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Seven-Ounce Linux 'Wrist PC'
An anonymous reader writes "A European research and development firm has announced a seven-ounce, wrist-worn wearable computer with a 2.2 x 2.8-inch color touchscreen. Eurotech's WWPC (wrist-worn PC) runs Linux or Windows, offers a wealth of standard PC interfaces (WLAN, Bluetooth, IrDA, USB, SD-card, etc), and has patented technology that puts the device to sleep when the user drops their arm. It can detect motionless user states, and serve as a location-transmitting beacon, thanks to a built-in GPS receiver and 'dead reckoning' technology. The company also claims six hours of battery life under 'fully operational' conditions."
It targets emergency rescue, security, healthcare, maintenance, logistics, and "many other" applications.
Many other==geeking which may be further qualified as: Listening to you MP3s, watching videos, playing games, wandering around various cons talking to it and having it respond "by your command", "I can't do that, Dave", "danger, Will Robinson", or actually trying to impress the heck out of that jerk executive with his Ferrari laptop that he's not such hot stuff anymore. Alas, ...
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A European research and development firm has announced a seven-ounce, wrist-worn wearable computer concept with the possibility of a 2.2 x 2.8-inch color touchscreen. Eurotech's WWPC (wrist-worn PC) would run Linux or Windows, offer a wealth of standard PC interfaces (WLAN, Bluetooth, IrDA, USB, SD-card, etc), and has patented technology that could put the device to sleep when the user drops their arm. It would be able to detect motionless user states, and serve as a location-transmitting beacon, thanks to a built-in GPS receiver and 'dead reckoning' technology. The company also claims six hours of battery life under 'fully operational' conditions."
there we go, fixed that summary for you
FTA:
Eurotech describes the WWPC as a "user-centric, ubiquitous computing" concept, suggesting that the device is not yet available in product form. The company did not respond to availability enquires by publication time.
so stick this on the Duke Nukem wish list
Hmmm... This thing i wear on my wrist says they're not poisonous!
Defnite ban from using in flights, & @workplaces.
I actually had a thought of a miniature wrist-type PC with bluetooth. Transmit between your watch and a "full" system and be able to share documents, etc. That'd be neat. :-)
does it run linux?
From the article:
"It...has flexible left- or right-handed straps"
That, or add-in another $500 for image stabilisation. Pencils down.
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"Through reuse of the popular Faraday Flashlight mechanism, as long as you keep surfing porn, the battery remains charged."
"Made up/misattributed quote that makes me look smart. I am on
Who would ever wear such a thing? It looks ridiculous. Completely style-free. The girls would laugh at you.
Oh wait...
...it can detect motionless user states...
But can it detect fap-fap-fap-fap-fap motion?
Perhaps it will usher in a new era of pr0n?
Steve
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But can you tell me what time it is?
According to its website, Eurotech's corporate strategy is to "define and penetrate new and emerging markets."
I didn't realize that my neighbor's WEP encrypted access point qualified as an emerging market, but hey.
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Stuff to wear to guarantee you'll not get laid if going to a bar.
This must be something that tops that list haha...
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Isn't this just a Pocket PC strapped onto a wrist, with some extra outlets and GPS built in?
According to its website, Eurotech's corporate strategy is to "define and penetrate new and emerging markets." I didn't realize that my neighbor's WEP encrypted access point qualified as an emerging market, but hey.
/., we get the nerd version. Oh well, more neighbor's wives for the rest of us, w00t!
Spoken like a true nerd. Most individuals of the male persuasion would have said "I didn't realize that my neighbors wife qualified as an emerging market". This being
This device does not look comfortable at all - from the artist's rendition it wraps around at least 1/3 of the forearm and half the length from the wrist to the elbow.
I would imagine it feels similar to wearing a cast...or maybe an arm-mounted chastity belt.
Have you seen my stapler?
That's what it looks like to me. I was thinking it was maybe the size of one those diver's watches or something that big, but NOT as big as it is! I guess I've been slanted by "Dick Tracy". I guess that dates me too.
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I don't understand why they always insist on designing wearable computers like this to work from the back of the wrist the same way a wristwatch is worn. It would be far more ergonomic to turn your hand palm-up, and it would have the added benefit of giving the screen a measure of protection as it wouldn't be sticking out from your arm.
This is a very cool device, though. I'd buy one if I had the money and could see a practical use for it.
120 characters for a sig? That's bloody useless.
