In article <358F05AE.A28F1393@rochester.rr.com>, rpmc@troi.cc.rochester.edu wrote: > > legacy@ieighty.net wrote: <<snip>> > > I dunno. I've never had any first hand experience with a powerglove. All I > > know it that there are many companies that sell encoder boxes to convert the > > signal to standard rs-232 serial. > > Cool. I'll have to look this up, I didn't realize people had ported this glove > to pcs. Neither did I, but it seems to be popular, 'speccially with the linux crowd. > > One more hand idea I'm in the middle of trying : A nifty Multi-glove-tester. > > It involves putting each probe of the meter on the first and second fingers. > > The really cool part it that the probe tips are retactable using the same > > idea as a ball-point pen. When you push on them , they retract and lock > > above the fingernails, and one more push, or pressing them against a tabletop > > or something will extend them again. The 'on' switch is a pad on the 3rd > > finger and the thumb. So, touch those two together, and touch the probes > > where you want and you have a one-handed meter. The only problem is where to > > mount the main display unit of the meter. > > Wouldn't the only logical place to put it be on the back of the hand? the only > alternative position would be as part of a HMD. I know some people are working > on integrating logic probes and multimeters into intel based wearable computers > using some similar setup with hand mounted probes, but I haven't heard of any > successful prototypes. You might want to check the wear-hard mailing list > archive at: http://wearables.ml.org/. Yes, been there.. The best unit for the hand-mount would be some of the smaller Radio Shack fold up LCD testers. If the pinouts and voltages were compatable, I would be neat to hook it up to an Iota type HUD. -----== Posted via Deja News, The Leader in Internet Discussion ==----- http://www.dejanews.com/ Now offering spam-free web-based newsreading
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