Monthly Archives: April 2007

Wearables Final Presentation

Posted on April 27, 2007 by andrew

I gave my final in-class presentation yesterday. It was for Personal Expression and Wearable Technologies class. I had created the usual Keynote Presentation and was all ready to roll, when I was riding the train to the village in the … Continue reading →

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who.

Posted on April 13, 2007 by andrew

I hesistate to ask more because who is a telling question. I wish I could.

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FaceMask04

Posted on April 12, 2007 by andrew

I ran into Ilan on the train back to Astoria a couple nights ago and we started talking about various things: About how people in Chicago are too nice. About his inflatable for toddlers. About my thesis. As I was … Continue reading →

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FaceMask03

Posted on April 11, 2007 by andrew

My head fits in a bike helmet made for an 8 year old. This is troublesome to me. Though, I guess the label does say “8+.” I’m “+.” Sure. I made an impulse buy of the bike helmet today because … Continue reading →

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TriAx Kicks

Posted on April 10, 2007 by andrew

Proof of concept, but here we go. I’ve rubber-banded the TriAxs to my Chuck Taylor’s and stole some loops from Apple’s Soundtrack files. I’ve realized that this is funner than I thought it would be. I’ll have to spend a … Continue reading →

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TriAxMax

Posted on April 9, 2007 by andrew

I’ve recently been working with a couple Triple Axis Accelerometer Breakout Boards – MMA7260Q – available from Sparkfun. The process of getting these TriAxs up and running on a breadboard was a cinch thanks to Tom Igoe’s tutorial and Rob … Continue reading →

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FaceMask01

Posted on April 8, 2007 by andrew

And on it goes. I’ve finally integrated, albeit with gaffer’s tape, all of the components of the FaceMask on to the bike helmet. A screen covering the mouth, a small wired camera,a video Ipod, two wireless custom perf boards, and … Continue reading →

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FaceMask

Posted on April 6, 2007 by andrew

The face mask has been going through different iterations lately. I’ve repositioned the camera on the back, added new IR LEDs and diffusers and am now using a lithium-polymer battery instead of a DC converter for all the power. This … Continue reading →

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