So with a 2" touch screen, and roughly .5 sq inch finger tip, that gives me 16 touch recognition points on the screen? :-)
"puts the device to sleep when the user drops their arm."
Hmmmm, will it detect if the user raises his arms to defend himself from people who are trying to steel his lunch money?
Now that's a death ray!
luckily (in a chinese sense) I broke my hp ipaq 4150 and have a
small computer board to work with to show these retard designers
how its done... probably using a folding ir keyboard, optically coupling it to the board.
small pans under each half, one for circuit, other for pop out screen...
yeah a computer that fits in my pocket finally...can't wait till my 624 mhz
dell x51v breaks...
I tip toe like rats on vouge runnways.
That's what we need, for the geeken to build up their biceps - if you know what I mean! ;-)
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I think it was called ARK2? Back in the early 80's... They ran around in this cool looking Mobile Home thing with an observation bubble on top.., and had a little car like thing to 'scout' about..
:)
Show sucked, but the 'stuff' was cool.
Always wanted to build one of those 'scout cars'
---- Booth was a patriot ----
More like an ArmWatch (C) than a WristWatch. First thing I thought of was: this has nothing to do w/ my wrist.
On a computer or under a hood.
How is that possible? Word processing takes 30 megs of RAM, minimum. Access the internet? That'll be a 100, plus maybe 50 megs of storage space.
Wait, you mean there was a time when word processing didn't require that much computational power? I'll be damned!
Rank my idea: http://www.sinceslicedbread.com/node/531
obligatory Seinfeld quote:
Jerry: "Dad, I'm sorry."
Morty: "You should be! How could you spend two hundred dollars on a tip calculator?!"
Jerry: "It does other things!"
1. This is a concept. A neat one at that, but a concept.
2. This has been tried before, called the onHand Wrist PC. It was developed by Seiko and released in Japan, and later in USA to less fanfare. It was ultimately a failure, little more than a novelty. Fossil also tried a Palm-based watch. It flopped. 3. What is the benefit of clamping a PC to your wrist, risking damage to it when you can put a Palm/Pocket PC in your shirt / pants pocket? Lots of neat ideas but little practicality. How does this offer a huge leap forward past Palm/Pocket PCs?
when I wear a wireless headset for my phone. Well, I hope that's what they're laughing at.
Chips are readily available for g and that support WPA. Really - imagine walking around the city wearing one a wireless device that is trivially crackable - you are just asking for trouble.
At least with a g chip that supports WPA, you can downgrade to WEP if you *really* want to run around with your pants down.
When will they release the homing beacon add-on and the remote detonators?
Oh, yeah... and the frickin laser beam?
...Detective Tracy!
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We're living in the future of the '30s...
Now you can have the best Leela costume ever!
The thing is half the length of the display dummy's forearm. And it holds 6 hours worth of battery power, most of which is going to be turned into heat.
This couldn't be comfortable.
Weaselmancer
rediculous.
I had no idea I could just draw shit in 3DSMax, make up things it might do and get it posted on Slashdot like it's some kind of actual product.
I'm goin' home and drawing up my new hovercar. It may have top speeds of up to 300mph, and will be able to run on hydrogen, propane or the laughter of children.
How could 'dead reckoning' even be possible with a computer? It would have to know if you were walking, running, walking backwards, turning left/right, etc.
A car nav system can do it, but only because it's wired into the vechicle inself.
I guess you could tell the computer what your doing:
"KITT! I need ya' buddy! I'm walking 45 feet forward at 3 fps. Calculate where I'll be when I get there!"
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From the article, "weighs seven ounces (200 grams) without straps/batteries." What's the point of spec'ing the weight of this thing without batteries?
Having this thing attached to your wrist is gonna make it really hard to look at the screen while you're... oh wait, I can just put it on my other arm. Nevermind.
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In other words, a mercury switch.
Doesn't Xybernaut still have submarine patents on near every wearable computin device? I know one of thier submarines technically covered digital wristwatches...
I already wear glasses - this will just make my eye sight that much worse. Also, I think my fingers are too big for the keyboard
Having worked part-time at Eurotech I've seen a working version of this device and it seemed to have all the external features claimed in the article. It was running Linux and I used it with the touchscreen. It also had an USB connector and a memory card slot.
I was not working on the device so I do have any exact information about the project or its status. However, it is definately not vaporware as in Duke Nukem Forever, but rather a working physical device.
Disclaimer: all views and observations are mine and not representative of Eurotech.
Does it have a built in laser-wrist watch?
