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Re: wearable ideas

I can't speak for anyone else, but I ALWAYS read the messages
here! (I especially love reading huge batches of mail from
Doug, which convey basic information in a way easy for me
to grasp, and the highly technical, complete explanations
of physics professors and others!)

Have you considered the effects of the kind of environment
in which most of us spend our days? Surrounded by various
electromagnetic fields from computers, lights, and other
machinery, would the effects of which you're speaking be
distinguishable from the ambient noise? And would you want
to be able to be so aware of that noise?

One more thing: No matter how covert the mechanism, if you
start tapping messages with your fingers, humans will notice.
They're very good at spotting patterns, even if they can't
interprete them right away.

Cheers --
Carol Stein


---- "The Raven" <> wrote:
> I know most of oyu prolly don't read these....but well..soemtimes
> I am just
> thinking and come up with neat ideas...(or atleast i think
> soem of them are
> neat)
> 
> Idea 1:
>      I was thinking about projects in old magazines (electronics
> now etc.)
> and i remembered once seeing a wireless voltmeter which
> used the human body
> as its return circuit....now...my question is this...you
> can drive the
> inputs on a parrallel port with an optoisolator right?...so
> why cant you
> build a small circuit which drives those optoisolators
> by using the human
> body as a ground....taking this a step further....put conductive
> patches on
> the tip of each finger and three on the thumb (three thumb
> keys) and by
> touching any bare spot on yourself you can type....you
> can type by touching
> your fingertips together....touchign it to the side of
> your face etc
> etc....VERY covert! (except for the conductive patches)....any
> input on this
> would be interesting...
> 
> Idea 2:
>     put a small graphics LCD on your wrist and have it
> tied to a tiny
> computer...this computer would be interfaced to your wearable...this
> way you
> could have alerts (such as new mail etc.) coem to the LCD...now
> to take this
> a step further....maybe incorporate sensors (say a temperature
> sensor and
> maybe some sort of transducers etc.) on your fingertips....
> and patch them
> through the LCD on your wrist with an option to log it
> on your
> wearable....the possibilities are tremendous....and ultra
> sensitive
> transducer may for example allow you to hear someone's
> heart beat (and maybe
> display it on the LCD along with their temperature)....or
> to listen through
> walls....but the whole thing is using the LCD to alert
> you when you have new
> messages or something and give you a basic overview (subject
> line etc.) of
> the message so you are not tied to a HMD
> 
> 
> maybe these ideas will help someone become inspired...I
> know I/O freaks
> might like the sensortized glove....:)
> 
> eli
> 
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