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RE: Sleeve display, who uses a wearable on this list

From: "Tony Havelka" <>
Date: Fri, 6 Jun 2003 10:51:39 -0500

> 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

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