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I've had a similar idea for awhile, and since you seem to be actively working on it, let me share some of my thoughts: If you had a very close camera that touc
by daenz 7y ago
I've had a similar idea for awhile, and since you seem to be actively working on it, let me share some of my thoughts:
If you had a very close camera that touched the head, you could map a person's head pore-by-pore. By looking at nearest neighbor surrounding pores, the camera should be able to determine exactly where it is on the person's skull. The cutting device should be a small vacuum attached to the camera that can suck up a few strands at a time and trim those precisely.
By combining the perfect pore mapping to the precise strand cutting, you could write an app to customize the exact haircut you wanted, and the cutter should be robust enough to handle it, even with unintentional movement.
EDIT>> A modification: the vacuum cutter can also serve as a strand-measuring device. So you could go to an actual hair cutting salon, get your hair cut perfectly, then visit the device, which will go over your pore-mapped head and measure all of the strands to remember your "perfect" haircut.
- sumguysr 7y agoI'd go with a forehead rest and camera to register facial features position to control for head movement, and just use a vacuum tube/trimmer with some type of length sensor in order to sample length at every 2mm of the scalp, then recreate it at a later time.
- choeger 7y agoThe last sentence won't work. The haircut will be copyrighted. Sooner or later, there will be head-DRM (vulgo helmets).
- summitsummit 7y agothis is literally the exact same idea I’ve had. except I was also considering some sort of static device that when touched would raise all your hair on edge rather than just a small surface area under the vacuum.
- seiferteric 7y agoHow well would that work with curly hair?
- markdown 7y agoNot at all.
- namirez 7y ago>The cutting device should be a small vacuum attached to the camera that can suck up a few strands at a time and trim those precisely. Like Gerty in the movie Moon [1]? The problem is that it only works for straight hairs. [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=84Ewj-BOBuc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=84Ewj-BOBuc
- mc32 7y agoOr you can buy your own flowbee: https://youtu.be/xTi2Uyz6Snc https://youtu.be/xTi2Uyz6Snc
- gunnihinn 7y agoSo it sucks as it cuts?
- SmellyGeekBoy 7y agoI can't believe I had to scroll this far for this reference.