Even though this may be the first USB wristband, it's definitely not the first USB wrist device. There have been devices such as Xonix's, a USB wristwatch with an MP3 player built-in.
This is not as new...it was presented in this year's SIGGRAPH, in the Emerging Technologies section. There we could try it out, and we actually remotely controlled our friends, and it really works - they told you to walk straight wearing this special device, and then someone else would control what path you'd actually take with a remote control.
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Even though this may be the first USB wristband, it's definitely not the first USB wrist device. There have been devices such as Xonix's, a USB wristwatch with an MP3 player built-in.
This is not as new...it was presented in this year's SIGGRAPH, in the Emerging Technologies section. There we could try it out, and we actually remotely controlled our friends, and it really works - they told you to walk straight wearing this special device, and then someone else would control what path you'd actually take with a remote control.
We've had popular participation in the government for a few years in Brazil, and it works great.