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ok, we need to have a discussion on the meaning of "wearable." i could put backpack straps on any dell at best buy and it would be "wearable." the question is whether i am willing to wear it, not whether i am capable of wearing it.
Who would ever wear such a thing? It looks ridiculous. Completely style-free. The girls would laugh at you.
Everybody here is a nerd, girls are already laughing at us so why should we care what kind of a fashion statement that thing makes? Now take your beer and go back to the sports forum....
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... but it can tell time too!
Looking at the illustration of the device in use, I'd say 'Forearm Computer' is more appropriate.
An add on of a thermo-nuclear device so we _all_ can be the Predator! Fat chance for Arnold to save the day then.
At least with a g chip that supports WPA, you can downgrade to WEP
At last! A serious post unrelated to porn jokes, I think!
if you *really* want to run around with your pants down.
Alas. No such luck.
Ultra-mobile storage! Think about it... You carry around, on your wrist, all your most important files and a (presumably secured) file server to serve them up. Just walk into a room with Bluetooth-enabled computers, and you've got all your files (OK, pr0n) right there!
Once you start diving you realize, that your motocross gearbag is not heavy, your paintball gear bag is not that big and heavy at all, even with the backup gun.
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With the recognition of how much stuff you can/have to hang on yourself, you also tend to wear bigger and bigger watches and computers
That device does not seem to be bigger than your modern dive computer (e.g. Uwatec smart) , and yes, people wear things that size, and there are screen protectors that cost a few bucks to save a few hundred (many times $1k)
Nowadays i find myself wearing the Polar 710i heart rate monitor as a watch. Beleive me it is not a little watch but after my dive watch it feels like a light wrist-wrap... Maybe some more diving with a compass, a backup timer, a dive computer, all strapped to my arm and i won't notice something like a wrist computer added to my bracelet collection on the land part of the earth.
Oh well, but do I need one? I doubt. My pda barely gets any use, my laptop is permanently on my wife's table. I guess i do not want to mobile compute as much as I thought before. Usually a GPS and a phone in my pocket does satisfy my background radiation.
winn4r!
I know that this sounds pretty good for a device like this but I see a couple problems:
1. Like the rest of the specs on this device, this battery life figure is probably pure vapor.
2. Mobile power technology (battery's/fuel cells, and lower power consumption by the device) is going to have to advance by a couple orders of magnitude before "ubuiquitous computing" can really come into its own.
The idea is interesting, but I have a hard enough time keeping my cell phone and MP3 player charged as it is. When we can have "full function" use times in days or weeks, instead of hours, then I'll get excited.
If I'm going to wear something that big and geeky on my wrist (I don't even wear a watch anymore, since the advent of the cellphone), it'd better have two features I'm used to wrist cuffs having from tv shows:
1) make me invisible (Galactica 1980)
2) deflect bullets (Wonder Woman)
The summary itself says "windows or linux". Is it not newsworthy if it's open-ended?
Then chicks will love me.
Oh wait...
Tired of all the isms, don't exploit people as an employer, or a government, mmmmK?
Offtopic I know, but anyway...
:)
I just opened up this article in Opera (for the record, I have no other tabs open) and immediately I got a popup window, which in itself had a JavaScript prompt for WinFixer. WinFixer, for those who don't know, is a horrible spyware program which pretends to be a system tune-up program but is really fucking annoying malware that likes to pop up in your system tray every 3 seconds and demand you pay for it. This gets really annoying, really fast, and cleaning it up is a task in and of itself (I tried once but gave up after 3 hours and just reinstalled Windows 2000, then XP after many complaints with a warning that any more problems would get the person concerned straight back down to 2K...nothing since
Anyway, I digress. I guess the main point is: why does Slashdot have popup ads for known spyware? I would have expected this on many other websites, but Slashdot? No way.
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Judging from the picture in the article, even the T-1000 likes this new gadget. He can keep all of his "detailed files" on the wearable PC, allowing him to be "a more efficient killer."
I just threw my 'massive' stainless steel case and band Gruen wristwatch onto a scale and it weights 5.3 ounces. And it's heavy and takes awhile to get used to wearing but is a wonderful basic 'analog' watch (and came with a 14 year warranty- what else can you buy at WalMart that comes with a 14 year warranty??)
I suspect, since this 7 ounce monster isn't as dense as a beefy stainless steel case and wristband analog watch, that it's not only heavy, it's probably also significantly bigger in dimensions.
Doesn't sound practical enough to me.
I may not speak for everyone, but I certainly would not entertain wearing something on my wrist that weighs nearly half a pound...
