<div>Might want to be careful where you wear it, it could help muggers size up whether or not you're nervous / easy to roll.</div>
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<div>-Micah<br><br> </div>
<div><span class="gmail_quote">On 7/22/09, <b class="gmail_sendername">Crutcher Dunnavant</b> <<a href="mailto:crutcher@gmail.com">crutcher@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</span>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">I'm not talking about sexual arousal, the devices can't distinguish<br>that. Just, how excited is the wearer? If the device pulsed with the<br>
heart rate, and maybe emited some escalating sound with higher levels<br>of arousal, a group of people wearing these could essentially<br>construct an impromptu rave anywhere they decided to dance; with some<br>nice feedback properties.<br>
<br>On Wed, Jul 22, 2009 at 2:12 PM, Christie Dudley<<a href="mailto:longobord@gmail.com">longobord@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>> That is wrong on so many levels, Crutcher.<br>><br>> ---<br>> Disrupting paradigms since 1967<br>
><br>><br>><br>> On Wed, Jul 22, 2009 at 12:23 PM, Crutcher Dunnavant<<a href="mailto:crutcher@gmail.com">crutcher@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>>> I'm interested in a mood device, that would essentially advertise the<br>
>> wearer's level of arousal. Maybe using brighter and brighter lights,<br>>> or flashing sequences, and escalating all the way to a warning siren?<br>>><br>>> On Wed, Jul 22, 2009 at 10:21 AM, Jean Rintoul<<a href="mailto:jean.rintoul@gmail.com">jean.rintoul@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>>> This site has some cool GSR related products:<br>>>> <a href="http://www.mindgrowth.com/store/">http://www.mindgrowth.com/store/</a><br>>>><br>>>> You could just make your own metal plates and hook them into the unit.<br>
>>> The GSR units from Mindgrowth output an audio signal which you could patch<br>>>> through to something like this:<br>>>> <a href="http://www.zazzle.com/gn_vu_meter_tshirt-235497926076941642">http://www.zazzle.com/gn_vu_meter_tshirt-235497926076941642</a><br>
>>><br>>>> There are also instructions to make one from scratch:<br>>>> <a href="http://instruct1.cit.cornell.edu/courses/ee476/FinalProjects/s2006/hmm32_pjw32/index.html">http://instruct1.cit.cornell.edu/courses/ee476/FinalProjects/s2006/hmm32_pjw32/index.html</a><br>
>>><br>>>> Cheers,<br>>>><br>>>> Jean<br>>>><br>>>> On Tue, Jul 21, 2009 at 9:53 PM, Martin Bogomolni <<a href="mailto:martinbogo@gmail.com">martinbogo@gmail.com</a>><br>
>>> wrote:<br>>>>><br>>>>> It can absolutely be made smaller/slimmer using SMD parts and changing<br>>>>> out the batteries for coin cells. The question really is "is it worth<br>
>>>> it?" Personally, I like the "ghetto" quality of the device... it's<br>>>>> like a nixie watch in that respect.<br>>>>><br>>>>> Although there is a micro nixie tube watch ( using russian nixie tubes<br>
>>>> that are just 6mm tall! ) that I would love to own.<br>>>>><br>>>>> -Martin<br>>>>><br>>>>> On Tue, Jul 21, 2009 at 7:59 PM, Sai Emrys<<a href="mailto:noisebridge@saizai.com">noisebridge@saizai.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>>>> > I'm curious whether this: <<a href="http://www.produceconsumerobot.com/truth/">http://www.produceconsumerobot.com/truth/</a>><br>>>>> > could be made slimmer.<br>>>>> ><br>
>>>> > (One note 'cause it always annoys me, especially from someone who<br>>>>> > should know better: GSR is not a 'lie detection' test, it's an<br>>>>> > arousal/stress<br>
>>>> > detection test. People get aroused for all sorts of reasons that don't<br>>>>> > tell you in any way close to reliable whether they're lying. Cf. Paul<br>>>>> > Ekman, "Telling Lies".)<br>
>>>> ><br>>>>> > I'd want it to be much simpler and low-key than that example -<br>>>>> > preferably similar in form factor to the compass anklet I saw a couple<br>>>>> > of you working on, and with sensors on the inside of the wristband<br>
>>>> > rather than requiring an additional finger sensor.<br>>>>> ><br>>>>> > I don't know if that's possible though, as my knowledge of EE &<br>>>>> > circuit design / component availability is minimal.<br>
>>>> ><br>>>>> > Some possibilities drawn from ignorance:<br>>>>> > * swap AAA for wafer-type battery(s)<br>>>>> > * smaller chip, or maybe even chipless (if e.g. one could make the<br>
>>>> > skin itself be a resistor like in normal dimmable lights?)<br>>>>> > * flexible breadboard or other replacement for the big hard thing<br>>>>> > * smaller LEDs - or something else that lights up from one end to the<br>
>>>> > other depending on power applied? (e.g. do any EL wires or similar<br>>>>> > things do this?)<br>>>>> ><br>>>>> > If it helps, I have a decent cheap fingertip pulse oximeter that could<br>
>>>> > be cannibalized. If this wristband could also show pulse & O2 while<br>>>>> > still being slim, so much the awesomer.<br>>>>> ><br>>>>> > So, to those of you who do: is it? How would I go about making this?<br>
>>>> ><br>>>>> > - Sai<br>>>>> > _______________________________________________<br>>>>> > Noisebridge-discuss mailing list<br>>>>> > <a href="mailto:Noisebridge-discuss@lists.noisebridge.net">Noisebridge-discuss@lists.noisebridge.net</a><br>
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