[Wear-Hard] BT input WAS: My Own Wearable! <$900

[tetsu yatsu]

> It REALLY makes me sad that HandyKey's USB Twiddler is gone....
> I can't believe the hardest part of a "Good Enough" wearable build
> today is finding a decent portable input device.

I was never a really big fan of the twiddler anyway. It just looks
ugly. I've always wanted the freedom to rearrange my own keyer, and
there were several kernel hack projects that would let you mangle a
standard keyboard and make a keyer, but they're all obsolete with
kernel input changes. The 'half keyboard' looks nice. If I had the
PIC knowledge, I'd make a Chordite keyer, but as is I'm writing a
config file for joy2chord to use his chord layout (I hope he
doesn't mind that! :p)

> 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.

I bought a Spy Gear monocle a while ago. It is a neat little thing, but the
big selling point for my HeadPlay is the "Liberator" that does video signal
conversion with good battery life. The VGA->NTSC converters I've seen were
miserably wasteful of energy.

>> And some form of Bluetooth or USB input device (Wiimote maybe?)

I would never this about using bluetooth as part of my wearable. What a
waste of energy, with already meager battery life!! I'd keep a receiver
of course, to connect to bluetooth devices in the environment, but never
in my wearable.

If it's wearable, why not string the cords through your clothing? It's
the original wearable technology ;)
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