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Re: Daqri Smart Helmet

#11

Hey check it out, more per-worker productivity that won't be compensated

Maybe, but: Is that Daqris fault? Or societys fault for not making sure that there is adequate compensation? Or .. something else or ..?

Re: Daqri Smart Helmet

#13
post #9

They should have called it the DorkMax 7000. Is any industrial worker going to be seen dead wearing this thing, given how it appears currently?

There are cases when people wear things simply for how it looks.

I think that applications in industrial safely is rather the opposite of these.

Re: Daqri Smart Helmet

#15
post #9

They should have called it the DorkMax 7000. Is any industrial worker going to be seen dead wearing this thing, given how it appears currently?

So you are saying industrial workers dismiss good utility because of looks?

Re: Daqri Smart Helmet

#16
I like that they're allowing customers to build custom applications using their SDK. Also, targeting industries seems like a much better way to build this kind of technology than building a mass market consumer product.

Re: Daqri Smart Helmet

#17
post #9

They should have called it the DorkMax 7000. Is any industrial worker going to be seen dead wearing this thing, given how it appears currently?

As if industrial workers give any thought to fashion hype over utility and tools..?

as if

Re: Daqri Smart Helmet

#19

I recently met their CEO, he's a brilliant guy. They recently bought an EEG neuroscience company and are already doing some really cool work with that technology. For example, if you stare at a switch, you might want to flip that switch, or perhaps you were just staring into space. What DAQRI does is have the switch pulse and then measure your EEG signal. If your stress level spikes, you didn't want the switch to fli…

The measuring of the stress level is a really smart idea. Do you know if this is a common practice to check actions?

Re: Daqri Smart Helmet

#20
As a keen cyclist I'd quite like to see this stuff built into a bike helmet, real time GPS, backwards looking camera, speed and route corrections, FLIR for night riding will be interesting to see where we are in 5 years if this takes off the price should fall pretty rapidly.
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