[Wear-Hard] Seeking info on the Rockwell Trekker & Computer Products & Services (Xybernaut)

[Tony Havelka]

We have an older Kopin HMD in mint condition.

-Tony

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Tek Gear
1-90 Market Avenue
Winnipeg, MB R3B 0P3

P. 204-988-3001
F. 204-988-3050
E. tonyh at tekgear.com
U. http://www.tekgear.com
http://www.serial-card.com
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Apergy at aol.com wrote:
> *Hello,*
> ** 
> *Might anyone be familiar with the link between the Rockwell Trekker 
> and CPSI (Xybernaut)?  Also, are any of these wearables available for 
> sale?  Older Koppin HMDs are also of interest.*
> ** 
> *Thanks,*
> ** 
> *Randy*
>  
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>        1. Data glove with accelerometers for each finger,    open source
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>        2. Re: Data glove with accelerometers for each finger,    open
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>     Message: 1
>     Date: Mon, 13 Jul 2009 15:33:16 -0400
>     From: Steve Barr <barr8888 at gmail.com>
>     Subject: [Wear-Hard] Data glove with accelerometers for each finger,
>         open source SDK
>     To: Wearable Hardware Discussion List <wear-hard at haven.org>
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>     http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/13/500-acceleglove-promises-to-finally-bring-rad-racer-to-life/
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>     "Data gloves may have come a long way since the days of the Power
>     Glove, but they've also tended to get pretty expensive as more and
>     more tech found their way into 'em. The folks at AnthroTronix look to
>     be doing their small part to change that with their new Acceleglove,
>     however, which packs a not too crazy price tag of $500 and, according
>     to the company, all the features you'd expect to find on a $5,000
>     glove. Chief among those features are accelerometers on each finger,
>     which can track precise gestures like pinching and, as you can see in
>     the video after the break, are more than up to all-important the task
>     of controlling a robotic arm. Best of all, the glove comes complete
>     with an open source SDK to let you get as much out of the glove as
>     you're willing to put into it."
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>     Message: 2
>     Date: Tue, 14 Jul 2009 00:37:35 -0700 (PDT)
>     From: draltaica at yahoo.com
>     Subject: Re: [Wear-Hard] Data glove with accelerometers for each
>         finger,    open source SDK
>     To: Wearable Hardware Discussion List <wear-hard at haven.org>
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>     Any one know how this is difference from the P5 glove?
>
>     Beside of obvious that it cost $500 instead of the $130($50 on
>     clearance) and uses Accelerometers instead of IR and Flex sensors.
>
>     But difference between the Acceleglove and P5 seems to be like the
>     difference between a ball mouse and and optical mouse.
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>
>     And has Accelerometers improved that much from since the Wii came
>     out?? They Wiimote had to have a IR camera put in it to be able to
>     tell where on the screen you are pointing.? As any one that played
>     Wii golf can tell you 06's accelerometer tech can't track fine
>     movements.?
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>     Like Robert Spence said when talking about Identification by
>     pointing: the 'teletouch' facility
>     "Indeed, the realization of a pointing-direction sensor is
>     considerably eased by the comparatively low accuracy which can be
>     tolerated (approximately +/-2 degrees) given that conformatory
>     feedback (the ""finger-print) allows errors to be corrected by a
>     small movement of the hand."
>     Data base navigation: an office environment for the professional
>     http://www.ee.ic.ac.uk/r.spence/pubs/SA82.pdf
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