Still, one could always use it as an exercise aid, or as a substitute for 'brass knuckles'
This would guarantee you wouldn't get laid even if you were going home to your wife!
I have a c*io watch which can be set to turn on the backlight automatically when I turn/raise my wrist into horizontal position, and if it [the watch] doesn't move for a time then it turns the digital clock off only the clock hands will move. So, how's their on/off/sleep-by-hand/wrist-position patented again ?
If this photo is correct (looks a little bit strange), the device runs GPE, a pretty nice handheld interface used by several linux handheld derivates and based on GTK+. Since GPE uses a real XServer, porting applications is quite easy (you can even run them remote), as opposed to OPIE, which uses the framebuffer directly. Nokia's maemo platform has many similarities to GPE, I hope that both projects profit from each other.
Life is just nature's way of keeping meat fresh.
So... it goes on your wrist and can detect motion...
and has patented technology that puts the device to sleep when the user drops their arm
Erm, also known as a... tilt switch? not enough? try 3 switches, one for each dimension. still wanting? use one for each DOF. no? Measure some arm drops, run them through a an auto-correlating neural net and compare with input data. Seriously, I see no reason to patent this stuff.
I reckon that either they've created something totally ingenious that they can sell the rights to for a whole lot more than they can make out of wrist PCs (unlikely), or they patented something that is bloody obvious already.
They are two seperate issues. There's absolutely no reason you can't do WPA or even the full 802.11i with a 802.11b only chipset. The reason you don't see a lot of vendor support for WPA on old 802.11b chipsets is simply because vendors are lazy and don't want to backport the WPA support to older, largely abandoned chipsets.
AccountKiller
Modern PDAs have an awful lot of power these days, more so than my pentium pro desktop from a few years ago. Where they fall flat IMO is in the display. I can't get much done with a 3 by 4 inch display. But if all the batteries, memory, and processor spread out around my waist, I wouldn't really notice the weight, and a full screen translucent display in front of my eyes that no one else can see would be pretty cool.
The days of the digital watch are numbered.
It'd be nice if they add an analog watch as part of this wrist pc.
"I've seen a working version of this device and it seemed to have all the external features claimed in the article."
u xwatch/linuxwatch.html
IBM had a working Linux watch years ago, and plenty of people saw it working, but it still became vaporware.
http://www.research.ibm.com/WearableComputing/lin
for about the price of seven ounces of weed.
Netbooks, they come with Linux or a $3 copy of Windows. Either way, Microsoft loses.
You scoff, but one day you will all own one of these wrist computers! They will help you plot the course of your jetpacks and flying cars. They will have a force field that will protect you from cosmic rays and all hostile alien life forms.
There are a lot of markets that use (or could use) something like this. Something that is very hard to drop would be good in that market segment.
Heck, even McDonald's (in USA at least) has a handheld device for inventory-taking purposes and another one for standing out in the drive thru taking orders.
The preferred solution is to not have a problem.
when i get mine, i hope it comes with the same programs as the 'Predator' had on his. i can just see it counting down now... *BEEP, BEEP, BEEP, BEEP* -armus
(see subj.) I haven't seen any pop-ups in Opera for a while.
...on its arms.
Even cooler!
Why does it have to be wearable? I'd much rather have a PDA that doesn't attach to me wrist, fits nicely inside of it's case, which also fits nicely inside my pocket. When I want to use it, I take it out of my pocket and flip the case open. If I'm on a crowded subway, it's much less likely to get scratched or damaged, plus no one will see it and think "That guy has money, I should go mug him." I really can't see any practical use for a wearable PDA, at least if it wasn't so hideous I'd understand.
It looks like the wrist communicator from star trek the motion picture.
Isn't that something that Paramount might see and start demanding payment on?
This reminds me of that forearm thing that Leela on Futurama wore.
...isn't the computer, it's the display. Or maybe the power source. Anyway, we have a lot of computers that are small enough to be wearable pretty easily. What we don't have is a good available head-mounted display that you can use while walking around, for the full gargoyle effect. And also we're missing a good power supply that will last through a full day (well, depending on how many batteries you're willing to carry around, I guess...)
This looks cool anyway, but I know from looking into getting a wearable that the machine itself is the easy part.
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Yes, but does it include a self-destruct device that can destroy enough rainforest to cover 300 city blocks?
-Peter
This thing is larger than tricorder in original Star Treck series! Also why put touchscreen on this device when better alternatives, like Wearable Display available?
