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Wireless Bluetooth Sunglasses
elecngnr writes "Motorola and Oakley are going to team up to create Bluetooth enabled sunglasses. At the CES, Motorola had also announced that they would be developing some bluetooth embedded clothing with Burton, a snowboarding company. " Speakers built into the hood, and controls built into the jacket for your audio player and phone.
What instructions are there on the laundry tab ?
is this even washable ?
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Because the manufacturers need another reason to charge you two hundred dollars for five cents worth of plastic?
Will the glasses black out if a Microsoft product comes on screen? Or will they turn blue?
This is another way of starting a sig with this and ending it with that.
Call me back when you've got a bluetooth HUD or something. The MP3 player can sit in my pocket.
Yes. MS recommends that when this happens you remove the glasses, fold them up, put them in the case, get them back out, and them put them back on...oh yea, and they recommend installing SP2.
Having done so much with so little for so long, I now can do anything with nothing at all.
Does this mean I have to worry about hackers turning my socks into spam zombies?
"He who throws mud, loses ground." - proverb
snowboarding
I was just thinking that what attitude-is-everything people racing down an icy Pennsylvania hill, weaving through other people on a slippery, metal-edged plank and attempting to periodically sail through the air need is an easier way to block their senses.
Don't disappoint your bird dog. Go to the range.
And Bluetooth-enabled sunglasses do what exactly? Unfortunately, the article doesn't say. I'm guessing they're going to provide an audio output facility, but who knows for sure?
I'm off to install a Bluetooth chip into my toilet. What is it going to do? Damned if I know, but one things for sure -- /. front page, here I (and my Bluetooth-enabled toilet) come!
Yaz
(...who actually has and uses two Bluetooth devices).
Auto dry? Auto fit? Auto lace? If it ain't up to McFly's standards, it ain't worth purchasing.
Sigs are for Terrorists.
for uncompressed "CD quality" audio, what enables these new headphones and this new sunglasses are the Advanced Audio Distribution Profile, which compresses the audio using the low complexity lossless Sub-Band Codec. These devices usually also support a profile that enables you to play, pause, forward and rewind, or, if paired to a telephone too, to mute the audio when a call is received. This all seems very nice, I just wish these profiles get supported in Tiger (and Longhorn, or Windows XP new Bluetooth stack, to be fair). Can't wait to get some more wireless audio.
Motorola and Oakley better check with their legal departments...Suntiger Inc. might try and sue to protect their intellectual property for "blue blocking sunglasses" which sounds eerily similar to "blue tooth technology".
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Wireless Bluetooth?
did I miss a meeting?
If i walk outside my bluetooth radius, i become scared and confused.
What a great product! Now everyone can cause WLAN interference without even trying!
A beowulf cluster of people wearing similar sunglasses... Ok, that even creeps me out.
Would that be a shitty interface to your crapper?
Have you ever been to a turkish prison?
Oh yeah baby, that's Stylish with a BIG S.
Take a gander here at the mp3 version. Don't be fooled by the photography, these babies are BULBOUS! I think they're going for the cyborg look.
All I know for sure is that when I say them in compusa I just couldn't stop laughing.
I can't imagine using those things snowboarding. They look like they'd fly off with one quick turn of the head. I like lightweight and simple glasses for boarding. They WILL come off your face, unless of course, you are much better than me and NEVER find yourself yardsailing down the slope. Did I mention that they look like shit.
Yeah this is a good idea.
First we complain about drivers being distracted with phones while on the road. Just wait till we have skiers/boarders doing the same. Not being able to hear when you are listening to your iPod is really safe
When clothing actually has enough processing power and connectivity, you will be able to say:
"There's a clan match in my pants and everyone's invited."
DAMN YOU bluetooth device people!
If you never make mistakes, it's probably because you're not doing anything.
I would'nt really call it irrelevant. I am working with some people who are researching ways to embed household devices with bluetooth. Now, there are some who would cry that this is geek-driven tech and on some accounts I would agree. However, the focus of much of this research is to utilize technology to increase the accessibility for those who are mobility impaired. Creating these bluetooth networks would make independent living for these individuals more of a reality. Bluetooth modules embedded into lighting, heating and air conditioning, doors and door locks, media devices, etc. is a large improvement in the quality of life for these individuals.
Why bluetooth? 1. There are a lot of bluetooth products out there. 2. There are a lot of software libraries for bluetooth. 3. It runs on the ISM band. 3. With bluetooth, you can create a scatternet. 4. Its relative short range is a plus in terms of interference in these applications. The list could really go on from there.
While this is certainly a niche market, it is a large market. I think part of the problem with bluetooth is that some developers have been unable to exapnd their minds beyond the cellphone paradigm into other areas that could make a huge difference.
Having done so much with so little for so long, I now can do anything with nothing at all.
I like the idea of Bluetooth personal area networks. They just need to improve its implementation a little. 10 meter range is fine , but the devices need to be able to interact a bit better. For example I own a jabra headset , a bluetooth enabled phone (n-gage) , a bluetooth enabled PDA ( axim x50v ) and a usb adaptor for my laptop. I use the headset with my phone , and for skype(out) with my PDA and laptop, and utilising the audio gateway for voice notes on my PDA and laptop. I use bluetooth to install(sync) programs on my PDA from my laptop. I use my phone to control winamp on my computer.( Bemused ). My laptop and PDA use bluetooth to access the GPRS modem on my phone. I would like to see better bandwidth and implementation so all these devices can operate in harmony so I do not have to keep pairing , or initiating connections - I would like to see my devices that are paired operate simultanously.
...I obey the laws of physics....
but imagine a beowulf cluster of them in the park!
Power to the Penguin!
In the UK, Burton sell suits and chav (google for it) clothing. Since people are embarassed to be chavs, Motorola may want to re-think their partnership!
PS. I know about Burberry too. Seeing the business news report that their sales were down due to people being too embarrased to wear their clothes cracked me up.
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