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One of our local mail carriers apparently needs to unwind during her lunch break.
I see her walking the hill by my place of employment, holding a book at waist level, neck bent and eyes down, and walking in her fashionably short USPS-approved skirt.
What this woman needs is a wearable book brace,
similar to the harmonica-holder.
It would have a cleverly activated (note how I dodged the choice of mechanism options) hinge function that folded down momentarily for unobscured vision checks.
(Mechanism activation options dependent on your budget - contact our sales engineer and fill out a "Request for Quote" form)
Not a lot of help
http://www.wikihow.com/Read-While-Walking
[normzone, Apr 23 2008]
Harmonica holder
http://www.gotzblue...ages/bkh-holder.jpg
[normzone, Apr 23 2008]
One of the early prototypes, quickly reined in by the marketing staff
http://www.themusic...-532871--u-713.html
[normzone, Apr 23 2008]
Has absolutely nothing to do with the idea, but I found it while searching for another image that I want for this idea
http://images.buyco...chandiser/21249.jpg
[normzone, Apr 23 2008]
(?) Chest Mounted Book Holder
http://www.wipo.int...4526&DISPLAY=CLAIMS
Half-Baked - no actual product it seems. [DrCurry, Apr 23 2008]
Lamppost Detector
Lamppost_20Detector
Performs your vision checks for you [imaginality, Apr 23 2008]
[link]
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Well, I didn't expect to be the first, but my searches on and off the 'bakery were fruitless. |
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+1 whatever. loads of reasons - find me on flickr.com(flickry) |
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Flickr: "We found 195,853 results matching po. " |
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sssssh my pics are rubbish! |
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Have a bun, from someone who does this every day. (Walking while reading, that is, not handing out buns.) |
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//It would have a cleverly activated (note how I dodged the choice of mechanism options) hinge function that folded down momentarily for unobscured vision checks.// |
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You're welcome to attach my 'lamppost detector' device to it (see link) as an additional safety feature. |
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You know, the other day I almost posted this idea myself. You beat me to it! |
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I like it. A small LCD screen just above (or below) the book, linked to a forward-facing camera, could warn the wearer against collisions. |
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I want my contact lense HUD! |
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Have you not known already that Daimler Benz have such electronic cap that project images directly to the retina, such that the wearer seems to see floating images/videos right before her? |
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Hope someone post the link here. I could not find it. |
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[rotary], I keep hearing/reading of such vaporware, but until I see first hand evidence of resolution of such questions as depth of field, I'm going to assume that we're still in cyberspace. |
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+ I had an idea like this for lap-top users. (no lap involved) |
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"Top users," if you will. |
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A transparent electronic book with opaque characters? |
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I've seen drivers that could use one of these mounted to a steering wheel. |
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Suggestion for the smartphone age: make sure to
install an app that uses your phone's rear camera to
both show what's in front of you, and to alert you of
danger. |
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There was a texting app the other year that did that. No
idea if it's still around. |
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