And who says there isn't any future in the milk-moving-by-hand industry...
If you put your left thumb and pointer finger together and hold them up to your ear hole, you will notice that your mouth is right at your wrist (where a watch band would be).
I suggest putting a microphone on the inside part of the watch and then put a pull-string earpiece that you hold in your ear with your thumb and pointer finger.
This is the ultimate ergonomic wrist watch cell phone. It doesnt exist yet, but I am sure that it will now that I have spilled my beans!
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"has patented technology that puts the device to sleep when the user drops their arm"
Obviously aimed at geeks, it should also have a patent to enhance the kinetic energy produced while the user drops their arm, but moves it rigorously back and forth , front and back while watching futurama-slash-porn in their mothers basement, as the power produced could power 5 other similiar wathes too.
Where this makes a difference is that with an embedded Linux device you get the full security etc that you expect of big-iron Linux,whereas WinCE security is not even as good as Windows. Security is an increasingly important issue with promiscuous devices like PDA.
Engineering is the art of compromise.
Imagine an octopus cluster of these!
How soon until this has wireless internet and a decent hard drive? I really want to run VOIP wirelessly. Just think, they could put a little headset on a retractable wire!
No, I will not work for your startup
Why do we care how much it weighs without batteries or a strap? If it's 7 ounces without, then it will probably be at least a pound. These are not optional accessories. It's going to get heavy real fast.
pornking
I'm ganna' make a beowolf cluster out of a bunch of them. I'll looke like a nerd, but I'll be able to crack your encrypted files in seconds.
You expect a COMMENT to that subject? Read the article smartguy....
<geezer>...kids these days, buncha wimps! Walking around with their 2 microgram nanochip implants! Why, back in the day, we had to carry 7 OUNCE wrist PCs, strapped to our ARMS, uphill, BOTH ways, in the snow, with BADGERS gnawing our ankles. And that was just to get to the mill, where we had to work 5 HOURS a week! And we liked it!</geezer>
Is this the dot-com bubble all over again?
1. Announce product with neat ideas
2. IPO
3. Have nothing to show but drawings and a slick slide presentation
4. PROFIT!
Seriously now - I go for watches with lot of functionality -- usually flight computers. I had a Seiko flight computer, got sick of it because it was so clunky and gave it away, then I got a Citizen flight computer, slightly less clunky, but gave it to my brother. I am about to buy a Pulsar flight computer, but will probably get sick of THAT, too. They just don't make good watches in a small package. . .
. . . Which brings us to what amounts to a Linux watch. Neat idea, and I'd love to have the kind of functionality Leela (Futurama!) seems to have on her wrist thingy, but the thing would be SO annoying to wear. Why don't they just put together a Linux PDA, PocketPC-sized with USB Host, SD, and CF support, and go with a larger screen and biometric scanner? That way, it could be slightly larger, not so annoying, money would go into functionality, capacity, faster CPU, or more power capacity (longer runtime!) rather than figuring out how to get it to stay on someone's wrist? This is the kind of "watch" I'd get fed up with after just one day, no matter how much functionality they can cram into it.
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It would be nice if someone were to come out with a half qwerty keyboard that attached to your other wrist. You could put your left hand over your right wrist to type on this keyboard while having a decent view of the display. Put in a little joystick that would rest underneath your thumb and you'd have a functional mouse.
It has patented technology! It must be really high-tech and very well designed.
A European research and development firm has announced a two hundred gramme, wrist-worn wearable computer with a 72 x 55-millimetre colour touchscreen. Eurotech's WWPC (wrist-worn PC) runs Linux or Windows, offers a wealth of standard PC interfaces (WLAN, Bluetooth, IrDA, USB, SD-card, etc), and has patented technology that puts the device to sleep when the user drops their arm. It can detect motionless user states, and serve as a location-transmitting beacon, thanks to a built-in GPS receiver and 'dead reckoning' technology. The company also claims six hours of battery life under 'fully operational' conditions.
"Don't get mad, get a monkey!"
The palm-based Fossil Abacus was vaporware for a long time. Then it came out, and nobody noticed.
You can pick one up for 50 clams, if you don't mind strapping a cube to your wrist. And pecking at a screen not much larger than a postage stamp.
The ______ Agenda
...rebooting one's F$#%ing watch because it crashed. Anyone up for 0-day watch expliots?
