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Chic Gear to Suit Net Generation
Roland Piquepaille writes "In this article, BBC News Online says that fashion specialists and engineers are preparing the next generation of wearable computing fashion accessories. Current ones are too conspicuous and expensive. Joseph Dvorak, a researcher at Motorola US, predicts the computers and technology we wear in four or five years time will not draw attention to ourselves. And Dr. Dianne Jones from textile company SOFTswitch, maker of the Burton Amp jacket which integrates an Apple iPod, thinks that the wearable computing industry will grow rapidly. She says that in ten years, 20% of our clothes will incorporate some kind of electronic components. This summary contains more details and references."
If the impending war against machines wasn't bad enough, now we're gonna have to do it naked.
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Didn't he also say that in four to five years, everyone would be using his keyboards? We see how well THAT turned out.
I guess this means we'd be wearing a Beowulf cluster?
Interesting, it would mean computing power was greater in winter with more clothing layers.
Sorry for using "interesting" and Beowulf cluster" in the same post.
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and i thought i was cool when i used my calculator watch to cheat in middle school.
Also, how will all these clothes be cleaned?
I'm sure Symantec will come up with something...
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Now I can use my bluetooth enabled PDA to tell me when my girlfriends panties are wet.
No more stinkfinger for me.
i wont be convinced until I have a pair of nano-khakis that don't force me to "shake" for three goddamn minutes after I take a piss
I guess we need to update the story of the emperors new clothes to include vapourware, coredumps and segmentation faults.
A computer in my clothes.. Talk about a dress code!
um... sewing an ipod-sized pocket into a jacket somehow makes her an expert on trends in embedded systems?
Well hell, I can fit five AA cells in my mouth -- I say in 6 months we'll all be living underwater on the moon!
Now where's my consulting fee?
Let it out slowly.
Now chant.
"It's OK to spend part of my day away from computers and the Internet."
Repeat as necessary.
Wiggle your toes and clench your buttocks if that helps. Actually, that's good advice for any time of day.
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Also, how will all these clothes be cleaned?
Geeks don't clean their clothes.
Now wheres my mobile phone?
Oh damn its in the wash..
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It appears that your boxers are out of date, there exists a security hole that could allow your wang to show. A patch exists that could repair them, would you like to install it?
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Really, Michael J. Fox tried to tell us this in the 80's in BttF3. ;) Self-cleaning and self-sizing jacket, self-tying shoes... very cool. ;)
Wearing technology or technology wearing you?
"Is that a 30 GHz Opteron beowulf cluster in your pants or are you just glad to see me"?
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I think Batman and his belt own the rights to this.
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Joseph Dvorak, a researcher at Motorola US, predicts the computers and technology we wear in four or five years time will not draw attention to ourselves.
Heck, what's the point of being a geek if your wearable gear doesn't draw attention?
Queer eye for the geek guy?
LP? as in 12" vinyl? I'm trying to see which pocket that'd go in but I'm having trouble. Anyway, wouldn't it skip?
ooh, you could spool the LP to tape as a buffer and then on to your headphones. *ponder*
Troc
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Error 404: Server not found. User has been pantsed.
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Nah. They probably meant to say production will be up 20% from where it's at today. Since production is at 0 today, add 20% to find that it will still be at 0 in ten years. And ten years past that, expect production to increase by a mind numbing 8000%, all the way up to 0.
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I can just hear the excuse some girl will come up with to not go out with me on a Friday...
"I'm sorry, I'm defragging my pants that day.