[Wear-Hard] My Own Wearable! <$900

[tetsu yatsu]

If you're like me, and the major thing holding you back from a wearable is
the kernel hacking or PIC programming required to make a chording keyboard,
I found this project by this guy Nathanael Anderson called joy2chord.

For under $900 I got:

Eee PC 1000HE  - $380 after tax
- supposedly 9.5 hrs of battery life, not sure how much without driving
display.
- 1.6 GHz Intel Atom processor, 1Gb of memory (waiting on 2G upgrade), 160GB
harddisk
- usb host (of course), tiny size - definitely fits in a backpack. I plan on
making a metal-rod box to protect it.
- VGA output, 802.11 b/g/n, 10/100 ethernet, linux-friendly hardware
- stereo microphone jack
- and a nice screen if you ever decide to sit down and use it
- (& over-screen webcam, noise canceling microphones, though less relevant)
- 9" x 7" x 1.4"


Headplay PCS 'visor' display: (haven't received yet)   - $461 after tax
- 800x600 'native' display, can apparently do up to 1280x720 (but that might
just be the HD display)
- VGA input, separately powered, ~5 hrs of battery
- Stereoscopic support with video cards that can produce the VGA DDC line
flicker
- low-quality headphones not embedded into headset

Chording Keyer: joy2chord   (joy2chord.sourceforge.net)
- an old playstation2/USB converter I bought years ago
- old playstation 2 controller
- modprobe'd: joydev, uinput
- downloaded & compiled
- runs in User-Space, so no aging kernel hacks from 6 years ago!!


I really just wanted to bring joy2chord to peoples' attention. It's what
completed my wearable for use. Can't wait for my Headplay to come in :).

If anyone hangs out on IRC, I'd enjoy some comradery while I get used to my
augmentatron.
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