wraggster
January 19th, 2014, 23:54
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[John Ohno] has found what is perhaps the best possible use for steampunk goggles: framing a monocular display for a Raspberry Pi-based wearable computer (http://firstchurchofspacejesus.blogspot.com/2014/01/off-topic-wearable-computer-project.html). [John]‘s eventual goal for the computer is a zzstructure-based personal organizer and general notifier. We covered [John]‘s zzstructure emulator (http://hackaday.com/2011/07/12/zzstructure-emulator/) to our great delight in July 2011. Go ahead and check that out, because it’s awesome. We’ll wait here.
[John] has been interested in wearable computing for some time, but is unimpressed with Google Glass. He had read up on turning head-mounted displays into monocular devices and recognized a great opportunity when his friend gave him most of an Adafruit display (http://www.adafruit.com/products/1452). With some steampunk goggles he’d bought at an anime convention, he started on the path to becoming a Gargoyle. He encountered a few problems along the way, namely SD card fail, display output issues, and general keep-the-parts-together stuff, but came out smelling like a rose. [John] has ideas for future input additions such as simple infrared eye tracking, the addition of a chording keyboard, and implementing a motorized glove for haptic learning.
Want to make your own wearable display but have an aversion to steampunk? Check outthis homebrew solution (http://hackaday.com/2013/11/17/google-glass-how-about-this-home-brew-solution/) with (mostly) 3-D printed frames. And it has servos!
http://hackaday.com/2014/01/17/heres-pi-in-your-eye/
[John Ohno] has found what is perhaps the best possible use for steampunk goggles: framing a monocular display for a Raspberry Pi-based wearable computer (http://firstchurchofspacejesus.blogspot.com/2014/01/off-topic-wearable-computer-project.html). [John]‘s eventual goal for the computer is a zzstructure-based personal organizer and general notifier. We covered [John]‘s zzstructure emulator (http://hackaday.com/2011/07/12/zzstructure-emulator/) to our great delight in July 2011. Go ahead and check that out, because it’s awesome. We’ll wait here.
[John] has been interested in wearable computing for some time, but is unimpressed with Google Glass. He had read up on turning head-mounted displays into monocular devices and recognized a great opportunity when his friend gave him most of an Adafruit display (http://www.adafruit.com/products/1452). With some steampunk goggles he’d bought at an anime convention, he started on the path to becoming a Gargoyle. He encountered a few problems along the way, namely SD card fail, display output issues, and general keep-the-parts-together stuff, but came out smelling like a rose. [John] has ideas for future input additions such as simple infrared eye tracking, the addition of a chording keyboard, and implementing a motorized glove for haptic learning.
Want to make your own wearable display but have an aversion to steampunk? Check outthis homebrew solution (http://hackaday.com/2013/11/17/google-glass-how-about-this-home-brew-solution/) with (mostly) 3-D printed frames. And it has servos!
http://hackaday.com/2014/01/17/heres-pi-in-your-eye/