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Who Cares What These Glasses Do, They Make for a Great Picture
Posted by Mark Wilson at 1:40 AM on August 8, 2008
What a fantastic photograph. We could tell you the mundane truth behind what these glasses really are and what they really do, but let's not spoil it. Let's just enjoy a moment of unadulterated imagination by staring at these electronic clouds, molding them to any purpose we like. [ladyada's tea party via MAKE]
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ninjagin
Posted 1:56 AM 8/8/08
Yes. Who cares?
ninjagin
fernando_maciel
Posted 1:55 AM 8/8/08
Doesn't look tha confortable...
fernando_maciel
Simpsons-Movie-ruled
Posted 1:55 AM 8/8/08
Oh my!
My eyes hurt just from looking at this picture.
Simpsons-Movie-ruled
ANoel
Posted 1:52 AM 8/8/08
As the original poster/creator says... [ladyada.net]
"it's built with a resonatorless boarduino. the audio outputs are the OCR1A, (pin 9), and OCR1B, (pin 10) and the leds are connected to PORTC, (analog pins 1-6). i built it without a resonator so i could maybe build the thing into a sleep mask using a lilypad board from sparkfun. also figured i could port it to run on the minipov board which also lacks a resonator." ... here ya go, Pal...[gizmodo.com]
ANoel
OMG! Ponies!
Posted 1:49 AM 8/8/08
@iSmithx: Hi. I'm OMG!Ponies! You must be new here...
OMG! Ponies!
tsvb
Posted 1:48 AM 8/8/08
@ws6kid: Lucid dreaming glasses. I remember seeing another article about something similar.
tsvb
iSmithx
Posted 1:48 AM 8/8/08
You all are so childish...
iSmithx
OMG! Ponies!
Posted 1:43 AM 8/8/08
Congratulations, Mark. You are the only person to actually get a pair of actual factual X-Ray Specs from the back of a comic book.
Wear them with pride (but keep yer peepers off Curves, Lindsay, KarinaBob, and Carmen)
OMG! Ponies!
ws6kid
Posted 1:42 AM 8/8/08
these glasses let you control the outcome of your dreams..
ws6kid
Xavoc
Posted 2:49 AM 8/8/08
@faabshaam: My reputation? I looked, and was disturbed. Even my gf commented on it being disturbing at the time. I guess if you want to attribute something negative to having an adverse reaction to an overly endowed 14 year-old you're welcome to it.
Xavoc
faabshaam
Posted 2:43 AM 8/8/08
@Xavoc: a 14 year old? You really risked your reputation by addressing the "jiggle" on a 14 year old.
faabshaam
Xavoc
Posted 2:21 AM 8/8/08
@Git Em SteveDave displays attention-grabbing vanity: Dunno, I saw a 14-year-old w/ a jiggle that most grown woman would envy a few weeks back. It was actually quite disturbing.
@iSmithx: Thank you for noticing! Now if you'll follow me to the waterboarding display we need someone to stand in for the orange suited robot.
Xavoc
mildretard
Posted 2:20 AM 8/8/08
@araddatz: I was gonna say they're for licking envelopes, but your idea is cool too.
mildretard
bpapa9013
Posted 2:20 AM 8/8/08
@Git Em SteveDave displays attention-grabbing vanity: That was actually my first thought, but unless those are very special LEDs I doubt they produce very accurate day-spectrum light...
bpapa9013
Git Em SteveDave displays attention-grabbing vanity
Posted 2:13 AM 8/8/08
@iSmithx: With cans like this, I'm no child.
Git Em SteveDave displays attention-grabbing vanity
Git Em SteveDave displays attention-grabbing vanity
Posted 2:12 AM 8/8/08
Do they address SAD?
Git Em SteveDave displays attention-grabbing vanity
araddatz
Posted 2:08 AM 8/8/08
It's the visual component for an all-inclusive sensory-output/input control platform for the future robot replacements for human bodies. Research is heading toward direct brain-stem integration and deliberate enhancement of neural communication to allow our brains to evolve and expand its capabilities to harness all potential for current and future mechanical/electrical technology (via thought).
