When it comes to wearables, there are a few places you can mount rechargeable batteries and largish circuit boards. Certainly, badges hanging from a lanyard are a favorite here on Hackaday. A belt is another option. [deshipu] has come up with a good location on your head, provided you have long hair that is. That’s the hair clasp or barrette. It can support a hefty mass, be relatively large, and doesn’t touch your skin.
His plan gets even better, namely to use it as a hub for other electronics on your head, giving as examples: mechatronic ears and LEDs on eyelashes, earrings, and neck collars. We’d include some sort of heads-up display on glasses too or perhaps some playful glasses windshield wipers.
Being able to solder the clasp to the circuit board was his first success and he’s since made a test barrette with pulsing LEDs which he’s distributed to others for evaluation. We really like his electronic hub idea and look forward to seeing where he takes it. For now, he’s done enough to have become a finalist in the Hackaday Human Computer Interface Challenge.
As a bald person.. er.. I mean a person with follicle deficiency… no, still not PC enough….
As a person who is experiencing hairlessness, I find the post DEEPLY offensive and DEMAND it be removed POST HASTE!
I’m sure you could always use some double sided tape or or glue :-)
or a wig.
“Toupee tape”?
Maybe I will also design a version with suction cups.
“follicly challenged” is my preferred description.
HOW DARE THEY, assume your haircut.
Not whig’in eh? :-|)
“When it comes to wearables, there are a few places you can mount rechargeable batteries and largish circuit boards”
dildonics ?
tehe
Made from exploding batteries. No thanks.
I have long hair, but not that many anymore :)
I think this would be unconfortable while walking unless you can bare it and make electricity from the kinetic energy.
“mechatronic ears”
Anime inspired, no doubt.
From Beehive to Rats nest…
This looks like the stuff Naomi Wu does: https://youtu.be/a929IRtg4YU?t=12m34s
I remember seeing barrettes used for batteries and wearble tech like 8 years ago.. way back in the day, like when adafruit was just Limor Fried and led throwies were a new thing.
New we can do it so much better though!