my motto is don't be bored make
something
when i was in school i would start
tinkering with things around me and i
realized that other people are probably
the same way
we have a consumer-based culture
and it's important to know how their
products are made and how they work
a maker is really anyone who has the
passion to make or build a physical
object
making is just inherent in who we are as
human beings
i think wearables is definitely one of
these hot new areas that a lot of people
can participate in
three years ago joey hooty appeared on
our radar screen
he's worked with the folks in our maker
shed to kind of create a product and
kits
the wonderful thing about kids is that
they don't know about rules they've got
this wonderful view of the world where
they take risks
what comes out of it is pretty amazing
i think that wearable should be allowing
us to enjoy life more
there was a challenge at my hackerspace
my group made a jacket for the dog that
we call a dowel the lights would change
depending on how active your dog has
been during the day and then the
bluetooth would be able to send that to
your phone
from monitoring your body to
creating sensor networks that can
actually respond to
something on your body that you're
wearing
wearables is kind of a wild west and a
whole new frontier and i think that the
makers actually enjoy that too
right now there's all these glasses that
are coming out but there's several
issues with each of those brands display
and control interfaces are probably the
two biggest issues right at this moment
that is what i've tried to solve with
this idea of mine
my design inspiration is based off what
i wish was in the market right now
my glasses would be able to have
prescription lenses and you wouldn't
have to work with two glasses
the display will be binocular and you'll
be able to have headphones so you can
use applications that use
audio the control interface would have a
3d sensor with that you'd be able just
gesture control and then you'll be able
to use eeg sensors in order to control
certain interfaces
the glasses will be able to send music
over and communicate through bluetooth
another capability would be that it
would have migration might this would
enable you to be able to display maybe
your computer screen onto the glasses
in daily life i think that wearables
could enhance living experiences
i like to ski so with my glasses i'll be
able to see where i went wrong if i
pointed my skis in the wrong direction
the tools that are out there are
enabling makers to try new things to
push the envelope and think a little bit
outside of the box
right now people that are paralyzed from
the neck down they have to use their
eyes and a camera looks at their eyes
hopefully with more research into the
eeg section
it will be able to use your thoughts in
order to type out and it'll be able to
help them communicate easier
there are lots of cool things that you
can do in the wearable space what's
great about the diy mentality is this
openness open source
people can come together and collaborate
it really advances technology a lot
faster than if it was done in closed
door labs
makers should go into this field and try
to find new routes for more people
actually develop their products
but they can use their creativity to
make this market more diverse and open
new fields
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