biometric feedback device

troynall · Posted: 12 Jul 2008 01:53:17 pm Post subject: biometric feedback device

imagine being able to "feel" a wall directly in front of you in a video
game OR getting tactile feedback like a tap from your finger hitting
the keyboard.

i have an idea and would like to work with cemtech to develop
them.

every other electronics project developer wants 10-15k thousand
dollars to develop my idea.

I would be willing to front the necessary startup expenditures
and discuss terms. but making this technology free to the public
like your CLOVE 2 would not be out of the realm of possibility.

I really really think that my idea and your CLOVE idea could be integrated and allow for a much wider application range. Not only keyboard but gaming feedback OR operating system feedback.

troy nall
baton rouge, LA. USA

Harq · Posted: 12 Jul 2008 02:07:13 pm Post subject: Re: biometric feedback device

troynall · Posted: 12 Jul 2008 02:20:56 pm Post subject:

sorry i was posting it to CEMETECH, did not realize there were divisions among the community.

these mega companies will take this and basically it will become a
novelty item that the end user will invest 500 dollars on and place it on a shelf.

I want people to be able to build themselves within reason.

The basic component run about

20-30 for the device
50-100 for the controller(aurdino or PIC ?)
20 misc parts.

And I would invest in the above myself and have them
shipped to where.

i just don't know enough about electronics to integrate into a controller. after that building a software interface should
be easy to fairly easy.

I just dont know where to start in creating a feasible working
prototype.

Also, the one thing that caught my eye was the approach.
This device(CLOVE 2) can be readily made and that how I
envision this device.

Harq · Posted: 12 Jul 2008 02:29:52 pm Post subject:

There are very few people here who know each other in real life =)

Post your idea on how you will implement it though, something like this will probably be very complicated >.>
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KermMartian · Posted: 12 Jul 2008 02:35:15 pm Post subject:

As far as cheap and feasible haptic feedback goes, the only thing I can think of is microactuators. I know that some of the big companies are coming up with haptic LCDs that provide force-feedback to touching the screen, but I'm not exactly how that works. Did you have any particular technologies in mind?

Yeah, it was I alone that made Clove 2; the people here tend to each work on their own hardware and software projects and publish them on the forum, but if there's a project in the Projects section, it's one of my personal projects. I'm a student at the moment, so I don't have time for a commercial endeavor of any sort, but I'd be happy to contribute any knowledge and brainstorming that you need.
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