Bright Eyes: Programmable DIY-LED-Glasses
Technology Will Safe Us machen sowas ähnliches wie das Make-Magazin, nur in England, und bieten DIY-Kits für Elektronik-n00bs (wie mich) an. Ihr neuestes Spielzeug ist eine programmierbare LED-Brille, die einem Coden beibringen soll. Das Teil kann Feeds darstellen und demnächst renne ich mit meinem Feedreader im Gesicht rum. Schick!
Bright Eyes is DIY technology kit that encourages people to learn programming because it is so cool. It is a pair of glasses which have 174 LEDs (light emitting diodes) on them for you to program. These LEDs can play back graphics and videos off a micro SD card (video player), or be controlled using any microcontroller platform. Best of all, we’re making them Arduino compatible! So, if you want to add a microphone or an ambient light sensor to make them more responsive – you’ll be able to.
All of the code will be open source and freely available. We are working on easy to navigate and understandable tutorials for programming the glasses in various ways. You can create standalone graphics, animations, or generative visuals. By adding sensors, you can literally have the glasses respond to music, or if you’re really keen, you can connect them to your twitter account and share your tweets!
The Bright Eyes Kit – DIY LED glasses to inspire programming (via Creative Applications)
Lucid Dreaming Goggles
William Finucane von den Mad Science Labs hat sich eine Brille gebaut, mit der er luzide Träume anschalten will. Das Teil wiederholt zwei Stunden nach dem Anschalten eine Folge blinkender Lichter, die in der REM-Phase des Schlafs erkannt werden können und so bewusst machen, dass man sich in einem Traum befindet. Zu dem Ding gibt es auch ein Video, dass bei uns wegen kleingeistigen Schnickschnacks gesperrt ist, aber die ich mag die Idee immer noch.
To use your new lucid dreaming goggles, wear them for a few minutes each day and take note of the light pattern. Each time you notice the pattern, think about your surroundings and how you got there. If you are in real life, you will remember specifics, but in the dream world, most things are vague.
Turn on the goggles and put them on just before going to bed. If one of the flashes catches you in your REM stage of sleep and you are keen enough to notice it in your dream, you can be the god of your brain! All it takes is knowing you are dreaming without waking up!
Inception in Real Life: Make These Lucid Dreaming Glasses and Take Control of Your Dreams
Google shows Augmented Reality-Glasses Prototype
Google hat ein Video und ein paar Designshots zu ihrer kommenden Augmented Reality-Brille gepostet. Das Ding sieht aus wie Cyclops Augendings, nur ohne Laser. Snip von der New York Times:
The prototype version Google showed off on Wednesday looked like a very polished and well-designed pair of wrap-around glasses with a clear display that sits above the eye. The glasses can stream information to the lenses and allow the wearer to send and receive messages through voice commands. There is also a built-in camera to record video and take pictures.
Googles Terminator-View-Glasses coming soon
Gegen Ende des Jahres will Google Brillen mit integriertem Screen auf den Markt bringen, der Augmented Reality über das Sichtfeld legen kann. Die Brille kommt mit Navigationssystem und integrierter Kamera, basiert auf Android und soll wie ‘ne Oakley aussehen. Das Teil kommt von Google X, diesem (nicht mehr so) supergeheimen Innovationslabor, über das ich vor einer Weile gebloggt hatte.
The glasses will have a low-resolution built-in camera that will be able to monitor the world in real time and overlay information about locations, surrounding buildings and friends who might be nearby, according to the Google employees. The glasses are not designed to be worn constantly — although Google expects some of the nerdiest users will wear them a lot — but will be more like smartphones, used when needed.
Internally, the Google X team has been actively discussing the privacy implications of the glasses and the company wants to ensure that people know if they are being recorded by someone wearing a pair of glasses with a built-in camera.
The project is currently being built in the Google X offices, a secretive laboratory near Google’s main campus that is charged with working on robots, space elevators and dozens of other futuristic projects.
Google to Sell Heads-Up Display Glasses by Year’s End (via /.)
Vorher auf Nerdcore:
New York Times about Google X
Kermit Glasses
Scott Traylor hat sich aus alten 3D-Brillen Kermit-Augen gebastelt. Von 360Blog: „Ever wonder what you can do with those 3D glasses after you go to see one of the latest 3D movies? Yes, you can recycle the glasses, but what if you wanted to do something creative with them? Well, here you go, make your own Kermit the Frog glasses!“ (via Make)
Sunglasses made from broken Skatedecks
(Vimeo Direktsk8glasses, via Electru)
Shwood machen Sonnenbrillen aus alten Sk8-Decks und haben den Prozess inklusive dem Kaputtgrinsliden der Boards im obigen Video gefilmt.
Follow Shwood’s own Eric Singer as he meets up with Keith Hufnagel and others to claim the streets of LA in pursuit of Shwood’s latest experiment, sunglasses made from broken skateboard decks. Crafted entirely in Shwood’s local woodshop, this one-of-a-kind pair of sunglasses was created out of curiosity, just to see what was possible.
Censorship-Sunglasses
Urban Outfitters nennt diese Sonnenbrillen „Embarrassing Photo Protective Sunglasses“, aber Daniels „Zensurbalkensonnenbrille“ triffts mindestens genauso gut. Solche Dinger hatte ich vor zwei Jahren auf der „Freiheit statt Angst“-Demo gesehen, damals allerdings DIY.
Sick of all those embarrassing photos on the internet? Worried a paparazzo took a shot of you doing that thing you do that nobody knows about, because it would get you fired, arrested or worse? You have 2 solutions: 1. Stop doing that thing; or 2: Get a pair of these face-blocking shades. We both know you’re picking the latter, so continue to have your fun, and stop worrying about that possible call from your boss, parents or the police.
Pixel-Glasses
Schöne Pixelbrille von Samal Design, gibt’s in der 6dpi und in der 5dpi-Version und in Kombination mit der bekannten 8Bit-Krawatte von ThinkGeek sieht man garantiert aus wie Max Headroom. (via Technabob)
