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

Yer those are really good points I know a while ago we worked with a load of 
undergrads on a project here at Loughborough that developed a scene of crime 
app for wearable comps, it had a nice feature that allowed the user to tap 
into recorded suveillance video and transmit suspect pics to other users.

I know that the border patrols USA/Mexico use to use wearable systems, I 
beleive that somewhere in the States a police force uses facial rec with 
wearable how sucessfully I dont know. Manchester 'SWAT' in the UK use 
wearables for Maps etc...

If I get time tomorrow I'll find and post this paper about 'in fabric' 
displays I've got somewhere, there is also some real interesting stuff done by 
Philips on clothes based wearables

Good discussion, what wearable you thinkin of gettin Steve

Alan

Quoting Steve Barr <>:

> 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
> -- 
> http://www.stevebarr.com
> 100% my opinions.
> 
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