Comments on: Snowboard Glove with embedded iPod Remote

By: wahkean

wahkean — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 04:48:03 +0000

cool trick. but …
cool trick. but that is a very complicated solution. that thing will probably break on a missed grab too.

By: omfgitsmendipwn

omfgitsmendipwn — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 04:48:03 +0000

cool but.. grabs…?
cool but.. grabs…?

By: crmehring

crmehring — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 04:48:03 +0000

1of2: It is real! …
1of2: It is real! The idea of a touch sensitive key pad is good-we have build those(i.e., keypad on the thumb & activated by the other fingers). The method of signal generation via index/thumb-contact pairing originated from a specific appl., i.e., while driving in a car or biking (using a different two-finger glove. Here, signals can still be generated (by thumb/index finger contact pairings) w/o taking the hands of the steering wheel or steering column.

By: hansolo1024

hansolo1024 — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 04:48:03 +0000

I love death cab/ …
I love death cab/Postal service!

By: crmehring

crmehring — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 04:48:03 +0000

2of2: Using index/ …
2of2: Using index/thumb contact pairings also comes in handy when the # of commands is large, …. in fact with this approach you can actually put an entire QWERTY keyboard on two gloves (video under “crmehring” on YouTube). The snoboard-glove clip shows a lot of contacts on both thumb and index …. that’s just because we used an existing remote without playing around with the electronics.

By: Aragorn450

Aragorn450 — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 04:48:03 +0000

Why is it that it …
Why is it that it looks just like a few buttons sewn onto the glove? Oh, maybe cuz that’s all it is!

Even if it WAS real, the interface is far too complex to be worth anything. Put touch-sensitive contacts on one glove and the controller on the other glove and you’ll be in much better shape.

By: expres2o

expres2o — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 04:48:03 +0000

Just in time for …
Just in time for the new winter season