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Daqri Smart Helmet

95 points by ccozan 11y ago

beatpanda 11y ago
Hey check it out, more per-worker productivity that won't be compensated
- sgift 11y ago
  Maybe, but: Is that Daqris fault? Or societys fault for not making sure that there is adequate compensation? Or .. something else or ..?
- joshuaheard 11y ago
  That's really a myth put out by Bernie Sanders and those on the left. While it is true that wages alone have not kept up with productivity, if you add in benefits, total compensation has kept up with productivity. http://www.nber.org/digest/oct08/w13953.html http://www.nber.org/digest/oct08/w13953.html
  - angelbob 11y ago
    So what we lose in money, we gain in health insurance being ungodly expensive?
DiabloD3 11y ago
They do know that sounds a lot like "daiquiri", right? Thats sort of a branding fail.
- runamok 11y ago
  Like 'Amazon'?
  - Uhhrrr 11y ago
    Amazon is a mighty river or a fierce warrior. Daquiris are for casual drinkers who want to get hammered in Vegas.
- josephpmay 11y ago
  How they came up with that name is an entertaining story. The founder wrote a script to find five-letter .com domains that had QR (as in QR code) and AR in them. However, he forgot to specify that the R should come immediately after the A, and DAQRI was the result.
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- marssaxman 11y ago
  A friend of mine works for them and he pronounces the company name like "daiquiri", so I'm pretty sure they are aware of the comparison.
forgotmysn 11y ago
ive been waiting for something like this come along. Google glass and MS Hololense will be much more powerful once they exploit the computing space a helmet allows for.
josephpmay 11y ago
I recently met their CEO, he's a brilliant guy. 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.
- hanniabu 11y ago
  The measuring of the stress level is a really smart idea. Do you know if this is a common practice to check actions?
  - josephpmay 11y ago
    I know it's been used previously to help the physically disabled type, but I'm not sure if it's used elsewhere.
- smcl 11y ago
  Can you explain the bit about the switch a little better? I can't understand what is being controlled by what. Is it a physical switch in real life (i.e. is this an augmented reality thing) or is this a button in the UI
  - iDemonix 11y ago
    It sounds like he was referring to a UI switch.
- nullhypothesis 11y ago
  I am very curious about the EEG bit you are talking about. If I remember, they bought MINDO which only uses frontal electrodes. Now, I do not understand why a flashing switch should create stress.
slagfart 11y ago
They should have called it the DorkMax 7000. Is any industrial worker going to be seen dead wearing this thing, given how it appears currently?
- svantana 11y ago
  Agree, they should tone down the 80's sci-fi vibe IMHO. But I think you may overestimate the control your average industrial worker has over their work situation. That is, if it helps the bottom line, these will be bought and deployed by the owners/management, and there is little the workers can do about it.
- SideburnsOfDoom 11y ago
  There are cases when people wear things simply for how it looks. I think that applications in industrial safely is rather the opposite of these.
- Kiro 11y ago
  So you are saying industrial workers dismiss good utility because of looks?
- KannO 11y ago
  As if industrial workers give any thought to fashion hype over utility and tools..? as if
- monkmartinez 11y ago
  On its own, a firefighter's helmet is a ridiculous piece of gear. It isn't particularly good at protecting the entire head, abysmal at protecting the face, and is top heavy. 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.
tempodox 11y ago
The features presentation is animated so fast, you have no chance of reading it. For a web page, that's not so smart.
bjackman 11y ago
There's very little content on this page. I don't know what this is for.
- grimman 11y ago
  Not to mention that it appears completely broken in Firefox. https://i.imgur.com/1wgZlgv.jpg https://i.imgur.com/1wgZlgv.jpg
- Goronmon 11y ago
  It's a helmet with a HUD built-in to allow for augmented reality applications. Plus, there are links at the top of the page that go into details.
anuj_nm 11y ago
I like that they're allowing customers to build custom applications using their SDK. Also, targeting industries seems like a much better way to build this kind of technology than building a mass market consumer product.
gotofritz 11y ago
Not too sure about having something hot so close to my brain at all times. Also - what does it do???
noir_lord 11y ago
As a keen cyclist I'd quite like to see this stuff built into a bike helmet, real time GPS, backwards looking camera, speed and route corrections, FLIR for night riding will be interesting to see where we are in 5 years if this takes off the price should fall pretty rapidly.
- kayoone 11y ago
  Exactly what i thought. It would need to look more subtle though, i don't want to get laughed at at every intersection because i look like some guy out of the Tron movie.
  - monkmartinez 11y ago
    I don't understand this. Who cares what other people think! You have ZERO control over the perception others have of you. The sooner you realize this the better. 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.
    - aidenn0 11y ago
      You do not have zero control over the perception others have of you. Our culture is not so heterogeneous that you can't predict what the majority will think of a given outfit you might wear, for example. 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.
      - monkmartinez 11y ago
        Indirect control is the same as no control. If I try to project what others may think, I am attempting to trick myself into thinking I have control of the situation. I don't. My emotional response to "what others think" is something I can control. Therefore, I chose not to emotionally attach "what others think" to my thoughts to the best of my ability. I can only control my thoughts and the actions borne from those thoughts.
fit2rule 11y ago
I wonder if it does eye-tracking? I think there is a lot of potential for an interface that uses ones own eyes as a pointer device ..
kayoone 11y ago
Smart Helmets are really interesting for many use cases, but i would always be a bit concerned with the battery so close to my head, at these things technically can explode or catch fire. It's not much better with smartphones though, but still.
ameister14 11y ago
This is what I thought Google Glass should have done. Pair with contractors and workers to help make their jobs easier.
trequartista 11y ago
I get that this provides context specific information to the wearer. But the site makes no mention of the safety aspects? In all the images, the sides of the head and the ears are totally exposed. The primary reason for wearing a helmet is safety - so some information on the safety rating and certification will help, especially for people in an industrial setting
- sageabilly 11y ago
  I was thinking the same thing, specifically when I scrolled down and it was talking about the safety visor- OK great it's scratch resistant, I'm sure that'll be a fantastic plus when it's out on a job site. Awesome technology, but their marketing/information leaves a lot to be desired.
joshuaheard 11y ago
This looks really cool. This has some great potential.

