From: Winston on
On 5/28/2010 7:48 PM, Grant wrote:

(....)

> Hmm, seen the price of a point-at-target IR thermometer? Add a couple
> more times that for the headsup display? Not cheap :(

http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.29079~r.24492410

Thirty smackers? Looks hackable too.

--Winston
From: Grant on
On Fri, 28 May 2010 22:12:05 -0700, Winston <Winston(a)bigbrother.net> wrote:

>On 5/28/2010 7:48 PM, Grant wrote:
>
>(....)
>
>> Hmm, seen the price of a point-at-target IR thermometer? Add a couple
>> more times that for the headsup display? Not cheap :(
>
>http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.29079~r.24492410
>
>Thirty smackers? Looks hackable too.

Nice. I was thinking more of the 'brand name' pricing, 10 or more times
that ;)

Grant.
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From: Winston on
On 5/29/2010 2:30 AM, Grant wrote:
> On Fri, 28 May 2010 22:12:05 -0700, Winston<Winston(a)bigbrother.net> wrote:
>
>> On 5/28/2010 7:48 PM, Grant wrote:
>>
>> (....)
>>
>>> Hmm, seen the price of a point-at-target IR thermometer? Add a couple
>>> more times that for the headsup display? Not cheap :(
>>
>> http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.29079~r.24492410
>>
>> Thirty smackers? Looks hackable too.
>
> Nice. I was thinking more of the 'brand name' pricing, 10 or more times
> that ;)

The uSoft version *is* pricey.

http://iml.jou.ufl.edu/projects/students/purdy/Gates_of_Borg.jpg

--Winston