Smartphone Headlamp Mount

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This design is an entry into the Vectary Design Competition sponsored by MakeX. Smartphones today are great for many sophisticated tasks, but also for one particularly important task: they all have quite good flashlights! Now, you've already seen the photos, and you know where this is going, and you're thinking "won't I look like a fool, wearing a phone on my forehead?". Yes, yes you will. But read on! This is one of those ideas that seemed fun and a bit impractical, but managed to turn out genuinely useful. You can actually use your phone as a headlamp, and it's really quite stable. All you need are two of these brackets, and some webbing or elastic. The idea is that with "buckles" at both the smartphone and behind your head, you can tighten a pair of straps firmly around the phone, to keep it secure, and then independently adjust the tension on your head. Note that there are two models. The larger one is for bigger phones, and helps keep things steady, as tested on the Pixel XL in the photos. Note that you'll still probably want the regular sized one at the back of your head, regardless of which you use at the front. Let's consider some technical points: The model is made for 20mm straps, but you can of course just scale it to whatever you like. The integrated buckles grip nicely if you weave them like you would on a bag strap. Try it, and you'll work it out. In the photo of the rear buckle, you'll notice that the ends of the straps are hidden. If you want the ends available for easy tightening, just flip the buckle over so it faces outwards. So, go forth and illuminate things hands-free! Or, alternatively, use the thing as a point-of-view camera mount, or to secure your phone to inanimate objects! This model was created with VECTARY - the free online 3D modeling tool Credits: model by Clockspring