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Another Look At High-Tech Fabrics

Posted by timothy on from the please-don't-wet-the-cloth dept.

prostoalex writes "CSMonitor takes a look into wearable computing and digital fabrics. To quote the article, 'many anticipate [this sector] will become one of the next hot drivers of the American economy'." I find the Foster-Miller wearable cables an especially neat technology.

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  1. fp by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    fp?

  2. Slashdot Beatitudes by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    And seeing the multitudes, He went up unto the mountain: and when He was set, his disciples came unto him: And He opened his mouth, and taught them, saying,

    "Blessed are the poor in threshold: for theirs is the Kingdom of the Page-Lengthening and Page-Widening Posts.

    "Blessed are they that mourn the death of *BSD: for they shall be comforted with an ultradense Linux server from VA Linux, now sold by California Digital Corporation.

    "Blessed are the posters of smug one-liners: for they shall inherit an Account Capped at 50.

    "Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after The First Post: for they shall have the Third or Fourth Post.

    "Blessed are the karma whores: for they shall obtain "Score: 5, Insightful".

    "Blessed are those who dismiss out-of-hand: for they shall fail to see the Point of the Original Post.

    "Blessed are those who seek to associate themselves with the latest techno-fad: for they shall be called 3L33T for at least Another Half Hour.

    "Blessed are they which are persecuted for their own self-righteousness' sake: for theirs is the Kingdom of "Ask Slashdot".

    "Blessed are the over-eager, who believe that Open Source is a social movement heralding the rise of a new generation: for they shall not realize that There Are No Sacred Cows.

    "Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for the sake of your Favorite Operating System.

    "Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in Heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you.

    THIS IS THE WORD OF THE LORD

  3. fpfpfpfpfpfp by lonesome+phreak · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    fpfpfpfpfpfp

    --
    Maybe we DID take the blue pill. You wouldn't remember anyway.
  4. So... by term0r · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    So, if MS has their way, in about 5 years time we can all walk around wearing blue screens of death?

    Or maybe, as linux seems to be heading down the embedded systems path, we will be able to hax our own clothes in the future and display whatever we want?

  5. Do you count? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic


    Do you count?

  6. Ahh Well, not only the frig and the toaster... by AmoebafromSweden · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Now it wont be long until even your clothes are Haxx0red and 0wned...