Pete Hardie wrote: > > R. Paul McCarty wrote: > > > > I was walking my dog in the rain over the weekend and I thought.. Gee it > > would really suck having to leave my wearable home everytime it rained, > > or only wear it indoors, the best part about a wearable is that you can > > wear it wherever you want to go. Has anyone tried to weatherize their > > wearable to withstand a gentle rain, or snow? It seems like a good fanny > > pack or back pack could protect the core cpu, etc. but how weather proof > > is a twiddler or a HUD and how might you modify them to be weather > > resistant? > > For the Twiddler, you could just wrap it in a plastic bag, if the > texture > can be made slightly less slick. Or perhaps a plastic hardshell with > hand > port? > > For a HUD, I'd guess you'd need to weatherproof the whole thing with a > thin > layer of plastic - sort of like that temporary window plastic for > winterizing > houses. After reapeated use wouldn't the twiddler keys would start to wear through a plastic bag and you would have holes? Second plastic around the HUD would probably accumulate drops of water and make it difficult to see through, I was thinking more along the lines of sealing the HUD case and wire entry/exit points to weatherize it, but maybe this isn't practical (or there isn't a "wonder goop" for sealing plastic cases). Also, maybe there's a way to make a keyboard cover (like the ones they use in auto-shops to protect keyboards) that could be slipped over the twiddler to protect it. Thanks for the suggestions. -Paul -- R. Paul McCarty / DARS Coordinator // x52059 317 Lattimore Hall, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY 14627 Computers don't make mistakes;what they do,they do on purpose.-Dale/KOTH
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