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+ | ====== What am I wearing? ====== | ||
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+ | A few details from decades of daily wear ((This page describes the rig I wore until fall 2011.)) | ||
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+ | ===== Background ===== | ||
+ | Background (slowly I am trying to gather together and organize what I have been doing with wearables all this time): | ||
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+ | * Wearable Electronics | ||
+ | * biofeedback devices 1978 | ||
+ | * TENS/ | ||
+ | * Wearable Dedicated Purpose Computers - Reading Machines 1986 - 1994 | ||
+ | * Baby steps - practical computer speech and taking it on the road 1986 | ||
+ | * NEC Multispeed + Covox " | ||
+ | * RadioShack Mod100 + synthetic speech 1989 - 1992 | ||
+ | * Dectalk Multivoice + NEC or Mod100 1992 - 1994 | ||
+ | * Wearable General Purpose Computers - On Body Linux | ||
+ | * [[/ | ||
+ | * [[/ | ||
+ | * [[/ | ||
+ | * [[/ | ||
+ | * [[/ | ||
+ | * Post-Charmit Herbert on Xscale and Crusoe 2004-2006 | ||
+ | * [[# | ||
+ | * I/0 Gamepads, Chorders, Headsets and Displays | ||
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+ | * [[/ | ||
+ | * [[/ | ||
+ | * [[/ | ||
+ | * [[timeline_of_rigs]] | ||
+ | * [[chorder> | ||
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+ | ===== Essential Software ===== | ||
+ | In an attempt to reduce the clutter, I have broken this section out into its own page: [[software]] | ||
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+ | ====== Linux on the Sony VGN-UX280P ====== | ||
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+ | ===== Current OS: Lubuntu 10.10 ===== | ||
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+ | <columns 100% 45% 45% > | ||
+ | ===== What's under the hood?===== | ||
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+ | You can check Sony's web site for full details, here are the ones that matter to me: | ||
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+ | * Intel Core Solo Processor U1400 (1.2GHz) | ||
+ | * 1 GB Ram | ||
+ | * 40 gig Hard drive | ||
+ | * supported 802.11g | ||
+ | * supported sound | ||
+ | * supported external display | ||
+ | * USB 2.0 | ||
+ | * 5.91" | ||
+ | * 1.2lbs. | ||
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+ | ===== What Doesn' | ||
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+ | * hi res built in camera, the web cam on the display side works fine though. | ||
+ | * finger print reader - haven' | ||
+ | * cellular EDGE modem - haven' | ||
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+ | ===== What Works ===== | ||
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+ | * external monitor | ||
+ | * Video out (thanks to [[http:// | ||
+ | * all sound - internal, headphone, via a/v out, mic | ||
+ | * suspend/ | ||
+ | * touch screen mostly works, I rarely use the screen, but was able to get it working well with the info from John Jorgensen UX280 pages((http:// | ||
+ | * 802.11g wireless | ||
+ | * acpi accurately reports battery time remaining | ||
+ | * Bluetooth with a jabra headset | ||
+ | * Webcam on the display side of the device (it has 2 cameras - it //is// a sony after all, one works under linux, the other does not) | ||
+ | * Memory Stick Slot - I am trying out the alpha version of the TI driver from [[http:// | ||
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+ | </ | ||
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+ | ===== Helpful UX links ===== | ||
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+ | * [[http:// | ||
+ | * [[http:// | ||
+ | * [[http:// | ||
+ | * [[http:// | ||
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+ | * [[http:// | ||
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+ | ===== Screen Shots ===== | ||
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+ | ==== Vuzix Tac-Eye ==== | ||
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+ | I am now (May 2009) using a Tac-Eye from Vuzix. Here are a few quick shots of how I have it mounted on my glasses. | ||
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+ | ==== Microoptical ==== | ||
+ | Since May of 2009 I have been using the Tac-Eye 800x600 display described above. | ||
+ | Here is my old description of the microoptical. | ||
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+ | Xubuntu looks great on the sony's 1024x600 display. However when I wear I am using a 640x480 display which is always going to look crowded with any modern window manager. Even more so when you make things large enough to see quickly while wearing (and trying not to walk into a tree). You have been warned. Here is a cluttered screen shot of the 640x480 microoptical in xubuntu displaying the overlay of my [[http:// | ||
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+ | ===== 2009 ===== | ||
+ | ? 3g connection | ||
+ | :: Well, after two decades of explaining that I have many uses for my wearable which don't require a full time network connection, I have finaly gone and orded a 3g connectivity plan. The modem has decent power consumption specs, Transmit: max 650mA, Idle: max 115mA. So, leaving it plugged in all the time would mean I raise my base power consumption by 0.6w/hr. | ||
+ | : Initial and setup required an os other than linux, but once done it has been working quite nicely with pppd. | ||
+ | ? Vuzix Tac-Eye 800x600 display | ||
+ | :: May 2009 I have moved from the 640x480 4bit Microoptical to an 800x600 full color Tac-Eye. | ||
