Android-powered camera hat keeps mom in the loop and lookin' sharp

We've seen Android on a Mini-Note, and we've seen it on an Eee PC, but we never thought in a million years that we'd ever see Android on mom's hat. Looking for a way to simplify his mother's regular tech support calls (the universal remote often throws her for a loop) Dan O'Sullivan dreamt up his Camera Hat for Complicated Televisions. The whole megillah consists of an Android handset strapped to the forehead -- miner's lamp-style -- with a custom app streaming camera footage to the web, where he can keep an eye on things while he talks her through turning on The Price Is Right for, like, the zillionth time (if she's anything like our moms, that is). Hit the read link for some more info on the project and the full source code.

[Via Make]

[darkmax Posted Jan 15th 2009 8:28PM]

Naruto-esque headband.....

[(Unverified) Posted Jan 15th 2009 9:08PM]

RASENGAN!

[rTwelve Posted Jan 15th 2009 9:20PM]

Naruto-esque anime eyes...

[(Unverified) Posted Jan 15th 2009 10:52PM]

Katon: Haisekishō!!!

[(Unverified) Posted Jan 15th 2009 11:43PM]

yeah...both make the wearer look pretty dumb.

[(Unverified) Posted Jan 16th 2009 6:11AM]

Shiki Fūjin!!!

[OneLove Posted Jan 16th 2009 2:00PM]

mom looks a little pasty.

[(Unverified) Posted Jan 16th 2009 7:40PM]

Hiraishin no Jutsu!!!

[imayam Posted Jan 15th 2009 8:35PM]

wtf is up with 'moms' eyes??????

[Creativity Posted Jan 15th 2009 9:04PM]

yea man that scared the shit out of me.

[(Unverified) Posted Jan 15th 2009 9:47PM]

She has cancer because there is a cellphone strapped to her brain...

[(Unverified) Posted Jan 15th 2009 10:19PM]

Looks like mom's been on a bender.

[(Unverified) Posted Jan 15th 2009 9:54PM]

Ummmm...they're plastic? That, or he got tired of trying tell her how to turn the TV on and cut her head off and put it on that table it's sitting on.

[(Unverified) Posted Jan 15th 2009 10:33PM]

Go blame daddy who kept mom up all night.

[(Unverified) Posted Jan 15th 2009 8:36PM]

except the G1 can't take decent pictures

[(Unverified) Posted Jan 15th 2009 8:43PM]

The g1 actually can take great pictures but not in low light wich is all i seem to get

[Smart People Play Tuba Posted Jan 15th 2009 8:56PM]

Speaking of not taking decent pictures . . . flash totally washed out that photo. DUDE, back up and use the zoom! Geez!

[(Unverified) Posted Jan 15th 2009 8:37PM]

Cool. Maybe I'm just crazy, but I think there's some stuff on dealextreme that would accomplish this much cheaper than a phone; strapping that hardware on a mom is a waste, since she almost certainly won't be glogging.

Oh, and can't wait to see how many your-mom jokes can stack up in this thread. =D

[(Unverified) Posted Jan 15th 2009 9:11PM]

I got Highly Ranked by your mom last night

[(Unverified) Posted Jan 15th 2009 8:39PM]

Your mom!

[(Unverified) Posted Jan 15th 2009 8:54PM]

Is this going to make another iPhone app - I'm worried!

[(Unverified) Posted Jan 15th 2009 9:00PM]

Is that a Resident Evil 5 screen shot?

[TheAngryIntern Posted Jan 15th 2009 9:03PM]

why not just install a web cam?

[(Unverified) Posted Jan 15th 2009 9:08PM]

If that guys mom can't remember how to turn on The Price Is Right, how in the hell is she supposed to know how to turn on the camera?

[Raziel66 Posted Jan 15th 2009 10:09PM]

Wtf is that wearing the camera??

[(Unverified) Posted Jan 15th 2009 10:20PM]

I thought that I would be safe in this scary future with Engadget being able to tell me who was human and who was a replicant. Now that I see that either they are clueless, or else speaking in code I can't understand (looking sharp = replicant carrying human-killing knife?). I'm frightened. I need to find a tech blog that is fully atuned to the coming robot threat. Any suggestions?

[(Unverified) Posted Jan 15th 2009 10:26PM]

wait...

So who is going to invent a camera hat to help you mom install your camera hat?

[(Unverified) Posted Jan 15th 2009 10:31PM]

Um... What The Fuck?!

[(Unverified) Posted Jan 15th 2009 10:32PM]

Sweet lord. Instead of making your mom look like a dorf, why not just get her a webcam, have her point it at the screen, and talk her through the setup?

[(Unverified) Posted Jan 15th 2009 10:37PM]

dude, your mom is hot..

[(Unverified) Posted Jan 15th 2009 10:50PM]

Looks like his mom is a RealDoll.

[(Unverified) Posted Jan 15th 2009 11:32PM]

Thanks Engadget...I was totally hoping that I wouldn't sleep good tonight.

[(Unverified) Posted Jan 16th 2009 12:01AM]

Your mom.

[(Unverified) Posted Jan 16th 2009 12:15AM]

OMG I NEED THIS NOW




no seriously...

[superhobo Posted Jan 16th 2009 12:22AM]

Or he could have just used Remote Desktop.

[Valicore Posted Jan 16th 2009 1:18AM]

What is with that fricken' almost real looking mannequin head with crazy ass eyes and the whole washed out thing. I didn't even notice the G1 for about 2 minutes 'cause that thing was trying to eat my face through the screen.

[Theli Posted Jan 16th 2009 5:44AM]

So, they taped a phone to someone's forehead...

[(Unverified) Posted Jan 16th 2009 7:55AM]

Correction: They taped a _camera_phone to someone's forehead

http://www.modsuperstar.ca/images/fun_cameraphone.jpg

[Chris Bell Posted Jan 16th 2009 7:19AM]

Brighter flash please!

[(Unverified) Posted Jan 16th 2009 9:53AM]

WTF?