Daqri Smart Helmet

95 points by ccozan 11y ago

beatpanda 11y ago

Hey check it out, more per-worker productivity that won't be compensated

sgift 11y ago
Maybe, but: Is that Daqris fault? Or societys fault for not making sure that there is adequate compensation? Or .. something else or ..?
joshuaheard 11y ago
That's really a myth put out by Bernie Sanders and those on the left. While it is true that wages alone have not kept up with productivity, if you add in benefits, total compensation has kept up with productivity. http://www.nber.org/digest/oct08/w13953.html http://www.nber.org/digest/oct08/w13953.html
- angelbob 11y ago
  So what we lose in money, we gain in health insurance being ungodly expensive?

DiabloD3 11y ago

They do know that sounds a lot like "daiquiri", right? Thats sort of a branding fail.

runamok 11y ago
Like 'Amazon'?
- Uhhrrr 11y ago
  Amazon is a mighty river or a fierce warrior. Daquiris are for casual drinkers who want to get hammered in Vegas.
josephpmay 11y ago
How they came up with that name is an entertaining story. The founder wrote a script to find five-letter .com domains that had QR (as in QR code) and AR in them. However, he forgot to specify that the R should come immediately after the A, and DAQRI was the result.
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marssaxman 11y ago
A friend of mine works for them and he pronounces the company name like "daiquiri", so I'm pretty sure they are aware of the comparison.

forgotmysn 11y ago

ive been waiting for something like this come along. Google glass and MS Hololense will be much more powerful once they exploit the computing space a helmet allows for.

josephpmay 11y ago

I recently met their CEO, he's a brilliant guy. 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.

hanniabu 11y ago
The measuring of the stress level is a really smart idea. Do you know if this is a common practice to check actions?
- josephpmay 11y ago
  I know it's been used previously to help the physically disabled type, but I'm not sure if it's used elsewhere.
smcl 11y ago
Can you explain the bit about the switch a little better? I can't understand what is being controlled by what. Is it a physical switch in real life (i.e. is this an augmented reality thing) or is this a button in the UI
- iDemonix 11y ago
  It sounds like he was referring to a UI switch.
nullhypothesis 11y ago
I am very curious about the EEG bit you are talking about. If I remember, they bought MINDO which only uses frontal electrodes. Now, I do not understand why a flashing switch should create stress.

