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Wearable computers were once handcrafted, one-of-a-kind devices. The earliest were used in attempts to tilt the odds in Las Vegas. But the kinds now being mass-marketed are used in assembly lines, doctors' offices and aircraft hangars. And the next generation of "stealth" wearables may help the visually impaired--and change news gathering.
An article in IEEE Spectrum magazine delves into this generation of "off-the-rack" wearables. Strapped to the belt or wrist, with head-mounted displays, they can't, in spite of what advertisements show, handle a commodities speculator rattling off "gimme soybeans, scroll up, up, yeah, yeah, yeah, buy it, buy it, buyyyyy it!" But they can do a lot.
Contacts: Steve Ditlea, [email protected]; Tekla S. Perry, 650 328 7570, [email protected].For faxed copies of the complete article ["The PC goes ready-to-wear," by Steve Ditlea, IEEE Spectrum, October 2000, pp. 35-39] or to arrange an interview, contact: Nancy T. Hantman, 212 419 7561, [email protected].
URL: http://www.spectrum.ieee.org
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