Wearable Computer

Inventor

Oh yes, I'm rather imaginative tonight. I want a wearable computer but I can't afford one, nor have I found one I like. What I do have, however, is a netbook. So, tonight's brainstorm is...

Attach the netbook to a set of football shoulder pads!

It then becomes not just a wearable computer, but a *FOOTBALL* wearable computer! Then I add pieces to it one by one as budget allows. I already have a headset with mic that electri-fire (Mathe) gave me. Then I can add satellite wireless or a projection display (there is a miniature one available now), or a chorded keyboard/mouse that operates with one hand, etc. I can even add my accelerometer device to it...

This is too cool, either that or I'm up way too late. You tell me...

Les

shanemorris · Posted: Thu Dec 17, 2009 4:15 am Post subject:

you can call it NERDWARE®

and ill buy one... heheh

as we were talking about last night...ive often had ideas of similar things when I was gigging a lot.

was curious to know why and what you would be using it for?

shanemorris · Posted: Thu Dec 17, 2009 4:37 am Post subject:

Les can you build one of these for me please... Laughing

bachus · Posted: Thu Dec 17, 2009 6:43 am Post subject:

Muied Lumens · Posted: Thu Dec 17, 2009 6:47 am Post subject:

shanemorris · Posted: Thu Dec 17, 2009 6:59 am Post subject:

jksuperstar · Posted: Thu Dec 17, 2009 9:11 am Post subject:

Seems like a projector and webcam is all you need:
http://www.ted.com/talks/pranav_mistry_the_thrilling_potential_of_sixthsense_technology.html

destroyifyer · Posted: Thu Dec 17, 2009 10:54 am Post subject:

I would go for a forearm mounted computer... a very small widescreen would do. There are cheap mini-notebooks available now, you could have the screen on the forearm and tastefully detatch and route the keyboard section onto the bicep.

bachus · Posted: Thu Dec 17, 2009 1:09 pm Post subject:

bachus · Posted: Thu Dec 17, 2009 1:14 pm Post subject:

Uh.. been mentioned but this one is wearable. Needs more processing power but...

http://electro-music.com/forum/topic-38263.html

jksuperstar · Posted: Thu Dec 17, 2009 2:29 pm Post subject:

Not sure it takes much processing power, my phone does most of what he was trying to do with the sixrh sense. Google (mostly) does the rest.

(See google goggles, and any enhanced reality app for android)

shanemorris · Posted: Thu Dec 17, 2009 3:35 pm Post subject:

not quite the same ... Shocked

but OMG!

bachus · Posted: Thu Dec 17, 2009 6:36 pm Post subject:

audiodef · Posted: Thu Dec 17, 2009 8:59 pm Post subject:

audiodef · Posted: Thu Dec 17, 2009 9:02 pm Post subject:

This topic reminds me of a television ad I saw years ago, in which a young man is sitting in the park, with a tiny VR eye-clip in front of his face, buying and selling stock. He leaps up and yells BUY! Ok... SELL! SELL!!! and a ton of pigeons flutter madly off, upset by all the yellin'. Cos he wasn't gellin'. Money he was smellin'. What he was sellin', he wasn't tellin'.

technologiclee · Joined: Dec 22, 2009 Posts: 1 Location: austin tx

@ Inventor

i had a similar notion. keep us posted

shanemorris · Posted: Tue Dec 22, 2009 3:47 am Post subject:

Inventor · Posted: Wed Dec 23, 2009 3:33 am Post subject:

The wearable computer just became a broadcasting studio! I received a $1,000 patent royalty check so I'm going to spend half of it upgrading the netbook with kbd/mouse and cd/dvd then buy a Lexicon Omega recording studio package with a Korg nanokontrol and a mic with stand. Wow that will upgrade the quality of my radio shows tremendously. The wearable is back on the drawing board. Ho ho ho, merry Christmas and happy holidays!

Les

Uncle Krunkus · Posted: Wed Dec 23, 2009 4:41 am Post subject:

audiodef · Posted: Wed Dec 23, 2009 7:19 am Post subject:

Inventor · Posted: Wed Dec 23, 2009 6:38 pm Post subject: