> I did the sleeve display thing years ago, and I was kind of > laughing when I read that article. It doesn't really make > much sense to embed a display in clothing of firefighters, > emergency crew, medical people, or farmers. Can you wash > those displays? Don't medical people have to change garments > all the time? Geez I thought my ideas and prototype were a > bit phantastic, but these ideas are bizarre. In truth, the > sleeve (or wrist) position is great for a display. Also, > embedded hardware into jackets is very convenient, but not > practical for a number of reasons. Here's my old sleeve. > http://home.earthlink.net/~wearable/galleria/jacket/ > Farmers ??? >My brother in law runs a program called "pig champ" :) >He has a very high tech operation, probably one of the >most advanced around here. Auto feeding, auto cleaning, >auto everything. But wearables don't fit farming LOL Ultrasound is big in the hog industry. All it really is is a specialized wearable computer that converts the transducer signals into images. We have a bunch of major customers who use wearable ultrasound equipment in the Veterinary/farming industry each day. The M1 was originally designed for this application in 1997. -Tony -- Subscription/unsubscription/info requests: send e-mail with subject of "subscribe", "unsubscribe", or "info" toWear-Hard Mailing List Archive (searchable): http://wearables.blu.org Please, *PLEASE* don't subscribe through a forward/expander/false domain
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