[TriLUG] fun (yet stupid) new linux project!

Kevin Flanagan kevin at flanagannc.net
Wed May 25 05:48:55 EDT 2005


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Greg,


	Have you looked into the Gumstick computer? http://www.gumstix.com/

	These come with Bluetooth, and a USB connection.  These are the things
that the Bluetooth sniper rifle were made from,
http://www.tomsnetworking.com/Sections-article106-page7.php


This costs dough, so that may be an issue though ;')




Kevin

Greg Brown wrote:
> Okay, as dumb as this sounds here is what I need to build:
> 
> A helmet with a webcam and a 802.11 link, preferably a secure one.  I 
> don't know if the WRT54G support USB, I'll google for that in a few 
> minutes.  Assuming so here is what I'd like to do:
> 
> 1. have one wrt54g mounted on the helmet itself with a webcam  connected
> via USB (this one must be battery operated) - no wires can  extend to
> the helmet.
> 2. have a second wrt54g acting as the web server, the photos from the 
> helmet can be pushed back from the helmet via a tunnel of some fashion.
> 
> Absolute nirvana would be some way (asterisk?) to push voice to the 
> helmet from a remote location.
> 
> It sounds like fun to me, does anyone want to help with this project?
> 
> Greg
> 
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