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Re: wearable prototype laid out

From: Vito Miliano <>
Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2004 21:09:11 -0600

On Thursday, January 15, 2004, 12:22:27 PM, Seva wrote:

ST> I though P5 requires an infrared tower for operations, does it
ST> matter if you only use buttons?  Do you use standard USB mouse
ST> driver for it?

Yes, it does if you want tracking.  But you can disassemble it all
down to just the glove, and the main circuit board from inside the
tower (about the size of the Zaurus again), getting rid of the optical
thinguses, and it works fine for just the buttons on the top of the
glove and the flex sensors.  I don't know if the circuit board can be
cut down any more, but you could conceivably just repurpose the flex
sensors themselves if you were really into it.  Old P5 gloves are the
cheapest place to get them, I'd wager.

By default, the P5 works like a USB mouse, with two of the fingers
being the left and right mouse buttons, and it tracks in X and Y.  An
SDK is available for Windows and Linux to take better advantage of it.

Note that you should calibrate the glove to your hand in Windows
before you start using it seriously.

Thanks,
Vito

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