At least, that's what I thought of right away... Anybody else?
araddatz
Kaiser-Machead's BSDM Shenanigans
Posted 2:08 AM 8/8/08
@iSmithx: Yo mama
Kaiser-Machead's BSDM Shenanigans
itchytooth
Posted 2:04 AM 8/8/08
@bobdobbs: I can't see where this joke is going. Seriously, I can't see!!!
itchytooth
bobdobbs
Posted 1:58 AM 8/8/08
Obviously they're a practical joke: Put them on and they blind you. HAHAHAHAHA. Get it?
bobdobbs
Xavoc
Posted 3:04 AM 8/8/08
@jimbut: But I already dream lucidly anyway. It's NORMAL for me to have lucid dreams.
Xavoc
Eruanno
Posted 3:02 AM 8/8/08
This reminds me of the last Matrix movie when Neo manages to get his eyes burned out by that annoying guy who's name I can't remember.
Eruanno
jimbut
Posted 2:59 AM 8/8/08
these glasses induce lucid dreams
jimbut
ellito
Posted 3:37 AM 8/8/08
Well kids, those are classic brainhack goggles.
+ Watch video
[www.makezine.com]
Fancy name would be 'neuro-programming' [www.transparentcorp.com]
ellito
heroineworshipper
Posted 3:25 AM 8/8/08
It's a saturation chamber. What drives a normal person insane is supposed to make an insane people normal. Next, arduino electroshock. Buy more Arduinos.
heroineworshipper
thefanta
Posted 3:24 AM 8/8/08
at least they seem similar to things that did that.
thefanta
thefanta
Posted 3:21 AM 8/8/08
Maybe they're designed to keep you awake for longer.
Pilots tried things like this out a long time ago and would fly for days straight.
or maybe i'm making this up.
thefanta
VirreVojj
Posted 3:55 AM 8/8/08
Lucid Dream Induction Glasses Gone Wild?
VirreVojj
bobojuice
Posted 3:51 AM 8/8/08
1st step to becoming borg.
bobojuice
bung
Posted 3:48 AM 8/8/08
^^^ GAAAAAAH! That guys fingernails!
bung
RE-L
Posted 5:15 AM 8/8/08
My headache got worse just looking at this photo.
RE-L
Bokusatsu_Tenshi
Posted 5:57 AM 8/8/08
IMMA RECHARGIN MY EYEZORS!
Bokusatsu_Tenshi
Stearns
Posted 6:45 AM 8/8/08
Clicked wrong button, ment to direct that to:
@OMG! Ponies!: Hah!
There we go.
Stearns
Stearns
Posted 6:38 AM 8/8/08
My first guess was lucid dreaming as well.
@Git Em SteveDave displays attention-grabbing vanity: HAh!
Stearns
ANoel
Posted 6:38 AM 8/8/08
OK... hours later and no-one has mentioned the photo or the fact that it looks like he was shot right between the eyes with a cock and balls set. Talk about subliminal journalism (sic).
ANoel
Tikitiki
Posted 2:18 AM 8/8/08
My eyes! These goggles, they do nothing!!
Tikitiki
arcanedark
Posted 8:19 PM 8/8/08
its the future.
instead of dying in a electric chair...
... u slap these bad boys on and get zapped through your eyes!
hurray for the future!
lol.
arcanedark
MartyrByFire
Posted 9:20 PM 8/8/08
Pretty much every night for me has been a Lucid dream. They are cool but not very restful. Still tired afterward. Kinda defeats the purpose of sleeping.
MartyrByFire
venomous_duck41
Posted 1:07 AM 9/8/08
these glasses make you need glasses. for people with good eyesight that want to wear glasses i suppose.
venomous_duck41
dannydutton
Posted 4:04 PM 11/8/08
Ha all wrong. Neither Lucid Dreaming glasses or xray specs, but a brainmachine based off of ladyada's miniPOV v.3. The code for the LEDs make them flash at certain frequencies causing a supposed meditated state. In addition to the LEDs, headphones are worn to provide a similar frequency audial stimulation to the visual stimulation. The regular kit has red LEDs but this person may have used blue as blue are not an option when ordering.
How do I know all of this? I built a pair.
dannydutton