+ | : I am trying to change the mount on it a bit to better work with my glasses and my useage patterns. | ||
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+ | ===== 2008 ===== | ||
+ | ? Xubuntu upgrade | ||
+ | :: 8.04LTS xubuntu upgrade. It went very smoothly. | ||
+ | ? [[chorder> | ||
+ | :: As of today Friday, Jan. 4th 2008, the Spiffchorder is fully working. | ||
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+ | ===== 2007 ===== | ||
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+ | ===== Changes Fall - Winter 2007 ===== | ||
+ | <columns 100% 50% 50%> | ||
+ | ? Twiddler no more Oct. 2007 | ||
+ | :: I am very happy to say that I am back to using my 7 button chording keyboard. Thanks to Mikkel Holm Olsen it no longer requires a special kernel driver. It is now seen as an HID compliant usb keyboard! The code is not quite polished enough for public release, but very soon now. | ||
+ | .. [[chorder> | ||
+ | NEWCOL | ||
+ | :: So what was the upshot of my [[http:// | ||
+ | ..But on the last day I used it my speed was still under 15 wpm. I am told that this is not typical, but then I never said I had a neuro-typical brain. So, I put my seven key chorder back on (after not using it all those same months) and did 55 wpm. My brain and fingers work better with my hand open and with fewer buttons. Mikkel is cleaning up the code, I am trying to help with the documentation and then it will be posted for folks to build their own. | ||
+ | </ | ||
+ | ? Dual Holster Oct. 2007 | ||
+ | :: The denim bag I had been using has been replaced by a holster. On the right side is a pocket that holds the battery, now a battery geek BG 14-18-88 (88.8Wh) which gives me around 10 hours of run time. On the left side is the sony, the keyboard dongle, the usb hub and dongle for the display. There is no longer a strap across the front as this balances well and stays in close to my body without one. | ||
+ | ..{{people: | ||
+ | .. A = Sony UX280P, B = Battery Geeks Battery pack, C = [[chorder> | ||
+ | .. And a few pictures of me in it from Jan. 2008 (wearing on the outside so you can see it): | ||
+ | <columns 100% 30% 32% 30% > | ||
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+ | NEWCOL | ||
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+ | NEWCOL | ||
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+ | </ | ||
+ | :: At the time of this writing (Spring, 2009)I have been wearing Herbert in this holster for well over a year. It is by far the most comfortable way to wear I have found. | ||
+ | ? Cargo Pants Oct. 2007 | ||
+ | :: Recently I replaced the front of the lower right pocket on a pair of cargo pants with mesh, added button holes for passing cables to the pockets and put Herbert in my pants. Battery was in left lower pocket. Herbert in right lower pocket. USB hub and keyboard dongle in the right upper pocket. It was nice not having anything on my upper body but as the pants are by design a little loose fitting in the leg the battery and rig swayed about a bit more than I liked. I have gone for long walks this way, but I would prefer not to do so. I would defiantly wear this way on a day I would be sitting or not running around much. Driving is fine as well. Perhaps conference or meeting days. But in general, I move more freely with the holster. | ||
+ | ? Jabra BT500 Headset Oct. 2007 | ||
+ | ::I have tried using a bluetooth headset with mixed results. The headset performs well, but the speech server I am using in emacspeak keeps the connection up at " | ||
+ | ? Herbert Xubuntu 7.10 upgrade | ||
+ | ::On Dec. 9, 2007 I did the 7.10 xubuntu upgrade. It went very smoothly. Not much more to say about it. | ||
+ | ? < | ||
+ | :: I have again installed the latest alpha (from svn) of the TI Memory Stick Slot driver available at [[http:// | ||
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+ | ===== Spring and Summer of 2007 ===== | ||
+ | ? Quick note about Xubuntu 7.04 upgrade | ||
+ | ::Well, a few months back I upgraded to 7.04. All went smoothly except for 2 things. The problem is, I don't remember one of them, I only remember I was upset but figured it out quickly. So, if you do the upgrade on a UX and something goes wrong, write me and tell me what it was. I can then tell you if it was the same thing that happened to me and being reminded, what I did to fix it. I will then post it here and thank you (if you like). The //other// thing that the upgrade messed up was my wireless setup. It would auto associate to a weighted list of hosts right from boot. It still works most of the time, but since the upgrade once in a while I need to ifdown eth1 then ifup it again before it kicks in. As it usually still works and I don't reboot that often I have not tracked this down yet but will soon. I would guess it is a startup sequence issue. | ||
+ | ..Since the upgrade I installed r5u870-0.10.0 from [[http:// | ||
+ | ?GPS added Aug. 2007 | ||
+ | ::I got a nice little usb based gps receiver, the GlobalSat BU-353. Worked out of the box and I have been having fun with it. I got lost in Boston heading from ISWC in a rental car during rush hour traffic and thanks to roadnav and the gps I was able to get to my destination (a friends house I had never been to before) without a scratch. | ||
+ | ?Mag mount Microoptical Aug. 2007 | ||
+ | ::Necessity forced this one. I recently had an eyeware prescription change and in the process lost the eyeglass connector for my Microoptical, | ||
