I've been a wearable computer user for years: my digital watch is loaded with
features, and ever since last year I keep my cellphone on a cool strap around my
neck...
It's not an issue of when. It's already happening. Walk around Shibuya and see
how many people are wearing cell phones, md players, etc. color-coordinated to
their fashion of the day, and packing serious computing power.
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jeffrey funk wrote:
> I have been following the wearable computing market at a distance for
> several years and I keep wondering, do we have to buy five pairs of shoes
> that contain a hard disk or do we just always wear the same shoes? I am not
> an expert on fashion but wearing the same shoes everyday is not cool. Now
> someone is probably going to say that we will have shoes and other clothes
> that contain portals for these hard disks, buttons, and displays. This may
> happen but it will take many years for these kinds of standards (size of
> portals, etc.) to appear. And the first wearable computing users will not be
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Received on Fri Aug 25 10:59:05 2000