Collaborate Disseminate
You shouldn’t be looking at screens when you’re driving, but what about a heads-up display? A screen that could put relevant information in your field of vision would be great, even more so if it used a Raspberry Pi. That’s exactly what [John] did, only he did it with an …read more
Continue reading Python and Pi Provide Heads Up Display For Your Experimental Airplane
Will bringing more digital information to our displays make driving safer, or make us even more distracted? Continue reading How Augmented Reality Will Project A New World Onto Our Windshields
[Ricardo Ferro] didn’t want to buy a Google Glass, so he made his own.
The Raspberry Pi Zero Prism consists of a 3D-printed headset the side-pieces of which hold a variety of electronic components, including a Pi Zero running Raspbian Jessie, a Pi Noir IR camera, a WiFi/Bluetooth module and a whole mess of SMD tactile push buttons. Video output is provided by a Kopin 922K display module. This module is usually used in smart goggles and uses a prism to reflect information into the wearer’s field of view.
One application [Ricardo] envisions for this Open Source Google Glass is …read more
Continue reading Hackaday Prize Entry: Pi-Driven Google Glass
While most of us will never set foot in a fighter jet, some of us can still try to get as close as possible. One of the most eye-catching features of a fighter jet (at least from the pilot’s point-of-view) is the heads-up display, so that’s exactly what [Frank] decided to build into his car to give it that touch of fighter jet style.
Heads-up displays use the small reflectivity of a transparent surface to work. In this case, [Frank] uses an LED strip placed on the dashboard to shine up into the windshield. A small amount of light is …read more
Continue reading Heads-Up Display Turns Car Into Fighter Jet