Don't need a helmet. Just goggles. Google "DVD goggles": http://www.google.ca/search?q=DVD+goggles Click on first hit, http://www.zetronix.com/index.php?cPath=26 wherein we find that you can get one for 150 bucks.
Can contact lens displays be far behind? No sooner thought of than found: http://www.google.ca/search?q=%22contact+lens+display%22 ----- Original Message ----- From: Alex Rufon <[email protected]> Date: Tuesday, February 9, 2010 22:34 Subject: Re: [Jchat] Helmet HCI (WAS: RE: Best Usability Quotations (re the redesign of on-line Voc)) To: Chat forum <[email protected]> > :) Now somebody need to make a computer with this interface > small, light and cheap enough to fit in a helmet ... and not > kill the rider when they crash. ;) > > One of my wish list is to have a Bluetooth enabled motorcycle > helmet (very expensive and I would need two ... one for me and > another for the wife) . Why? Because it's close to impossible to > have a conversation with your pillion rider when you're going > more than 40KPH. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:chat- > [email protected]] On Behalf Of Roger Hui > Sent: Wednesday, February 10, 2010 2:05 PM > To: Chat forum > Subject: Re: [Jchat] Helmet HCI (WAS: RE: Best Usability > Quotations (re the redesign of on-line Voc)) > > > Now I'm wondering if an HCI using a helmet has been created. > Is > > the military/aircraft fighter pilots already using this > > technology? Oh wow, the possibilities of its use. Particularly > > to the disabled. > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helmet_mounted_display > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Alex Rufon <[email protected]> > Date: Tuesday, February 9, 2010 21:37 > Subject: [Jchat] Helmet HCI (WAS: RE: Best Usability Quotations > (re the redesign of on-line Voc)) > To: Chat forum <[email protected]> > > > This got me thinking of unrelated things. > > > > I have glaucoma (my Dad is legally blind because of this), so > my > > eye doctor made me use an egg shell like device where I had to > > put my head in and I had to press a button if something > blinks. > > The device was able to detect if I my eyes were going out of > > focus or where I am looking and what I am not seeing. > > > > I wear a motorcycle helmet at least 3 hours a day. (Yeah! > > Glaucoma and motorcycles ... great combination!!!) The way I > use > > a helmet, the corners aren't really useful. There are already > > products in the market which projects vehicle information > > (speed, rpm, oil pressure) in that area of the screen. > > > > Me and my son are Star Wars Fans (Ok, geeks). I particularly > > like the explanation on how the Clone Trooper's helmet work. > You > > basically look at a portion of the helmet, and a menu pops-up. > > Then you blink to select that item. It's basically using your > > eye and eyeballs as a mouse. > > > > Now I'm wondering if an HCI using a helmet has been created. > Is > > the military/aircraft fighter pilots already using this > > technology? Oh wow, the possibilities of its use. Particularly > > to the disabled. > > > > Oh yeah! Have you guys watched the latest Iron Man with Robert > > Downey Jr. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [email protected] [mailto:chat- > > [email protected]] On Behalf Of Alex Rufon > > Sent: Wednesday, February 10, 2010 1:23 PM > > To: Chat forum > > Subject: Re: [Jchat] Best Usability Quotations (re the > redesign > > of on-line Voc) > > > > Hi Ian, > > > > I followed your link. Then I click on Humorous HCI link under > > User Interface Developer Resources. It of course opened a new > > page and gives a list. Number one is: > > > > NB. ========================== > > 1.1954 Computer of the future > > 2006-12-28 Scientists from the RAND Cporation have created > this > > model to illustrate how a "home computer" could look like in > the > > year 2004. However the needed technology will not be > > economically feasible for the average home. Also the > scientists > > readily admit that the computer will require not yet invented > > technology to actually work, but 50 years from now scientific > > progress is expected to solve these problems. With teletype > > interface and the Fortran language, the computer will be easy > to use. > > NB. =========================== > > > > This just made my day! Did they really think that computers > NOW > > would have that really big steering wheel to use? LOL. ROFLOL. > > > > Thanks. :) > > > > r/Alex > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [email protected] [mailto:chat- > > [email protected]] On Behalf Of Ian Clark > > Sent: Wednesday, February 10, 2010 12:05 PM > > To: Chat forum > > Subject: [Jchat] Best Usability Quotations (re the redesign of > > on-line Voc) > > > > I was dead wrong to yawn when I saw this link in: > > http://www.hcibib.org/ > > It's so good, pertinent, brief, I'd like to commend it to everyone > > with 60 seconds to spare: http://www.linfo.org/q_usability.html > > > > Ian ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
