The new webcams shouldn't require much power (are they using CMOS technology yet?)... but they are not exactly super high quality. Mind you, given enough light their output is not bad... in fact comparable (in my eyes) to a TV picture. Cheers, - Miriam At 11:47 AM 01/01/2000 +0000, Bryan Andersen wrote: >Hi, > >For years I've had my eye on eventually making a wearable >computer. The time has come. I'm looking at piecing together >a wearable computer in a few months. One of the things I'm >looking at is possibly making one that has quality video >capture built into it. Currently I do alot of digital >photography and am looking at possibly getting into digital >video. I'm wondering what explorations others have done along >those lines, and thoughts on possible setups. I realize that >doing the high quality video will likely mean I have to have a >video compressor along with the video capture as well as large >amounts of storage space. Neither frightens me. Nor does the >fact that it will likely chew battery power. I want to see >how feasable it is now. If it is I will likely try to build a >unit otherwise I'll likely build a wearable without video >input. > >The piecing together of a wearable dosen't bother me. I'm >typing this in on a Linux PC built into a robot I'm in the >process of building. > >-- >| Bryan Andersen || http://softail.visi.com | >| Buzzwords are like annoying little flies that deserve to be swatted. | >| -Bryan Andersen | > >-- >Subcription/unsubscription/info requests: send e-mail with subject of >"subscribe", "unsubscribe", or "info" to
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