well, there are a few things for a wearable to do when connected to your car computer The car can have a nice 3watt amp, or its own cell phone to get email, or for more speed a cell phone/DirectPC connection, or the car comp could get the email, and when you get back in it syncs with your wearable. Your wearable could authenticate you to the car, of course you would have to have previously authenticated yourself to the wearable, and then make sure someone doesn't take your head to get into your car... You could use the car to charge batteries with solar panels on the roof, then swap when you get in. GPS, if you have it on your wearable, why buy duplicate equipment for your car, or if not on your wearable, get it for the car, and interface to the directions you wrote down on the wearable. Definitely a good implementation concept for JINI, the wearable -> cor comp would be. You could have a whole lot more reasonably priced hardware for the computer than a wearable, so save those tasks until you link with the car. IR/RF/or a hard connection would all work depending on need. If you have a see through HMD then why have the dashboard displays? have everything float, and use your wearable input device to change stations, volume, cruise control, etc, all over a net connection to the car comp running a different OS than the wearable, maybe QNX, due to its better use as a real time operating system vs linux. Then again, I haven't seen any GPS with maps for much other than windows really, granted pilot/newton/serial exist, they don't have really good pics like windows have..... WINE, maybe.... if the car comp has the cell phone, you can call it, and have it link to the GPS (if it has its own...a good reason (only) for duplicate HW) and find out where your stolen car is going. but don't allow too much control that way, you don't want your car getting hacked. proxmity scanner coupled with a laser bar code scanner ala Snow Crash and you scan everyone, and if they have a nice big bar code on them, it scans it in and then issues a challenge/response maybe. Have digital recordings on the wearable, and then use the car comp to convert them to text, and then D/L back so that you can use them. This follows the fact that the Car Comp can be much faster than the wearable. Imagine the tailgates you could have with a car comp! hang out, play networked games...or work. Beowolf configuration when you get together with others, that would be quite impressive. oh, and of course d/l the latest MP3s into your wearable for your listening pleasure. have fun bryan In article <36235738.1D0A6A98@yahoo.com>, Bruce Boston <wampaku_x@yahoo.com> wrote: >When you say network, would this be an automatic, wireless connection? I.e. >when the person approached the vehicle could the wearable recognize the >vehicle and log-in? > >What about functions? What you imagine the wearable doing in the vehicle? > >Bruce > > >hurley bryan wrote: > >> either network the wearable to the in dash computer, or just put a monitor >> in the dash instead of a whole computer and switch the output from the HMD >> to the indash, then take off the HMD, as it would probably be safer in >> most cases. >> >> Bryan >> >> In article <361CF8CC.42EF4838@yahoo.com>, >> Bruce Boston <wampaku_x@yahoo.com> wrote: >> >I am looking for any information on in-car computers, and any thoughts >> >on how wearables might be used in cars? >> > >> >Thanks.. >> > >
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