Forearm mounted computer/cellphone.

[Kel]

This has probably been posted about before but I did not find it when I searched.

What would it take to build a smartphone/small computer into a device that could be worn on the forearm?

If anyone has done it... How do you do it and what does it cost?

 

[spidergoat]

You would have to design and model a holder or case. Existing phones are probably small enough.

 

[Sarkus]

What would it take to build a smartphone/small computer into a device that could be worn on the forearm?

Forearm guard (as worn in rugby for example), a small computer / smartphone with keyboard, and a tube of superglue. Or elastic/rubber bands to hold it in place.

That would get you a prototype.
After that it is just a matter of refinement.


Anyhoo - the military has something: http://www.crunchgear.com/2009/03/12/military-wrist-computer-takes-over-your-forearm/

And Motorola did something a few years ago: http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9043939/Try_these_on_for_size_Wearable_computers

 

[Kel]

I was thinking something more sleek and erganomical... A choice of colors, maybe touch screen. Built into something you could wear on your arm.

 

[Michael]

Is it comfortable to type onto your arm?

 

[phlogistician]

Er, you spend about five bucks on an arm wallet, insert your mobile phone into it, and strap it onto your forearm. You can get them off eBay.

 

[domesticated om]

This has probably been posted about before but I did not find it when I searched.

What would it take to build a smartphone/small computer into a device that could be worn on the forearm?

If anyone has done it... How do you do it and what does it cost?

It would be extremely easy actually. All you would need is a smartphone or iPod touch, a sewing machine, and a couple of yards of neoprene. You could then construct a gauntlet with its own pouch.


Either that, or you could just buy one of these for 10 bucks and wear it like a wristwatch

 

[Stryder]

During a commercial telephone conference done by one of the UK's telephone companies some of their "future concepts" that their engineers were looking at was both a type of clip on touchscreen that wraps around the arm (Not wrapping a harness around but actually is designed to surround the arm) however their concept was very "fringe" since they were also suggesting a form of embedded circuit tattoo interface system that could be used as phone system.

Considering that date was around 2003 or so and there is still nothing on the market that operates like that I would say it stayed well and truly on the drawing board perhaps waiting for technology and materials to catch up with it.

 

[Dr Mabuse]

Pip Boy 3000 FTW!

 

[Michael]

Pip Boy 3000 FTW!

New Vegas

 

[carl44]

New SF Band for Smart Phones

If you want a futuristic holder for your smart phone computer look no further than http://www.cellband.com They make two holders. One that uses adhesive strips an another where the smart phone has to have a silicon or rubber case protector.

http://www.cellband.com/010.JPG

 

[superstring01]

I'm curious about why you want to build a forearm computer?

Kurzweil -- who's been pretty on the money for 35 years with his technological predictions -- shows that it is likely to be placed closer to the ears. Like a hearing aid today or just the bluetooth attachment. I think he's right. We've got the first toe-dip in the waters of Augmented Reality with the Google Glass project. By 2020, the AR technology will incorporate computers, internet, instant messaging, phone service and personal assistant service. It will recognize your tone of voice, answer questions before you have them and offer information on everything you're looking at.

You'll need it. Because, like a particle approaching a quantum singularity speeds up, as we approach the "technological singulairty", the increase of the spead of advancement will, itself, be advancing. It will reach a pace where the advancement of technology will be too fast for us to keep up with comfortably, thus AR -- medically inserted or worn on the face -- will aleviate some of the discomfort with the complexity of our environment.

~String

 

[Stryder]

Actually the potential for Augmented Reality could well be with full radiological matricing. we live in a world surrounded by radio antenna's meant for phone networks, it's possible to have a person identified via their biometrics and paired with a virtual machine system to allow alterations to their physiology to produce visual and auditory inputs, while allowing them to manipulate the virtual machine to create connections and outputs to other devices or connections.

In essence it wouldn't require handset, headsets or any physical devices other than the antenna nodes and their networks themselves.

However there is of course questions as to whether being surrounded by radiological matricing is actually safe or not, and whether large corporations would likely negate safety to gain their market share and overall profit margin.