February 22, 2009
IncrediBIL!
I've been meaning to say hi to everyone I met at the 2nd BIL Conference and thanks for tuning in. It was a great networking weekend for the wearable computing community in LA. We want to put together a non-con AKA un-conference like Mobile Camp. Maybe we'll spin off Steve Mann's term for a wearable computer; WearComp, and call our non-con WearCamp or WearComp Camp. I'll write more later on some excellent BIL talks and interactions about Wearable Computing, Cyborg, and H+ soon. I want to gather some photos, video, and audio together to help share the phun.
DIY Day Today in LA
"Sunday is DIY DAY @sugarshack, clothing swap and restyling. Got something you want to work on but don't have the right tool? Try us out. 2-6PM" It's at the blue house on the corner of Pico and Windsor, 2 blocks west of Crenshaw. I'll be giving a little presentation about hardware hacking for wearable computing.
February 16, 2009
Disassembling Spy Gear's HMD
Reader Gerard Sequeira wrote in to tell us about his tutorial of how to disassemble Spy Gear's ATV-360, a remote control car with a video camera for spying on the dirty socks hiding under your bed. Ordaos and I did the same thing at the MAKER Fair last year with Spy Gear's Video Car and besides entertaining many with our antics, we also managed to pick up the signal of a robot transmitting on the same frequency. Talk about a fun weekend! Anyways, check out Gerard's dissasembly howto if you're interested in building an extremely low cost DIY wearable.
[Link via Machine Grid. Thanks Gerard!]