Deus Ex Shades
Alright folks. Those of you who are gamers must know about the last Deus Ex game that came out about a year ago. Ever since I first played that game I wanted to get my hands on working replicas of the retractable sunglasses that the main character, Adam Jensen wears in the game.
The only problem is, I have not an ounce of knowledge on electronics. I can make shapes out of plastic and so on, so this would be no problem for me if I wanted to just make shades that didn't retract.
I tried figuring out how to make these things by myself, but the world of electronics just proved to be way too complex for me to want to delve into just to work on this one project.
So if anyone wants to help make this, here's what I have in mind...
In the first picture we see Adam Jensen, sporting the shades. Notice how in the game the casings don't really have enough space for the shades to retract into. This is something that wouldn't work in the real world.
There's a picture of a cosplayer that I've found online. As you can see, a realistic version of these shades would require the casings to continue all the way back towards the ear.
Finally, if you look at the little picture I drew, you can see the basics of what I have in mind.
Basically; we need a mechanism that will propel the glasses forward in some sort of a rail system at the push of a remote control button. We can hide this button on our person to secretly push it and create the effect of the user just controlling the shades mentally. You hit the button and, Woosh! The shades slam shut.
If need be, this could be made so that the glasses need to be pushed into place manually after releasing them. Whatever works.
The little silver circles at the ends of the glasses would work perfectly as batteries.
Also, because the shades would be glued on to the face, our primary concerns with the parts we choose would be to keep them very light, very small, and to keep the parts very stable.
If anyone wants to pick this project up, please let me know so that I can help as much as I possibly can. I really, REALLY want to see this happen.
The only problem is, I have not an ounce of knowledge on electronics. I can make shapes out of plastic and so on, so this would be no problem for me if I wanted to just make shades that didn't retract.
I tried figuring out how to make these things by myself, but the world of electronics just proved to be way too complex for me to want to delve into just to work on this one project.
So if anyone wants to help make this, here's what I have in mind...
In the first picture we see Adam Jensen, sporting the shades. Notice how in the game the casings don't really have enough space for the shades to retract into. This is something that wouldn't work in the real world.
There's a picture of a cosplayer that I've found online. As you can see, a realistic version of these shades would require the casings to continue all the way back towards the ear.
Finally, if you look at the little picture I drew, you can see the basics of what I have in mind.
Basically; we need a mechanism that will propel the glasses forward in some sort of a rail system at the push of a remote control button. We can hide this button on our person to secretly push it and create the effect of the user just controlling the shades mentally. You hit the button and, Woosh! The shades slam shut.
If need be, this could be made so that the glasses need to be pushed into place manually after releasing them. Whatever works.
The little silver circles at the ends of the glasses would work perfectly as batteries.
Also, because the shades would be glued on to the face, our primary concerns with the parts we choose would be to keep them very light, very small, and to keep the parts very stable.
If anyone wants to pick this project up, please let me know so that I can help as much as I possibly can. I really, REALLY want to see this happen.
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Rather than propelling it with a motor, a spring would be fine, only the catch needs to be electronically activated, a simple hook catch, very finely made, ie: it's very easy to pop, pulled a tiny little solenoid, or by (I've forgotten the name of the wire) wire that contracts under current. Hooked to the smallest bluetooth device you can find and use as a power source and wireless release.
A transistor with the collector attached to the battery positive and the emitter attached to the release device could be used. The base of the transistor could be connected to the positive side of any output, maybe the light from the device, or whatever other output it has (sound mightn't be the best)
Actually scratch that. (I leave it in as part of the idea forming)
There are these little remote control diggers and cars you get in cans. The innards are more than small enough to be crammed in to this design.
The only downside is that they're IR controlled, so line of sight would be necessary (you may find actual radio control if you're lucky)
They provide a forward and reverse, so realistically if you can get a mechanism together you could have the whole lot.
If you wanted to go a step further, you could build a smaller version of the first circuit I built in high school (either 11 or 12 at the time, easy thing to do.)
It's a light sensor circuit that includes very few components, the little light, you replace with a motor instead.