DIY Heltmet Cam Inside Ski Goggles
Capture your adventures in first person by installing a helmet cam directly into ski goggles. The first person videos definitely make you feel as if you were part of the action. The workaround is simple – hack the essential parts of a helmet cam and insert it into your goggles. Something similar to than the covert spy sunglasses we’ve covered earlier.
Your mod skills will be tested in two areas:
- Disassembling the video camera to extract the main circuit board with the lens and the microphone unit.
- Binding the electronics into the goggle seamlessly.
To put the camera in place you will need the following gear:
- Soldering iron
- Dremel (or drill)
- Helmet Camera
- Ski goggles
- AA battery box
- IDE hard drive cable
Will O’Brien takes you through his design with step by step photo-illustrations on his blog. He has used an Oregon Scientific ATC3K digital helmet camera for this mod. Build one and capture your ski/snowboarding adventures from a first person perspective.
If you like your shots, then sift through some of our more popular photography hacks.
January 8th, 2010
hello not to be an ass but what if you fall on your face withe these goggles on…
The cam will enter your brain ?