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

Doug wrote:
 > Can you wash those displays? Don't medical people
 > have to change garments all the time?

Umm, I thought the obvious solution was a plastic
window in the sleeve, through which the display is
viewed/accessed.  Access to remove the display is
through the inside of the sleeve.

 wrote:
> Dont know?, but its always the way of such companies to outline users such as 
> the police, medical, firefighters etc....

I worked for a company that sold to the Law Enforcement and
Corrections market.  What I could figure out is that the logic
works like this: sometimes these organizations will get budgets
with funds specifically set aside for equipment, instead of
personnel.  These organizations also talk to each other and
periodically try to adopt common equipment.  So in theory if
you can get some adoptions of your product you have the chance
to win a lot more sales through word of mouth.

> The problem for users like these is in emergency situations they dont really 
> have time to use technology like wearable computers.

1. Aren't a lot of police already using radios in a wearable
configuration ("handset" mounted high on shirt)?

2. Emergency situations are not the bulk of police and
medical workers time on the job.

> Their knowledge is expert and comes from years of training 
 > and experience of dealing with emergency situations quickly
 > in the most effective way. Recently having gone to A&E it
> is difficult to see why any one would want to develope a 
 > wearable system for emergency staff they dont have time ...

Police could be wearing a video recording system for all
calls, like some police cars have for traffic stops.

A HMD could show the view through a back-mounted camera to
help decrease the chances they are attacked successfully
from behind.  This could be the default view, HMD as rear
view mirror.  This is something I want to try.

The system could scan the barcode on a drivers license and
automatically display outstanding warrants on the person.

Likewise medical workers could scan the patient wristband
or file barcode and have patient data displayed.

Any computerized instrument could broadcast its display
and it could be automatically displayed by the wearable
which through geolocation decides it is in proximity to
the instrument.

None of those uses require much, if any training.

Firefighters could have a display for showing alerts on
oxygen remaining, rate of temperature change, and toxic
fume % change.  It could also show location of other
team members, floor plan of building, that sort of thing

> Who on this mailing list actually uses a wearable computer ?

Ask again in a month. :-)

Steve
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http://www.stevebarr.com
100% my opinions.

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