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The bracelet that turns your ARM into a touchscreen
UK Mail ^
| 12 December 2014
| SARAH GRIFFITHS
Posted on 12/14/2014 2:42:02 PM PST by aquila48
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But what if you have a hairy arm, like me?
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posted on
12/14/2014 2:42:02 PM PST
by
aquila48
To: aquila48
I hate that I spent about 20 seconds trying to remember what ARM stood for.
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posted on
12/14/2014 2:44:43 PM PST
by
dangus
To: aquila48
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posted on
12/14/2014 2:45:35 PM PST
by
4rcane
To: aquila48
the shadows cast by ones hand....on the image on the arm will be very distracting.......
other problems such as the aforementioned arm hair and shadows may come to mind...
scam comes to mind I can tell you that
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posted on
12/14/2014 2:46:03 PM PST
by
MeshugeMikey
("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
To: aquila48
I can imagine what new injuries physical therapists are going to start seeing from people spending hours banging on their arm keyboards. Thining skin, nerve damage, atrophy of the forearm muscles.
To: aquila48
Or a black one. Seems racist to me.
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posted on
12/14/2014 2:50:21 PM PST
by
Mercat
("The sisters did not want to save the world. Someone already had.")
To: Secret Agent Man
>>I can imagine what new injuries physical therapists are going to start seeing from people spending hours banging on their arm keyboards.<<
They will probably break their forearms on the FR Civil War threads alone!
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posted on
12/14/2014 2:52:44 PM PST
by
freedumb2003
(AGW: Settled Science? If so, there would only be one model and it would agree with measurements)
To: aquila48
A working prototype would mean that they could get into one of the crowd funding sites, but at the moment, it is beg-vapor-ware. Not only are there issues with hairy arms to start with, there are claims that it will be able to be a stand alone device (including a 3G card..) With at least 8 cameras and one pico projector, that's some ambitious power management in a little wrist band.
To me, this is just concept artwork and nothing more.
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posted on
12/14/2014 2:53:36 PM PST
by
kingu
(Everything starts with slashing the size and scope of the federal government.)
To: kingu
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posted on
12/14/2014 2:56:04 PM PST
by
livius
To: MeshugeMikey
Kinda eliminates the full sleeve tat crowd from their Facebook and Twitter sites.
Then again, on the othet hand so to speak, projecting a slide show on one’s arm could eliminate a few cases of hepatitis and a whole lot of god-how-drunk-was-I-when-I-did-that morning after regrets.
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posted on
12/14/2014 3:04:03 PM PST
by
Covenantor
("Men are ruled...by liars who refuse them news, and by fools who cannot govern." Chesterton)
To: aquila48
So now I have to worry about one of the “HandsupdontshootIcantbreath” crowd cutting my arm off for the phone?
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posted on
12/14/2014 3:09:28 PM PST
by
Dallas59
To: aquila48
Armed with information...
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posted on
12/14/2014 3:10:43 PM PST
by
Vendome
(Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
To: kingu
seems like it would have a better chance of working on a forearm and with two braclets instead of one with the image displayed between the two (this would fix the issue with you finger blocking the displayed image)
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posted on
12/14/2014 3:11:20 PM PST
by
TexasFreeper2009
(Obama lied .. the economy died.)
To: livius
To a point; I'd think the first thing I'd change is where they are displaying it. The inside of the arm is generally smother, paler and an overall better surface to display on. Since the concept is evolving, it appears to be a lower resolution projection of your cell phone's screen - that cuts down on a lot of devices they have to squeeze in (and makes more sense.)
I think it could work with the right team and a mega budget, and likely be the ‘killer’ device that wearable devices have been begging for. Doubt any place that is begging for paypal donations is going to be the right team.
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posted on
12/14/2014 3:14:25 PM PST
by
kingu
(Everything starts with slashing the size and scope of the federal government.)
To: TexasFreeper2009
seems like it would have a better chance of working on a forearm and with two braclets instead of one with the image displayed between the two (this would fix the issue with you finger blocking the displayed image)Only if they're smart, they're using the reflected information from the finger to detect exactly where the finger is on the 'screen'. The blocking of the light is in that case a requirement. I would imagine that a second band would be a nightmare coordinating the displays so they properly overlap. Heck, just keeping the band in place so you can display on a relatively flat surface will be more than a bit of a challenge.
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posted on
12/14/2014 3:23:14 PM PST
by
kingu
(Everything starts with slashing the size and scope of the federal government.)
To: Covenantor
digital tattoos.... whodda thunk it...?
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posted on
12/14/2014 3:26:23 PM PST
by
MeshugeMikey
("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
To: aquila48
To: dangus
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posted on
12/14/2014 5:09:29 PM PST
by
BenLurkin
(This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
To: aquila48
“But what if you have a hairy arm, like me?”
Try duct tape. Put it on then yank. If that don’t get it a propane torch will take it right off.
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posted on
12/14/2014 5:13:15 PM PST
by
Lurkina.n.Learnin
(It's a shame nobama truly doesn't care about any of this. Our country, our future, he doesn't care)
To: Lurkina.n.Learnin
True american ingenuity. I wish I had thought of that - In that case I’ll get one.
Actually what if I just covered my hairy forearm with duct tape and just left it there - that would make a nice projection screen. Do they make white duct tape with a reflective surface?
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posted on
12/14/2014 5:59:45 PM PST
by
aquila48
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