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5/27/2004: "Everything" glasses
These glasses were developed by British and German scientists to make everyone who wears them look like a total dork.
No, actually they record everything that the user looks at. From the full story it sounds like the glasses track your eyes, so it's more than just a digital camera mounted on a hard hat.
Developers said "A car mechanic for instance could find at a glance where a part on a certain car model is so that it can be identified and repaired.
"For the motorist the system could highlight accident black spots or dangers on the road."
Dangers on the road such as dorks wearing big monstrosities in front of their face while driving?
Still, I will be opening a franchise rental service for these at beach resorts. You get complete UV protection, for both your eyes and your entire head, and at the end of the day you get an 8x10 print of every hottie you glanced at. I will combine this with the
beverage hat so the camera is on top with beverages on the side. I'll make a fortune!
lumberjim Thursday May 27 01:36 PM
nbn will be your first customer, i'm sure
Slothboy Thursday May 27 01:42 PM
Two crappy webcams glued to an ugly helmet? I think they could have done better than that. It might be cool though if you could zoom and enhance images that you are looking at. I'll stick to the beer dispensing helmet.
Beer dispensing helmet + video helmet = Beer Goggles?
jaguar Thursday May 27 01:44 PM
I'm in love with those tiny displays that project an image onto glasses from a cigarette sized tube attached to one of the arms, very farking cool.
melidasaur Thursday May 27 03:13 PM
Why? This is about as useful as the internet weather toaster!
Happy Monkey Thursday May 27 03:22 PM
Didn't you see the last paragraph in Undertoad's post?
glatt Thursday May 27 03:52 PM
The article says:
| The wearer could walk around an office or factory identifying certain items by pointing at them. Objects indicated are then given a blank label on a screen inside the glasses that the user then fills in. |
The full text doesn't seem to say they follow eye movement, but maybe my reading comprehension isn't what it should be.
I think this is just a couple of webcams mounted to a helmet with a view screen in front of the eyes. I think the only real benefits here are the dual cameras can make a 3D image, and the camera is wearable. The article really pushes the ability to label images, so maybe there is some sort of software that makes the images easy to label and find later.
Happy Monkey Thursday May 27 04:04 PM
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Originally posted by glatt I don't see any cords going down to the waist of the person where a portable keyboard could be stashed in a fanny pack. |
melidasaur Thursday May 27 04:08 PM
Yes, Happy Monkey, I read the last paragraph. I still don't get the point of this invention - but it does make me laugh.
Coming to a Sharper Image near you.
lhand Thursday May 27 06:55 PM
Roller coaster?
I wish I could have watched the <a href="http://www.cellar.org/showthread.php?s=&threadid=5890">roller coaster</a> with these.
xoxoxoBruce Thursday May 27 07:19 PM
| I think the only real benefits here are the dual cameras can make a 3D image, |
richlevy Thursday May 27 10:25 PM
Re: 5/27/2004: "Everything" glasses
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Originally posted by Undertoad and at the end of the day you get an 8x10 print of every hottie you glanced at. |
Nothing But Net Thursday May 27 11:13 PM
This really is pretty cool. Like a baby step towards the actual technology from the movie Brainstorm, where they invented a machine that could record your actual thoughts for playback by anyone.
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Originally posted by lumberjim nbn will be your first customer, i'm sure |
Come to think of it UT, I'll take two. Why can't the girls have some fun also?
bjlhct Thursday May 27 11:36 PM
Thought reading?
Well, when you "think" words, a lot of the time you are transmitting the appropriate electricity to your vocal cords from nerves...too little to actually make them move, but enough to pick up the field with a collar-like gadget some guys came up.
lumberjim Friday May 28 12:04 AM
...with?
Elspode Friday May 28 11:34 AM
The movie was "Brainstorm", which was Natalie Wood's last film, incidentally...she died before it was finished.
On the nifty side, it looks like you can do 3D with this rig.
blase Friday May 28 07:10 PM
Can I get a URL for the beverage hat?
Undertoad Saturday May 29 08:45 AM
Nope! I found it via images.google.com but the site in question is useless.
xoxoxoBruce Saturday May 29 11:59 AM
OnyxCougar Sunday May 30 02:00 PM
Did anyone but me notice that the guy underneath the hat appears to be Lumberjim?
Tomas Rueda Sunday May 30 06:36 PM
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Originally posted by OnyxCougar Did anyone but me notice that the guy underneath the hat appears to be Lumberjim? |
that's true. (Hey, you see better than I do.
)bjlhct Monday May 31 04:30 PM
Yes, lumberjim.
"With."
lumberjim Monday May 31 05:14 PM
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Originally posted by OnyxCougar Did anyone but me notice that the guy underneath the hat appears to be Lumberjim? |
.......last time i pose for you.......fucker.
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