Lightsuit

[gfish]

I finished the lightsuit last week! Something of a write-up posted here. The most important part is the video, of course, which shows how ridiculously awesome it is in action. (Or so I like to think.)

Comments

[rollick.livejournal.com]

Awesomesauce! The world needs a video of you walking around in it, though. I'd like to see the "local Gs" mode in action. Was it a big hit at Strowler Nights? I would assume it would draw a lot of interest.

[gfish.livejournal.com]

I'll put up an action video once I get that mode tweaked to my satisfaction. Right now it only really works if I jump up and down. What I really need to do is cut a hole in the project box so I can program the Arduino without completely disassembling things, making debugging on this phase a lot easier. (And this more likely to happen.)

Yeah, it was a pretty big hit. Slightly easy crowd, though, since most weren't Burners and hadn't been exposed to el-wire before. But it made two weeks in a row of excuses to wear crazy gear in Seattle. Feels pretty nice to build the "Fish brand" here as well as BRC. :)

[keystricken.livejournal.com]

This is great! And 10 months before Burning Man means it will be indestructible by the time you get there.

[gfish.livejournal.com]

I can hope! It would be nice to get through a BM without having to break out the soldering iron. Though there is something uniquely satisfying about fixing electronics problems in that environment. Very Scrapheap Challenge...

[keystricken.livejournal.com]

Aha, but you can just set up a workspace with "office hours" and fix other people's electronics problems. That should cover you in glory while you're at it, too.

[dbcooper.livejournal.com]

That rocks, and so do you!

[nder.livejournal.com]

did you wear this at SeaComp? When I saw you, you were dressed normally, no blinkies. (leaving the dance room, early in night)

[gfish.livejournal.com]

No, I was aiming for SeaComp but didn't get it finished until the next week. I did have my laser helmet on, though, which I hope doesn't count as too normal.