On Sun, 14 Jun 1998, Sam Tregar wrote: > > And what about the Itsy computer by Digital posted on this list a month > > ago? It seems to me we're less than a year away from computers as powerful > > as low end desktop machines the size of credit cards, running off aa > > batteries. I think it will quickly be a moot point whether a hobbiest can > > build a marketable wearable. > > > > A child will be able to build a wearable computer. > > Like Chuck D says : Don't believe the hype. It'll be a cold day before I let Chuck D tell me how to build a wearable. ;) > Till you've got it in your hand it might as well be a computer the > size of a maggot and half as expensive. We really should take > testarne a bit more serriously and focus on what is available *now* > for now. We could get pretty old waiting for the next big thing. In this industry you don't have to wait long for anything. When I get old (I reckon that's about 40 years from now) we'll be swiming in digital electronics, and picking transistors out of our teeth. Not all progress occurs in small safe steps. Somtimes it takes a leap of faith, and imagination to get to the next step. It may be that the next step in the history of wearables is to jump to a marketable wearable, with a killer app. Or it may be that wearables are slated for the dustbin of history. <shrug> -Paul
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