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

[Bear Naff]

Joy2chord does seem like a terrific project.  Please message the list again
with a review of the display when you get it.

Now, as far as cheapie wearable that use netbooks as a processing core, does
anyone have a reasonable suggestion for interfacing the Spy Gear monocles to
one?  I have been hoping to find some sort of multi-OS USB dongle with
composite out, but haven't seen anything like that on the market yet.  Aside
from some relatively bulky VGA/Composite adapters, I haven't seen any other
way to get video from a netbook onto one of those cheap and versatile
displays.

On Wed, May 6, 2009 at 7:26 PM, tetsu yatsu <tetsuharu at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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