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Hacker in India Makes Google Glass Replica for $75, Opens the Design

posted by janrinok on Wednesday August 27 2014, @02:31PM   
from the reinventing-the-wheel-and-making-it-open-knowledge dept.

gewg_ writes:

iGyaan reports

Cochin-based Arvind Sanjeev has invented the "Smart Cap" which is basically a nerdier version of the sleek Google Glass. Now we, of course, need to cut him some slack as he didn't have the huge monetary resources backing those researchers at Google X.

Arvind's design, though rudimentary, is pretty functional. The raw materials that went into making the Smart Cap are easily available. The Smart Cap uses a USB Webcam, an LCD panel, aspheric lens, headphones, a Raspberry Pi Board, a sun board sheet, and glue which is a DIY guy's favorite tool.

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What is really appreciable is that he put the entire project in DIY and posted it for anyone to create their own smart cap. He has been doing this for a while and has uploaded several DIY tutorials. He also owns a start-up called A.R.S devices which make devices for automation, connected devices, and safety purposes.

• Marketing Pitch Marketing Pitch (Score: 5, Funny) by cafebabe on Wednesday August 27 2014, @03:56PM

  by cafebabe (894) on Wednesday August 27 2014, @03:56PM (#86311) Journal

   

  I've got a great marketing pitch: Why look like a glasshole when you can look like an A.R.S-hole?

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• Re:Marketing Pitch (Score: 3, Funny) by present_arms on Wednesday August 27 2014, @04:21PM

  by present_arms (4392) on Wednesday August 27 2014, @04:21PM (#86325) Homepage Journal

  Why look like a glasshole when you can look like an A.R.S-hole?

  Because I already look like one :(

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• Re:Marketing Pitch Re:Marketing Pitch (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 27 2014, @04:26PM

  by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 27 2014, @04:26PM (#86331)

  test

  I noticed the parent comment had an empty blockquote... am testing to see if that is a bug in the site. If it was intentionally made empty, please let us know. It's caused a bit of a stir among the site's maintainers.

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  • Re:Marketing Pitch Re:Marketing Pitch (Score: 3, Informative) by tibman on Wednesday August 27 2014, @04:30PM

    by tibman (134) on Wednesday August 27 2014, @04:30PM (#86339)

    It's intentional. Someone figured out that pipedot chokes on blockquotes. Putting one at the beginning of a comment keeps it from being scraped. Probably only a matter of time before that is fixed though : )

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    • Re:Marketing Pitch (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 27 2014, @04:42PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 27 2014, @04:42PM (#86345)

      Thanks for the QUICK reply!

      FWIW, it appears that the scraped stories and comments have been removed from pipedot.

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    • Re:Marketing Pitch (Score: 2) by dyingtolive on Wednesday August 27 2014, @05:34PM

      by dyingtolive (952) on Wednesday August 27 2014, @05:34PM (#86372)

      I was going to point that out too, but you beat me to it.

      At any rate, the pipedot scraping appears to be mutually accepted by the powers that be. I fear that subverting it will cause more confusion than productivity.

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    • A bunch of silly children (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 27 2014, @05:57PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 27 2014, @05:57PM (#86381)

      An individual holds a copyright on everything he writes.
      If you have a problem with someone reposting something you wrote, issue a DMCA takedown.
      When Pipedot receives enough of these, it will become cumbersome for them and the behavior will stop.

      You're welcome.

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