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The New Body Art - Wearable Wireless Devices
Freddie writes: "This article discusses the status of wearable computers; the challenges faced by software and hardware manufacturers in developing effective and widely accepted wearable devices; and the commencement of a new paradigm for how wearable technology can create value for consumers and enterprises."
the Gap:all your clothes are belong to us.
We dance to all the wrong songs.
--Refused.
Where do I need to go to upgrade the firmware in my underpants?
http://www.kubuntu.org/
"Oh, it IS a hard drive in your pocket."
Why is it called COMMON sense when so few people have it?
though I would likely be a little more cautious about overclocking my pants.
From the article: "You quickly finish and rush to his office, reading the e-mail while simultaneously calling his secretary to let the boss know you will be at his office in 10 minutes."
Riiiiiiight. Walking and talking at the same time. I'll believe it when I see it.
For example, Sony Computer Science Laboratories has been performing cutting-edge research on input technologies, and two of their ideas, called GestureWrist and GesturePad,
I bet the porn industry is behind these!
"If you are on fire you can just stop, drop, and roll. If you fall into Lava you are just dead." - my 5yr old daughter
The last thing I need is some l33t d00d DDoS'ing my gitchies and setting my ballsack on fire.
Look out! Big Business is out to get you! Oooh, here it comes! Woah, behind you, it's coming back! OH MY GOD, IT'S IN YOUR PANTS! Get it out! Get it out!
Ugh...Any bets on how many seconds after the 'metaverse' comes on-line that someone will have the goatse.cx guy as an avatar?
Michael Loves Me!
Good point. Great point, actually. Seeing as what my company is doing to me now (I sit less than 30 ft away from two satellite transmitters [the trees surrounding said transmitters are all dead]. I sit directly in front of 3 21" monitors. Behind me are another 2. Would you like your sysadmin crispy or extra crispy? Personally, I think its all a ploy. Im sure my company will sell these, and "give them to employees" as a "gift", while its actually part of their great plan! If we grow two heads and another pair of hands, the company gets twice as much work (or would it be 4 times?) out of each of us.
Hopefully it's no worse than that. Imagine going to the grocery store and having your pants go wild near the adult diapers because they are sick of getting leaked on.
Long, cute, or funny Sigs are just another form of over compensation, used by geeks, nerdz, etc.
when he said body art I assumed we'd all be getting new piercings ....