinyl for mounting electronics to the temple.
## Optional:
- 1 [53mm Watchmaker's Case](http://www.leevalley.com/en/wood/page.aspx?p=44948&cat=1,43326,44948 "Link: http://www.leevalley.com/en/wood/page.aspx?p=44948&cat=1,43326,44948") to house the Flora & Sensor
## Tools:and Supplies:
- 22 AWG **stranded** hookup wire (solid core wire is not suitable for this project)
- [Servo extension cable](http://www.adafruit.com/products/972 "Link: http://www.adafruit.com/products/972") (optional)
- [Soldering Iron & soldering supplies](http://learn.adafruit.com/adafruit-guide-excellent-soldering "Link: http://learn.adafruit.com/adafruit-guide-excellent-soldering")
- Needle & Thread
- Scissors
- Hot glue gun
- Double sided foam tape or GOOP adhesive
https://vine.co/v/hXPH5WFw2dP
- [Next Page](https://learn.adafruit.com/steam-punk-goggles/assembly-and-wiring.md)
## Featured Products
### FLORA - Wearable electronic platform: Arduino-compatible
[FLORA - Wearable electronic platform: Arduino-compatible](https://www.adafruit.com/product/659)
FLORA is Adafruit's fully-featured wearable electronics platform. It's a round, sewable, Arduino-compatible microcontroller designed to empower amazing wearables projects.FLORA comes with Adafruit's support, [tutorials and...](http://learn.adafruit.com/category/flora)
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### NeoPixel Ring - 16 x 5050 RGB LED with Integrated Drivers
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Round and round and round they go! 16 ultra bright smart LED NeoPixels are arranged in a circle with 1.75" (44.5mm) outer diameter. The rings are 'chainable' - connect the output pin of one to the input pin of another. Use only one microcontroller pin to control as many as you can...
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### FLORA Accelerometer/Compass Sensor - LSM303
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Add motion and direction sensing to your wearable FLORA project with this high precision 3-axis Accelerometer+Compass sensor. Inside are two sensors, one is a classic 3-axis accelerometer, which can tell you which direction is down towards the Earth (by measuring gravity) or how fast the board...
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This battery holder connects 3 AAA batteries together in series for powering all kinds of projects. We spec'd these out because the box is slim, and 3 AAA's add up to about 3.3-4.5V, a very similar range to Lithium Ion/polymer (Li-Ion) batteries and have an on-off switch. That makes...
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### Servo Extension Cable - 30cm / 12" long -
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Stretch out your servo connections with this flexible servo extension cord. It has a 3 pin shrouded "male" connection to plug your servo into and then, 30cm later, a 3 pin female connection. It even keeps the common red/black/white color coding. A great add-on to our
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Lithium-ion polymer (also known as 'lipo' or 'lipoly') batteries are thin, light, and powerful. The output ranges from 4.2V when completely charged to 3.7V. This battery has a capacity of 1200mAh for a total of about 4.5 Wh. If you need a larger battery,
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