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Ultra-Cool Wireless Wearables

Posted by chrisd on from the eye-candy dept.

moonboy writes "I just saw this story linked to from Ars Technica. Motorola and Frog Design have recently released information about some awesome new prototypes for wearable computing with wireless capability using Bluetooth technology. The wearables group will include a WDA (Wearable Digital Assistant) which will serve as the communications hub, the Wristable, Goggles, Digi-Cam, Comport, Radio-button, and the Intelli-pen. Very cool stuff!" Prototype seems a strong word....

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  1. Wow... can you imagine by lingqi · · Score: 4, Funny

    Somebody with a high-gain antenna will just immediately "see" what you are seeing. fuck spy-satellites; just let everyone do the spying for you (well, sell a lot of those glasses first, anyhow)!

    Stalkers are gonna have such a blast with all these.

    On the other hand, I predict that shit like this will be embedded into our bodies within no time.

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  2. Goggles... by siamSam · · Score: 4, Funny


    "Goggles: Integrated into the frame of exciting, stylish sports eyewear"


    "Stylish" and "geek toys" like this are mutually exclusive aren't they?

  3. Ultra-Cool Wireless Wearables: by tit0666 · · Score: 4, Funny

    "Brings your porn wherever you are"(tm)

  4. Re:Imagine you're wearing ... by greenalbatros · · Score: 4, Funny

    "I see you're trying to take your clothes off! Can I help you with that?"

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  5. Chick repellant by ageOfWWIV · · Score: 5, Funny

    The new motorola pda/calculator/cellphone/wap-enabled wristable also works as a high frequency contraceptive offering coverage up to 100 meters (UK) away.

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  6. I can see it now by arvindn · · Score: 4, Funny
    Bill is getting into bed. Tracy is waiting for him.

    Bill's wearable watch: Bill, you've got mail.

    Bill: Damn! Couldn't you find a better time?
    [Removes watch and flings it away.]

    Bill: Ahhh, Traaaaaacyyyyyy......

    Tracy's babel fish: No matches found. Did you mean: 1) Trace 2) Tracing 3) Racy

    Tracy: Shit!
    [Removes babel fish]

    Bill remembers just in the nick of time that his goggles are connected to the internet! And he's turned the firewall off, which means that anyone that connects to port 23484 on his goggles can see what he's seeing!!! [Takes goggles off]

    Bill starts scratching Tracy's back. Immediately, her intellipen software kicks into action and tries to figure out what he's writing.

    [2 hours later]

    Bill and tracy are finally done spurning all the advances from their various bluetooth devices, at which point they realize they forgot to switch off the webcam...

  7. Re:I want one by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    I know I will be buying my girlfriend some Windows pants.

    As often as those go down I'll be getting it all the time!