slagfart 11y ago

They should have called it the DorkMax 7000. Is any industrial worker going to be seen dead wearing this thing, given how it appears currently?

svantana 11y ago
Agree, they should tone down the 80's sci-fi vibe IMHO. But I think you may overestimate the control your average industrial worker has over their work situation. That is, if it helps the bottom line, these will be bought and deployed by the owners/management, and there is little the workers can do about it.
SideburnsOfDoom 11y ago
There are cases when people wear things simply for how it looks. I think that applications in industrial safely is rather the opposite of these.
Kiro 11y ago
So you are saying industrial workers dismiss good utility because of looks?
KannO 11y ago
As if industrial workers give any thought to fashion hype over utility and tools..? as if
monkmartinez 11y ago
On its own, a firefighter's helmet is a ridiculous piece of gear. It isn't particularly good at protecting the entire head, abysmal at protecting the face, and is top heavy. 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.

tempodox 11y ago

The features presentation is animated so fast, you have no chance of reading it. For a web page, that's not so smart.

bjackman 11y ago

There's very little content on this page. I don't know what this is for.

grimman 11y ago
Not to mention that it appears completely broken in Firefox. https://i.imgur.com/1wgZlgv.jpg https://i.imgur.com/1wgZlgv.jpg
Goronmon 11y ago
It's a helmet with a HUD built-in to allow for augmented reality applications. Plus, there are links at the top of the page that go into details.

anuj_nm 11y ago

I like that they're allowing customers to build custom applications using their SDK. Also, targeting industries seems like a much better way to build this kind of technology than building a mass market consumer product.

gotofritz 11y ago

Not too sure about having something hot so close to my brain at all times. Also - what does it do???

noir_lord 11y ago

As a keen cyclist I'd quite like to see this stuff built into a bike helmet, real time GPS, backwards looking camera, speed and route corrections, FLIR for night riding will be interesting to see where we are in 5 years if this takes off the price should fall pretty rapidly.

kayoone 11y ago
Exactly what i thought. It would need to look more subtle though, i don't want to get laughed at at every intersection because i look like some guy out of the Tron movie.
- monkmartinez 11y ago
  I don't understand this. Who cares what other people think! You have ZERO control over the perception others have of you. The sooner you realize this the better. 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.
  - aidenn0 11y ago
    You do not have zero control over the perception others have of you. Our culture is not so heterogeneous that you can't predict what the majority will think of a given outfit you might wear, for example. 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.
    - monkmartinez 11y ago
      Indirect control is the same as no control. If I try to project what others may think, I am attempting to trick myself into thinking I have control of the situation. I don't. My emotional response to "what others think" is something I can control. Therefore, I chose not to emotionally attach "what others think" to my thoughts to the best of my ability. I can only control my thoughts and the actions borne from those thoughts.

fit2rule 11y ago

I wonder if it does eye-tracking? I think there is a lot of potential for an interface that uses ones own eyes as a pointer device ..

kayoone 11y ago

Smart Helmets are really interesting for many use cases, but i would always be a bit concerned with the battery so close to my head, at these things technically can explode or catch fire. It's not much better with smartphones though, but still.

ameister14 11y ago

This is what I thought Google Glass should have done. Pair with contractors and workers to help make their jobs easier.

trequartista 11y ago

I get that this provides context specific information to the wearer. But the site makes no mention of the safety aspects? In all the images, the sides of the head and the ears are totally exposed. The primary reason for wearing a helmet is safety - so some information on the safety rating and certification will help, especially for people in an industrial setting

sageabilly 11y ago
I was thinking the same thing, specifically when I scrolled down and it was talking about the safety visor- OK great it's scratch resistant, I'm sure that'll be a fantastic plus when it's out on a job site. Awesome technology, but their marketing/information leaves a lot to be desired.

joshuaheard 11y ago

This looks really cool. This has some great potential.