Outdoor Computing with a Deck Desk

Post by melling » Sat, Dec 21, 2019, 10:41 PM UTC

seltzered_ wrote: post #48

melling wrote: post #32

Stephen Wolfram “ties/hangs” a laptop from his body so he can work while on the move. https://writings.stephenwolfram.com/2019/02/seeking-the-prod... Personally, I'd like a better mobile solution so I can walk to, or around, a park, etc and work for an hour. What’s really missing is a better way to input into a device while not sitting. Add a little voice input, eye tracking, and gesture input: https://atap.google.co…

Just sharing for inspiration, this is the setups the google glass researchers have used (2015): https://youtu.be/sk7cjmYrKck?t=473 - mentions the twiddler: https://twiddler.tekgear.com/ - ..and emacs speak: http://emacspeak.sourceforge.net/ - not mentioned, but there's also been more recent startups like tap: https://www.tapwithus.com/

Post by andrey_utkin » Sat, Dec 21, 2019, 11:36 PM UTC

z3t4 wrote: post #31

andrey_utkin wrote: post #13

i use: - wrist band to hold a smartphone; - use VNC client on it to connect to rpi4 in a running vest; - twiddler keyboard and joystick paired to rpi as input device. This hybrid approach with smartphone as a display works better for me than head-mounted display.

This is an interesting setup. Do you have pictures or video?

Post by wpearse » Sun, Dec 22, 2019, 12:55 AM UTC

zozbot234 wrote: post #21

toyg wrote: post #15

I moved my desk outside in the last couple of years when the British weather obliged. A few notes: - temperature. if the temperature is right for you, chances are that it's a bit too warm for your electronics. Chips get hotter, which can result in all sorts of problems (particularly with big screens and graphics-intensive apps, but modern storage as well is often at risk by poor cooling). - cables. Even if you are in…

> Chips get hotter, which can result in all sorts of problems (particularly with big screens and graphics-intensive apps, but modern storage as well is often at risk by poor cooling). Why would you want to run non-trivial compute and storage in a non-temp-controlled environment anyway? That's an obvious use case for a thin-client setup. I'd surmise that some products intended for industrial, rugged etc. use can be a…

Post by dqv » Sun, Dec 22, 2019, 2:54 AM UTC

clickhead wrote: post #44

dqv wrote: post #18

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I wonder how much of the wrist pain has to do with diet and exercise. In my teens and early twenties I had chronic wrist pain. Now in my mid twenties I've been doing weight training that includes wrist/grip strength exercises (wrist curls, dead hangs, plate pinches) and making sure I get enough protein. The wrist pain is gone and hasn't come back for years. The reason I'm mentioning protein is that apparently joints…

I don't think it has much to do with it. I've been working out and am in pretty good shape and I have chronic wrist pain due to many years of repetitive manual labor involving my wrist. And recently I've also started to feel pain in my right hand from using the trackpad so much... will go back to a mouse soon.

Post by mgsloan1 » Sun, Dec 22, 2019, 5:40 AM UTC

mark_l_watson wrote: post #22

I share the author’s preference to being outside. I have comfortable chairs outside on both the eastern and western sides of our house so that I can sit in the shade and work or read most of the day. I use a flat E&M shield to put my laptop on, with a small flat pillow under the E&M shield. Low ceremony and works well for me. Even though I have a great home office, sitting outside, or at our kitchen table, or at the…