Yeah, it sounds stupid but hear me out. A while back I read a story about a guy who build a belt that was attached to a compass. He would wear this belt every day all day (except for when he slept). When he turned his body in any direction, part of his belt would vibrate in whichever segment was pointing north (so if he spun in 360 degrees, all of his belt's vibrators would have gone off sequentially).

After wearing his belt for about six months and then taking it off, he noticed that he had an uncanny sense of direction. He could be blindfolded, spun around, taken on a car ride, and still know exactly which direction north was.

Now I don't know exactly how to go about doing this, but basically what I'm looking for is a list of necessary hardware. I know I would need some sort of power supply, a well tuned compass which can output into a format readable by some control chip, a control chip, and a bunch of vibrator packs. I don't think I would need anything that vibrates too heavily, since battery usage would be an issue. So my question is: Where do I find these components? I know very little about what sort of controller or compass would be necessary to make this possible. So I guess my second question is: How easy would this be to make ...without making a belt that looks like part of a 70's space suit.

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Well, using a non-digital compass, I'm certain you could attach eight or sixteen different wires to eight or sixteen (respectively) to the compass... But it would need to be kept flat against the ground.

A digital compass, though, might be easier to do it with but I wouldn't know how.

You *might* be able to get some kind of output from one of those GPS things that people strap to their wrist.

GPS receivers aren't accurate at rotation. The NMEA directional data is based entirely off distance from satellites.

Exactly, the only way GPS can tell direction is through movement. If you are running west, it can only tell as dots on a map, so to speak.

A compass, on the other hand...

Now this is for the lulz, no offense to anybody,but what if you make a magnetized Dildo and stuck it in some whores cunt for like 7 ~ 8 months will it make any difference?

Okay,lets get to the point, i don't see/know how could anybody tell the direction of north by just using a belt which vibrates , but still in any case Zok don't try it on yourself there may be other side effects which aren't disclosed.

Things you may need,
A belt,
Four vibrators ,each fixed on to the belt.
One analog compass,or some magnetic device which would make the circuit complete when you turn.

So here is what i am thinking you wear that belt and move around and when you change direction it will notify you which side is north,but here is a small problem how many vibrations should be allowed in each direction.e.g like if faced north and your front vibrator activates for how many seconds should it go one.
You will need a controller of some kind because this project isn't big but it ain't easy,Nokia 3310 vibrators are good BTW.
They consume less battery power.
I am just trying to shot the stars maybe one of ideas will be valid enough for usage.

I found a few links.

http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/15.04/esp.html

This has a few interesting things about the above article:

http://neurodudes.com/2007/04/05/giv...tactile-input/

This thing is a beast to carry around:

http://der-mo.net/feelSpace/en/technology_01.html

A discussion on making one:

http://forums.makezine.com/comments....cussionID=1813

and in that discussion was this thing:

http://home.roadrunner.com/~maccody/.../compass2.html

That last article is exactly the kind of thing I'm looking for http://home.roadrunner.com/~maccody/.../compass2.html

I pretty much just need a parts list. I like the encoder chip a lot, that's the kind of thing I'm looking for, I think.

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[zok@zoklet ~]$ find jesus
find: jesus: No such file or directory
[zok@zoklet ~]$ whereis Zok
Zok: /derzok/at/gmail/dot/com http://zoklet.net/bbs/

You're FUCKING kidding me. I had a whole mother-fucking list and the page refreshed.

I'm going to be brief:
Money belt:
http://www.catch22products.co.uk/Images/Hiddenzip.jpg

Digital compass module:
http://www.geosensory.com/rdcm-802.htm

Mini Vibrators * 8:
http://www.precisionmicrodrives.com/...products_id=92

Good luck creating an interface between the compass module and the vibrators, but there's your shopping list.

Be generous with rep seeing as I had to do this twice :'(

arx_

Seriously this is a good thread and it's dying prematurely.

Last night I was thinking about how I used to get "phantom vibrations" in my legs, thinking my phone had gone off. It was really weird but I think it was from constantly having my phone on silent during school.

I reckon having a constant vibration on your body for six months and then suddenly no vibrations would cause the same effect.

Eh? Eh?