#lca2019 @jonoxer open source superhumans

this makerspace in melb was set up by folks with duchenne muscular dystrophy, closer to home.

first item: a little space heater for hands. DMD bodies sometimes cannot shiver, become stiff, lose ability to control wheelchair. @jonoxer #lca2019 @jonoxer nick & chris wanted better control of a $45,000 wheelchair, with minimal interference to its function.

solution: bluetooth controls sent to joystick via smartphone, without click & drag

#lca2019 @attacus_au on the non-consensual use of public tech use, and how to be evade it.

spoiler: reality is already scarier than scifi.

this is a live system adding metadata - pants vs skirt, direction of travel - of pedestrians @attacus_au #lca2019 @attacus_au this chinese system matches faces to ones it knows, at a public escalator - v high accuracy, e.g. people travel the same way to work

@erikaraven @bendfulcher @PhillipGWard @agahkarakuzu @_mattboud @damadam @layerfMRI @neuropet @HealthHackAu quite specific problems, that really helped. need 1+ organiser with expertise in the subject matter to a) find ppl in the field b) help them figure out a problem big enough to bother with, small enough to get an outcome over a weekend @erikaraven @bendfulcher @PhillipGWard @agahkarakuzu @_mattboud @damadam @layerfMRI @neuropet @HealthHackAu sometimes i’d start with pitching the hack concept at a scientist seminar, or get intros via other researchers. the conversation starts with ‘tell me what you’re working on’ thru ‘tell me what your day to day looks like’ before we’d figure out somewhere software may help