Daqri Smart Helmet
daqri.com
daqri.com
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 flip. If the opposite happens, you did want to flip the switch and the action goes through. Their helmets also use the EEG sensor (combined with an oximeter I think) to be able to detect heart attacks and call an ambulance before you realize what's happening.
They also took over actively maintaining ARToolkit, which had become neglected in recent years. The reason they did this was they hated seeing researchers using Vuforia (a closed source black-box) and wanted the standard for AR to be open source again.
Now, I do not understand why a flashing switch should create stress.
"Oh, shoot, no, I don't want that switch to flip!"
I wonder, though, if after enough use, you'll acclimate to the device being "smart", and no longer stress about the switch flipping.
I suppose the problem solves itself, though, because one false positive puts you right back into the stress zone.
I am teaching my 5 and 7 year old children this very important fact of life. The things you actually control are very, very limited. If you can't control your own heart beat, why would you worry about what others thought of your helmet, jeans, hair cut, shoes, etc? The fact is even if it was "cool" to some, it would be idiotic to others... and you have no control over either.
Granted, the control is indirect: You have zero control over what people would think of you if you were to wear corduroys and a Hawaiian shirt, but you can control if you wear corduroys and a Hawaiian shirt.
I can only control my thoughts and the actions borne from those thoughts.
I couldn't disagree more
> I can only control my thoughts and the actions borne from those thoughts.
This part I completely agree with. If one doesn't at least try to attempt to work out the consequences of the actions borne from those thoughts, then one is being irresponsible.
If you walk into a bar, pick the largest drunk man in there and call his mother a whore, then there's a decent chance you will get punched. You did not punch yourself in the face, but to pretend that you had no control over this consequence is ridiculous.
There is a ton of value in Stoic philosophy that has been lost in modern society. The same modern society that worships "looks", "Celebrity", and countless other craptacular "things" that haven't materially changed the human condition for the better.
Before you tell me that you have control of your body: Make your heartbeat exactly 137 times a minute right now and record it. You don't control you body...
Now, skill in the attempted manipulation of perception is something... but it is hardly a done deal. That is, one can try to manipulate perception but the manipulation is not guaranteed. In many cases, the attempted manipulation will have the opposite effect. See pick-up lines as an example.
I know that I can't control other people's perception. You may or may not come to the same realization some day....
Plus, there are links at the top of the page that go into details.
Awesome technology, but their marketing/information leaves a lot to be desired.
I think that applications in industrial safely is rather the opposite of these.
as if
We wear the helmet as part of an ensemble that could use a makeover for strictly functional purposes, quite frankly. However, tradition and perception have kept the U.S. fire service in this outdated piece of kit for decades. Perception and caring about what others think is silly. It is the equivalent of school age children caring about what "little Tommy" thinks of his/her shoes on the playground.
The fact is we can't control others perception. We can only control our thoughts and actions related to those thoughts. Society will not level up until we stop worrying about the perception others have of our stuff and/or the way we look.
Yes.
I worked for two years as an industrial electrician. Industrial workers will generally eschew PPE in general when they think it's an unnecessary burden and that they can get away with it. That's why projects have foremen and companies have internal safety inspectors to police the foremen.
This won't be any different.