David Forbes's TV vest contains 14,400 green, red, and blue LEDs that together make 4,667 pixels.
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Will
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I had heard this story earlier because I read Popular Science, but I am still amazed every time I hear or read it. This is an amazing technological feat, due to that fact that you can now -due to the fact of this tech- roll out a flat screen television in your car.
The United States is already the fattest country in the world with a 33.9% obesity rate. Now, we can't even get the small exercise of walking to the Tv. This will also increase the amount of time that people watch Tv for. This could only lead to horrible vision. If I remember, a previous blog topic said that watching Tv could cloud your brain. When will they start considering things that aren't good for you as crimes against humanity?
This is amazing, but I get the feeling that this shirt is heavier than a regular one, and Sergio, this shirt is to let others watch on your shirt, otherwise it would have a headpiece.
This is so cool! I think it would be so cool to be able to wear your own TV! The only problem is that you can't watch it... You can only wear it! Still, it's really cool.
I think that this is really interesting, but it seems like there isn't much point to this since you can't watch it yourself, and it doesn't seem like there is any advantage to watching TV on a shirt instead of a screen, except maybe that you can bring it around with you, but they make portable devices for that, and I think that if you want to have a TV on you everywhere you go, then you probably watch too much TV... but nevertheless it is still really amazing that he built this.
Wow! That looks awesome. I have seen many things just like that like an L.E.D. shirt that shows certain things, but this is awesome accomplishment. But seriously how can you watch it if it's on you?
Calling this a TV vest is misleading. It’s really a monitor, not a TV. The video signal comes from an iPod. The data is converted into signals for the LEDs. LED technology in TVs is not something new. I think the inventor is just having fun and likes to get attention from people. He spent a lot of time designing the vest for no real purpose. Maybe he could be a human billboard.
Sergio made a great point, although this may be a great idea, you have got to consider that we are the fattest country in the world. But the problem with that statement is that since you are wearing the TV shirt, others will get to see, not yourself. This man made a great invention, but keeping his inventions on shirts isn't the right idea. I think it would make more sense if you could put it on a foldable board. Therefore when traveling, we could just open it up and it would act as a real TV. But then again, there is fatness to consider.
This is really, really cool!!! The shirt seems like it would be way to heavy a shirt though, and if you can't watch TV yourself, I think it kind of defeats the purpose of wearing this. Sergio had a great point, our country already has many, many obese people in it and we don't more.
Wow. This is so cool that a normal guy can make something like this, maybe we can work together to make something cooler than this. Maybe something that would prove a scientific theory wrong. Hmm...
This is really cool, but there are some concerns. Is it really safe to be wearing a tv with lots of wires on a t-shirt. What if you get splashed with a little bit of water? Also, you can't really watch it like Sinclaire said. Sergio also has a great point about the U.S. already being very obese. I don't think adding T.V.s to shirts will help.
I thought this is really interesting. But, while you have a wearable LED TV, wouldn't it be hard to watch it while you wear it? If everyone (not possible) was wearing these things, too much electricity would be used and then we wouldn't have any to spare
13 comments:
I had heard this story earlier because I read Popular Science, but I am still amazed every time I hear or read it. This is an amazing technological feat, due to that fact that you can now -due to the fact of this tech- roll out a flat screen television in your car.
The United States is already the fattest country in the world with a 33.9% obesity rate. Now, we can't even get the small exercise of walking to the Tv. This will also increase the amount of time that people watch Tv for. This could only lead to horrible vision. If I remember, a previous blog topic said that watching Tv could cloud your brain. When will they start considering things that aren't good for you as crimes against humanity?
This is amazing, but I get the feeling that this shirt is heavier than a regular one, and Sergio, this shirt is to let others watch on your shirt, otherwise it would have a headpiece.
This is so cool! I think it would be so cool to be able to wear your own TV! The only problem is that you can't watch it... You can only wear it! Still, it's really cool.
I think that this is really interesting, but it seems like there isn't much point to this since you can't watch it yourself, and it doesn't seem like there is any advantage to watching TV on a shirt instead of a screen, except maybe that you can bring it around with you, but they make portable devices for that, and I think that if you want to have a TV on you everywhere you go, then you probably watch too much TV... but nevertheless it is still really amazing that he built this.
Wow! That looks awesome. I have seen many things just like that like an L.E.D. shirt that shows certain things, but this is awesome accomplishment. But seriously how can you watch it if it's on you?
Calling this a TV vest is misleading. It’s really a monitor, not a TV. The video signal comes from an iPod. The data is converted into signals for the LEDs. LED technology in TVs is not something new. I think the inventor is just having fun and likes to get attention from people. He spent a lot of time designing the vest for no real purpose. Maybe he could be a human billboard.
I think this is a cool idea, maybe he should try creating ones with higher resolution screens and that can pick up tv signals.
Sergio made a great point, although this may be a great idea, you have got to consider that we are the fattest country in the world. But the problem with that statement is that since you are wearing the TV shirt, others will get to see, not yourself. This man made a great invention, but keeping his inventions on shirts isn't the right idea. I think it would make more sense if you could put it on a foldable board. Therefore when traveling, we could just open it up and it would act as a real TV. But then again, there is fatness to consider.
This is really, really cool!!! The shirt seems like it would be way to heavy a shirt though, and if you can't watch TV yourself, I think it kind of defeats the purpose of wearing this. Sergio had a great point, our country already has many, many obese people in it and we don't more.
Wow. This is so cool that a normal guy can make something like this, maybe we can work together to make something cooler than this. Maybe something that would prove a scientific theory wrong. Hmm...
This is really cool, but there are some concerns. Is it really safe to be wearing a tv with lots of wires on a t-shirt. What if you get splashed with a little bit of water? Also, you can't really watch it like Sinclaire said. Sergio also has a great point about the U.S. already being very obese. I don't think adding T.V.s to shirts will help.
I thought this is really interesting. But, while you have a wearable LED TV, wouldn't it be hard to watch it while you wear it? If everyone (not possible) was wearing these things, too much electricity would be used and then we wouldn't have any to spare
P.S. Sergio, cool it with the obesity rate, kay?
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