blog-duncan-11-2003
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It's such a small thing - what colour should I use for Wearwulf's LED backlight? White seems obvious, but...
My dad is a keen amateur astronomer, and he always uses a red light because this doesn't effect his night vision. I've always thought of using a wearable for astronimical purposes. Perhaps the wearable could display star maps? If you interfaced to GPS, with someway of detecting where you're looking, you could automatically display interesting astronomical features...
Anyway, regarding backlights - how many people use their wearables at night and in the dark? Afterall, a wearable is meant to be a 24-hour assistant...
I've added a project page for Wearwulf, the wearable computer for under £100. Suddenly I'm excited again, and I can't seem to get off to sleep (it's 1.28am as I'm writing this).
To date, my investigations of the suitability of the Philips LPC210x series have been fairly abstract, but I'm convinced that it can be made to work with only a bare minimum of additional components. I may mention the project to my local Linux group in the hope that their pioneering spirit might lead them to lend a hand - it'd be nice to have some collaborators!
Hopefully the world will forgive the terrible pun involved in the name!
Vidi is pining for the fjords. I've put it to one side - if anyone wants to continue with it, that's fine by me. I've decided to put Vidi out to pasture for a number of reasons:
More importantly, I've found a microcontroller that could be the basis of a complete wearable computer, and the resulting system would be simpler, and cheaper to produce.
I've thought about this for some time, but always held back in order to progress Vidi. However, I couldn't develop any enthusiasm for Vidi knowing that it would be replaced with something far superior. Given that I am my own market, it wasn't really sensible continuing with a product that I didn't want anymore!
Anyways, onwards to the future. :-)
I've replaced »nanoblogger with »PWP, a Wiki Processor, to try and improve my chances of keeping this web site up to date.
I've got to admit that I'm having a hard time keeping up my enthusiasm with the wearable computer display. It'd be different if it was part of a job, but when no one other than myself benefits I find it hard to progress (especially as I've done all the thinking, and there's only grunt work left).
Anyway, in the intervening time since my last entry, I've visited »LinuxExpo 2003 (too many suits!), and attended Richard Stallman's lecture on software patents. »Richard Stallman is a fascinating speaker, and if you ever get the chance to hear him talk, go for it!
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