From: Doug Sutherland (wearable_at_earthlink.net)
Date: 2002-02-27 13:52:00
John,
> I'm defiantly going to have to have a chat with you
> sometime about wearable computers.
Everything you want to know is here:
http://home.earthlink.net/~wearable/
http://home.earthlink.net/~wearable/biopsy/
Everything else gets discussed on this email list
http://wearables.blu.org/news.html (mail not news)
send 'subscribe' to wear-hard-request_at_haven.org
Here's a RealMedia clip of one of my old creations
http://home.earthlink.net/~wearable/jacketized.rm
(I'm controlling my home from 60 miles away, no wires)
> I've always been interested in it......EXCEPT the
> PRICE is too high at the moment. :-(
The board inside that purse is < $400 USD. It has
VGA (CRT), LCD, and NTSC (TV) video ports, 16-bit
duplex stereo audio, Dual IDE controller, FDD
controller, Dual RS232, Dual USB, PS/2, and an
expansion port that allows for Dual PCMCIA. The
expensive parts are the displays. Head mounted
displays are outrageously expensive, and even
flat panels (TFT at high res) are expensive, the
panel in that purse costs more than the computer.
The same parts are in this version:
http://home.earthlink.net/~wearable/fashion-wearable.html
> I've got a Laptop and Palm pilot but as you say
> the usability isn't 100%.
My systems are mid-way between, not much bigger
than PDA but FULL x86 OS, lots of ram and tons
of storage, with alternative human interfaces.
> Be great to have them ALL the time. :-)
That's why I made the jacket, wear it and run.
I used to program on the beach in santa cruz
connected to the net via ricochet network.
-- Doug
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