> Wildplanet is releasing a HUD text-messaging update to the old
> headset walkie-talkie concept, the Eye Link Communicator.
>
> In short, it's a wearable wireless terminal for kids selling for
> $40.00/pair (not $30/pair as Wired says.) It transmits on the
> 433Mhz band, just like the TX/RX433 modules of yore. (sidenote: I
> like the TX433, it seems easy to use -
> http://students.washington.edu/natetrue/wlcolor/wlcolor.html -
> details it's use in a homemade Ambient Orb)
VERY COOL! This is, perhaps, the most exciting toy I've seen in a while.
I've long thought a toy manufacturer would be the first to implement
truly wireless tech.
> My first thought on seeing this was using it as a wireless
> ultra-dumb terminal via a serial-attached 433 transceiver attached
> to a computer running custom inteface software. Then I realized
> that it would probably be reasonable to drive the display itself via
> some sort of serial interface.
Depends on if it uses a driver board that will accept your interface. To
save money, many toy products are a bare chip, encased in a glob of black
plastic...not even a proper "chip" once you take them apart.
The wireless interface, however, holds a LOT of possibility. 6 AA
batteries is a lot of power, but it's not that much, really...a belt pack
could easily supply it.
This is quite exciting.
-- Chuck Knight
P.S. Quick web search shows it at $35 per pair at Toys R Us.
________________________________________________________________
The best thing to hit the internet in years - Juno SpeedBand!
Surf the web up to FIVE TIMES FASTER!
Only $14.95/ month - visit www.juno.com to sign up today!
--
Subscription/unsubscription/info requests: send e-mail with subject of
"subscribe", "unsubscribe", or "info" to 
Wear-Hard Mailing List Archive (searchable): http://wearables.blu.org
Please, *PLEASE* don't subscribe through a forward/expander/false domain
From Wear-Hard Mailing list Archive (WH)
Maintained by R. Paul McCarty
Archive created with babymail