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World's First bluetooth Phone Glove! |
axxxr Joined: Mar 21, 2003 Posts: > 500 From: Londinium PM, WWW
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Via: jasonbradbury.com
What a crazy but at the same time almost practicle idea?...This guy jason bradbury has built himself a bluetooth headset incorperated within a glove so that you can make or recieve a phone call with your hand wearing the glove in a phone position(as in phone hand gesture)!..Who knows the idea might even take off?
Made from a reconstituted Bluetooth headset and a gentleman's driving glove (well it had to be didn't it?) my phone glove will connect to any mobile phone that has Bluetooth. No wires, no plugs. With your phone stashed out of sight you can make and receive calls with your thumb as the speaker and little finger as mic.
I sandwiched the switch that came with the original Bluetooth headset between two small pieces of transparent plastic and heat sealed them together. Placed inside the glove's open knuckle the switch is activated by me flexing my wrist. With a flick of the wrist I can answer an incoming call; with two flicks re-dial the last number. And by holding it open (a mere extended kink of the wrist) I can voice dial. That's right people - VOICE DIAL!
I've decided to include a bunch of pictures my buddy Rich and I took of the initial prototype build and some I did on my camera phone (low res alert!). You should get a clear sense of the method behind this simple but effective invention - rather than me boring y'all with the details.
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jplacson Joined: Apr 21, 2002 Posts: > 500 From: Philippines PM, WWW
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Hmm.. did he use an old HBH-30? This was actually a concept used on the cartoon Inspector Gadget.
The problem with a Bluetooth handset glove...is that it defeats the purpose of a Bluetooth device... it's supposed to be "handsfree".
It's a cute idea. And I might actually decide to make one myself... seeing as how my HBH-30 is kinda reaching the end of it's life... and I have a spare Nike golf glove lying around... hehehehe. Just for the fun of it.
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axxxr Joined: Mar 21, 2003 Posts: > 500 From: Londinium PM, WWW
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No i don't think thats a old HBH:30 but a Plantronics one!
yes it a nice idea...bit silly but alright for a laugh i suppose!..If you do complete your bluetooth glove project please do post the pics up.
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knight4led Joined: May 27, 2004 Posts: > 500 From: Califonia, USA PM |
I can tell by looking at it that it is a jabra bt-200 |
axxxr Joined: Mar 21, 2003 Posts: > 500 From: Londinium PM, WWW
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knight4led..Actually your right it is the jabra,..Thats what i meant to say dont know why i said plantronics?
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EastCoastStar Joined: Dec 07, 2003 Posts: > 500 From: orlando fl US PM |
if i can get a cheapppp headset, id make this! lol
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govigov Joined: Jul 30, 2004 Posts: > 500 From: Back home - Cochin PM |
Hehe very cool for showing off. But start praying that the ppl dont strap you in a strait jacket and bundle you off to the asylum
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batesie Joined: Feb 13, 2004 Posts: > 500 From: London, UK PM |
if they do, keep an eye open for Davo....
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Rocky B. Joined: Jan 15, 2005 Posts: 357 From: Leicester, England PM, WWW
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Talking into your glove? Asylum for sure. Still a damn cool thing to do though. Don't know how the wrist flipping would work out, might be done by accident.
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BOSSHOGG Joined: Dec 19, 2002 Posts: > 500 PM |
Heh! He did that on the gadget show last month. Funny, but as said before, it's pointless.
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axxxr Joined: Mar 21, 2003 Posts: > 500 From: Londinium PM, WWW
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Here's a siemens concept design phone.The winning design from the recent siemens design competition.It basically works on the same principle only this has the whole phone built in rather than just a bluetooth headset!
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knight4led Joined: May 27, 2004 Posts: > 500 From: Califonia, USA PM |
I like the glove better than the phone because it conceals that it has a headset. Gloves are socially acceptable. With the Siemens thing you just look like you have some goofy things on your fingers. |
Gigs Joined: Jan 19, 2004 Posts: > 500 From: The planet Snibertron! PM, WWW
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If you wanted o be truely Inspector gadget like you could also mod in a small antenna too
Its a nifty idea, that is to mod the gear into your clothing (and wearable computing is already something that japan has been designing for a while)
Hiding bt accessories into clothin isn't a bad idea, you could for instance also mod your SE headset into a coat so that the plug is in a pocket and the cords are all internal with an outing near the collar for the mic and headphones. |
parsnip Joined: Oct 26, 2004 Posts: 386 From: England PM, WWW
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Cool
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imanuk Joined: Mar 05, 2004 Posts: 241 From: Stafford, UK PM, WWW
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Inserting the speaker at the end of the middle finger and the mic at the wrist would be a great variation then u could use it much like security staff push their ear peices into thier ear to hear better and talk into a mic in their sleave.
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