... mobile product descriptions that talk about weight without the heaviest components. TFA states The WWPC weighs seven ounces (200 grams) without straps/batteries, Eurotech says. I will bet the batteries are the heaviest component, Seven ounce total weight for a device I carry around on my wrist might be bearable. However, I will bet the total weight is over 15 ounces and I could only imagine wearing that if I was a muscle builder.
All it needs is a camera and Dick Tracy will finally get his watch!
it is in the state of being cool, it is in a cool state of being, it IS COOL. COOL BEINGS
cool beans? is like human beans?
This reminds me so much of the Nintendo Power Glove! Awesome! http://www.gamerevolution.com/oldsite/articles/ran ts/powerglove.jpg
I don't want to have to heft the extra computing and batteries on my wrist. Why does the wristputer have to do anything but display and expose buttons/knobs/touchscreen? WiFi to a belt CPU and belt WWAN, wireless earphones. Maybe the entire belt volume dedicated to the non-UI parts, as well as battery, distributed around the waist.
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I don't want to be a bitch, but come on, the moron who chose this story doesn't deserve to be an editor on slashdot, especially after all the articles on impossible sources of energy he's been peddling....
The fact that embedded Linux and non-embedded Linux are derived from the same source code pool doesn't say much about functionality. The issue is what actually ends up in the binary. Depending on how limited the resources are on the embedded target, the resulting kernel may be quite limited compared to what you would typically expect.
In any case, no device is going to useful with only a kernel, so the real issue is overall functionality of the product.
Stop thinking in terms of YOUR using it.
:-), but you or I isn't really the markets they're envisioning this for- but the tech, etc. could probably be re-purposed for a hand-held unit that can be put in a pocket.
Think in terms of something that would have ALL the service manuals for a company's products- a field engineer's tool.
Think in terms of a device for rescue operations- a GPS tied into a central database, etc. with a VoIP comm net.
For these, while having a pocket based device is acceptable, a ruggedized wrist based device would probably* be better.
To be sure, some will want one (Hell, I'd like to have one of them- it's a flippin' gadget after all...
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* I say that because I couldn't say for 100% certainty that they would be better or that something where it's an eye-tap HUD based interface wouldn't be superior to that.
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"Eurotech's WWPC (wrist-worn PC) runs Linux or Windows, offers a wealth of standard PC interfaces (WLAN, Bluetooth, IrDA, USB, SD-card, etc), and has patented technology that puts the device to sleep when the user drops their arm."
"This girl is smart and pretty, has nice round, firm breasts, likes oral, anal, takes it between the tits, and best of all, her herpes cause bumps in her vagina, provides extra stimulation during intercourse."
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..that the picture in the article shows it being used by a T-1000 terminator?
a standard QWERTY Keyboard out of the question! I hate devices that limit me to a one handed keyboard!
By they way, how is this different then strapping an iPaq to my arm? Really - I see no benefit other than reducing ones (slight) chance of getting "any."
Bill
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I wouldn't pooh pooh such a device completely, after all it might have some profession use, especially in another form factor, but its hard to say what that use it might be to professionals. I imagine that no cop or fireman is going to want this thing clanging off everything while they're doing their jobs.
Imagine someone masturbating while looking at his/her wristwatch.
Eurotech, what a lousy name. Maybe they never heard of eurotrash.
Looks to me like this thing actually only works in some strange blue tinged Sims universe after looking at the artwork in the article. I think I'll pass on it since I'd much prefer something based in reality.
like the Japanese and now your talking.
The Fossil and Fossil/Abacus watch models failed because of timing (Fossil took too long to get them to market), not because of a lack of utility. You can get them on eBay for around US$50, or at places like Tiger Direct, and they can be extremely useful devices if all you need is a 66MHz DragonBall SuperVZ-powered B&W Palm running PalmOS 4.1.
:-)
Both models are effectively a super-fast Palm m105 (3-4 times faster) with 4MB of Flash ROM sitting on your wrist.
A watch running DateBK3, Parens, BigClock, Pilot-DB, and Yotta is actually pretty useful. No color, Bluetooth, no MP3 playing or other fancy stuff, but it can beam stuff back and forth to other palms via its IR port, and it can play almost all the old Palm games that I've fed it.
Learn more about the Abacus and Fossil watches here.
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So let me get this straight, if the wearer drops dead they will know where you are?
Ad Astra Per Asper
But that means I can't switch hands.
The artists' conception images of this remind me greatly of the "Excalibrate" wrist computer worn by the hero in the otherwise utterly forgettable The Dungeonmaster (more here). If this one can zap the bad guys and rescue the girl, we're all set.
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