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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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Hmmm... This thing i wear on my wrist says they're not poisonous!
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."
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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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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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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?
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!
That's what we need, for the geeken to build up their biceps - if you know what I mean! ;-)
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That's interesting. For me, the best place would be strapped to my penis.
You can pee and check email, it'll make it look bigger ( and square), and it's the best place for viewing porn!
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We're living in the future of the '30s...
Now you can have the best Leela costume ever!
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.
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.
-- I'm not a pessimist, I'm a realist. It's not my fault that life sucks so much. --
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.
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)
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 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'
hm... tell us when you can post comments on slashdot using that device
sarchasm
Yes, but does it include a self-destruct device that can destroy enough rainforest to cover 300 city blocks?
-Peter