Show HN: Gauntlet - the glove keyboard
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Show HN: Gauntlet - the glove keyboard
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Re: Show HN: Gauntlet - the glove keyboard
#2Haven't seen a bunch of hardware hacks on HN, so I figured I would share our project!
Re: Show HN: Gauntlet - the glove keyboard
#3Haven't seen a bunch of hardware hacks on HN, so I figured I would share our project!
That's pretty cool!
The first thing I thought when I saw the page was "that's one ugly glove" - but I'm sure a commercial version would be much different.
This also gave me flashbacks to the PowerGlove for NES, which only worked in that Fred Savage movie about Super Mario 3.
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#4Haven't seen a bunch of hardware hacks on HN, so I figured I would share our project!
Got a video of the glove in action? It's hard to understand how it works (though I can guess).
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#5Haven't seen a bunch of hardware hacks on HN, so I figured I would share our project!
Got a video of the glove in action? It's hard to understand how it works (though I can guess).
The main image is actually a video that you can watch. It seems to work by pinching your thumbs against various parts of your other fingers.
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#6Would love to participate in a Kickstarter or something for this.
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#7Looks really interesting as a hardware hack, you should consider adding a longer demo video.
I don't think that even with extended use i could type faster with this glove than using the standard on screen keyboard, do you guys have any data on how fast you managed to type using your glove ?
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#8Great to see more people exploring the world of wearable interfaces. How does it compare to existing gloves like the Peregrine? ( http://theperegrine.com )
Re: Show HN: Gauntlet - the glove keyboard
#9Haven't seen a bunch of hardware hacks on HN, so I figured I would share our project!
Got a video of the glove in action? It's hard to understand how it works (though I can guess).
The way it works is actually really simple. The thumb pad is powered, and when it touches the other points, closed circuits are formed. And depending on which pad is touched, a different voltage value is read by the microcontroller, which then runs our code and translates the value to an ASCII character, which is then sent through Bluetooth to the computer/phone screen.
Re: Show HN: Gauntlet - the glove keyboard
#10Looks really interesting as a hardware hack, you should consider adding a longer demo video. I don't think that even with extended use i could type faster with this glove than using the standard on screen keyboard, do you guys have any data on how fast you managed to type using your glove ?
We literally finished the prototype yesterday, so I can't give you a figure as to how fast we can type on it. We laid the keys out so the most used letters in the English alphabet are placed in easy to reach spots. But even after a few hours of use, I'm already remembering the keymap and was able to type with one hand without looking at the glove, which is something you can't really do with an on screen keyboard.
I can report back later when I get more used to the glove.