Historically, wearable computers may take different forms other than tablets and the like. A head gear type that is very popular among fighter pilots and other military personnel on the battle field, makes forays into civil applications more and more often lately. Charbax is one of the avid proponents of such contraptions:
Motorola Kopin Golden-i demoed here is described as driven by some mysterious "dual-core TI OMAP3" chip, and you never know what one can see with one's right eye. Voice control commands processed with some chaotic and hilarious responses , to be effectively used for blogging in real battle field conditions, such as CES 2012. Otherwise, Motorola is undisputed leader in head gear of command and control missions, and it's strange to see such a half-baked prototype. I'm absolutely sure some students can slap up something much better basing on Pandaboard (TI OMAP4), or better still, ZiiLABS' ZMS-40, and a gyro stabilized head camcorder.
Next wearable thing is of more interest to me, as it's a contraption to handle a regular tablet:
I was thinking about something along these guidelines, but more of a holder sewn into a garment. Imagine a shirt with a sort of kangaroo pocket. The flap of such pocket may contain a similar frame for tablet, or other holder that can be adjusted by height, angle, attitude. Fabric sides of such a pocket can be effective in diminishing ambient light exposure of a tablet screen.
Wearable computer (Photo credit: dantc)
Motorola Kopin Golden-i demoed here is described as driven by some mysterious "dual-core TI OMAP3" chip, and you never know what one can see with one's right eye. Voice control commands processed with some chaotic and hilarious responses , to be effectively used for blogging in real battle field conditions, such as CES 2012. Otherwise, Motorola is undisputed leader in head gear of command and control missions, and it's strange to see such a half-baked prototype. I'm absolutely sure some students can slap up something much better basing on Pandaboard (TI OMAP4), or better still, ZiiLABS' ZMS-40, and a gyro stabilized head camcorder.
Next wearable thing is of more interest to me, as it's a contraption to handle a regular tablet:
I was thinking about something along these guidelines, but more of a holder sewn into a garment. Imagine a shirt with a sort of kangaroo pocket. The flap of such pocket may contain a similar frame for tablet, or other holder that can be adjusted by height, angle, attitude. Fabric sides of such a pocket can be effective in diminishing ambient light exposure of a tablet screen.
Wearable computer (Photo credit: dantc)
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