+ | .. There are magnets hot glued to my eyeglass frames and to the metal mount on the MicroOptical. | ||
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+ | NEWCOL | ||
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+ | </ | ||
+ | ? Port Replicator hack Sep. 2007 | ||
+ | :: I have opened up the Sony VGP-PRUX1 Port Replicator. I hope to get the components of it into the next vest reducing the cabling and allowing me some expansion. I should have pictures posted in the near future. The goal is to be able to take Herbert out of the vest/ | ||
+ | .. Well, even with the dock cut down, it is larger than the vga dongle and a 4 port usb hub. So, at this point I am not incorporating it into the vest/ | ||
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+ | ===== Feb. 2007 - a few months with a twiddler ===== | ||
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+ | A few pictures of and notes on my current rig (taken during the twiddler experiment) | ||
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+ | This one is made more from COTS products than anything I have worn since the late 80's. | ||
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+ | I have been wearing the Sony UX280P for a month now. It is performing wonderfully. | ||
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+ | The rig consists of a [[http:// | ||
+ | external battery, the[[http:// | ||
+ | ery]] from [[http:// | ||
+ | , I really want to give the twiddle a full blown trail, so I am committed to running this rig with a twiddler for now. (But if | ||
+ | I am not past 20wpm soon I might change my mind on this point.) I will likely move from the Microoptical to an [[http:// | ||
+ | tekgear.com/ | ||
+ | et the ntsc out working. As configured I am getting between 9 and 11 hours of run time with the 60W/hr and the sony 20W/hr o | ||
+ | n the rig. Add 3hrs to that if I use the larger (40W/hr) sony battery instead or 6hrs if I swap sony batteries over the cour | ||
+ | se of the day. | ||
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+ | Installation was a breeze, first get into the bios and tell the machine it can boot from an external device. To do this pres | ||
+ | s Function key and click the 2 key (to generate an F2 key). You may have to do this a few times to get the hang of it. Eventually you get the bios screen. There you have to change not only the boot order but also on another screen you must enable external devices for boot. (This process is also described by [[http:// | ||
+ | in a usb cdrom. I did not have one but I plugged a regular IDE dvd drive into an external hard disk usb2 adapter and it work | ||
+ | ed fine. Put in the install disk of your choice and go. I decided to back up the existing disk using partimage and a copy of the mbr before wiping the drive clean and installing Xubuntu. I saved the images over the wireless connection. | ||
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+ | Eventually I will make a vest, but for now I am wearing in a rectangular bag that I have used for other rigs in the past. It wraps about three quarters of the way around me. The Sony is on my left side, the universal battery and microoptical display battery/ | ||
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+ | ==== Tray and Bag ==== | ||
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+ | | I made a small tray made of thin plastic (cut with utility knife, heated and bent over the kitchen stove) shaped to hold the UX280P and ensure the paths to its ventilation would stay open. | The silver edge visible in this photo is the top of the device. | | ||
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+ | | The silver edge in this photo is the bottom of the device. The black foam supports the various plugs to minimize strain on the unit. | All strapped in, ready to go into the bag. Yes, it's small! | | ||
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+ | | This bag has been used with several different wearables and has become my default test bag. It does a very good job of putting the weight right where I want it. | Now the bag gets closed up (the grommets are from an earlier use of this same bag and serve no function now) The middle section of the bag (folded in picture) carries cables only. | | ||
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+ | ====== Dodge the Steamroller ====== | ||
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+ | A page like this, by it's nature is egotistical, | ||
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+ | It all starts with Thad Starner. Thad and I met on the net at I time when I had no idea anyone else was doing this kind of thing, somehow I fumbled onto the wearhard list and met Thad. There I learned that there were other folks who, like me, were strapping computers to themselves and using them that way **by choice**, it even had a name - //Wearable Computing// | ||
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+ | On the list for inclusion here: Dan Ashbrook, Aaron Tony, Lou Voerman, Jinnah Hosein, Mikkel Holm Olsen. | ||
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+ | -Greg | ||
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+ | ====== This document is and will always be a work in progress ====== | ||
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+ | This page was written using a combination of tools, primarily emacs 22. Then it was convert into dokuwiki format using html2wiki. | ||
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