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[url= http://technabob.com/blog/2014/09/02/cicret-smart-bracelet/ ]'Smart' bracelet that projects screen onto arm[/url]

I call dodgy if even doable? Donations only? No crowdfunding? So many questions regarding the tech/physics wouldn't know where to start....


 
Posted : 19/12/2014 7:09 am
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Wildly over-optimistic at least. That project can be shot down on the brightness of the LED, the compactness of the projection equipment and the battery size/lifetime.

It's a bit like this [url= https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1761670738/ring-shortcut-everything ]ring project[/url]. A nice idea but technologically difficult to make in the budget they will have.


 
Posted : 19/12/2014 7:22 am
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It was kicked off the crowdfunding sites as they couldn't prove it was possible. No working prototypes, no viable plans for getting to one.


 
Posted : 19/12/2014 7:39 am
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reminds me of [url= http://www.celluon.com/products.php ]these[/url] a bit.

if they can get the resolution and brightness, the touch detection is apparently already possible?


 
Posted : 19/12/2014 8:26 am
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That arm screen thing is pie in the sky. The ring, hmmm, vaguely possible, but will probably end up transferring £2k to your MiL if you forget you're wearing it and flog the dolphin.

Verdict: impossibruv/10

EDIT: the LASER keyboard works because it's actually possible to keep a monochromatic beam sharp, and it also works well on flat surfaces. Not arms, and especially not on any bugger's arm of a different shape to the one it was designed on.

[This is all coming from a guy who "designed"* a Mac mini style small form factor PC with a flip up arm for Laser Keyboard and Screen projection in the wall/desk in 2009]

*Pre-university - it was more of an essay with pictures.


 
Posted : 19/12/2014 9:08 am
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The last comment "The expression is shut up and take my money" - well I'm sure they'd be happy to do that. Far too many people asking where they can buy one, not enough doubt over whether it's actually possible.


 
Posted : 19/12/2014 10:38 am
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Is that where people want gadgetry to go then? Stroking/tickling/rubbing parts of the body to control phones? Fab.


 
Posted : 19/12/2014 10:43 am
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Strangely hairless models there. I think in the future we will all have to be fully waxed every two weeks or our gadgets won't work properly.

Alternatively, I know a device that can project your arm onto a screen.

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Posted : 19/12/2014 10:51 am
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lol @ gofasterstripes. True - the times I've come close to mistakenly delivering MoL an Amazon package - and that's without encumbrace of dolphins, rubbing arms, waving rings or anything other than a conventional mouse.


 
Posted : 19/12/2014 2:26 pm
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Reminds me of this scam I saw on Indiegogo today:
https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/bleen-3d-without-glasses

It gets bonus points for using easily found stock photos, and the mockups showing it somehow projecting dark colours.

Edit: On second watch, I especially like that the arm in the bath on the Cicret video is out of focus, and the screen is in focus.


 
Posted : 19/12/2014 5:47 pm