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The one I've had on my radar is called North Paw[1] (from 2009, five years after rincebrain's article). It's been on my list of things to try for a while. But t
by johnsoft 7y ago
The one I've had on my radar is called North Paw[1] (from 2009, five years after rincebrain's article). It's been on my list of things to try for a while. But that build is 10 years old now and as a result it's huge—it looks like a house-arrest ankle bracelet.
We've been through a decade of electronics miniaturization since then (thanks to cell phones), so I feel like it should be possible to make it more discreet. Does anyone know of an updated build? I'm an amateur when it comes to electronics so I could use any help I can get.
[1]: https://sensebridge.net/projects/northpaw/ https://sensebridge.net/projects/northpaw/
- user00012-ab 7y agothe BBC microbit has a compass built in, and you can program it easily in python. shouldn't be too hard to hook it up to some of these motors (https://www.adafruit.com/product/1201 https://www.adafruit.com/product/1201) to do what you want.
- mercer 7y agoI suppose a relatively easy way to get something similar is an app that tracks your movement and causes the phone to vibrate the more directly north you are moving? Or perhaps different 'rhythms' depending on whether you're facing north or south. It's not quite the same, but it would be easy to make such an app and I suspect our brains will still be able to use the information as we get used to it. Not sure how it would impact battery life though...