[TriLUG] fun (yet stupid) new linux project!

Greg Brown gwbrown1 at gmail.com
Wed May 25 13:55:22 EDT 2005


On 5/25/05, Shane O'Donnell <shaneodonnell at gmail.com> wrote:
> Well, at least you recognize that it sounds dumb...
> 
> WRT54G ain't the right tool here -- don't believe you'll get USB
> support there (if memory serves, there are no SCSI drivers in
> OpenWRT).  You might be able to come up with some IDE file transfer
> kludge here using the SD-reader hack, but you're many hops away from
> making that work.

Bummer.  But that does seem logical.

> 
> I like the Bluetooth idea here, but where, pray tell, is your power
> source in all of this?  And who exactly are you planning on wearing
> this tumor-generator?

Beta testing will be done by the intern.  Power will have to be
provided by battery (hopefully with a solar charger).

> 
> If you're planning on donning a mask and cape along with this helmet
> and running through women's locker rooms (like you used to), I'll help
> where I can.

That is phase II.  Phase III puts this buggar onto a robotic body that
I drive around the house via a web facing java applet.

> 
> Shane O.
> 
> On 5/24/05, Greg Brown <gregbrown at mindspring.com> wrote:
> > Okay, as dumb as this sounds here is what I need to build:
> >
> > A helmet with a webcam and a 802.11 link, preferably a secure one.  I
> > don't know if the WRT54G support USB, I'll google for that in a few
> > minutes.  Assuming so here is what I'd like to do:
> >
> > 1. have one wrt54g mounted on the helmet itself with a webcam
> > connected via USB (this one must be battery operated) - no wires can
> > extend to the helmet.
> > 2. have a second wrt54g acting as the web server, the photos from the
> > helmet can be pushed back from the helmet via a tunnel of some fashion.
> >
> > Absolute nirvana would be some way (asterisk?) to push voice to the
> > helmet from a remote location.
> >
> > It sounds like fun to me, does anyone want to help with this project?
> >
> > Greg
> >
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