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RE: Size

But how do you measure "Better" when there is nothing to base "Better" on.
Better looking, Better glue, Better plastic.....  I think you get my point.
Is it "make it better" for the sake of making it better, or is there a
reason to make it better?  Is there an exclusive application for a wearable
pc?  Is there an underground game of WAN hide-n-go-seek going on in a city
near me?  Are we going to do a new version of Hands-Across-America Ad Hoc
style?
"Better" is an extremely relavant word, but it becomes irrelavent when used
in an arena where this is nothing/little to compare to.  Better for you, me,
Joe User, Government?
Sorry, I didn't mean for this to get into philosophy 101.  I'm just hoping
that someone has a better use for this technology than is currently
available.

Zach

-----Original Message-----
From: Marcus [mailto:]
Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2002 1:29 PM
To: 
Subject: Re: Size

Zachariah C Pratt wrote:

> Hello All,
> Sorry I've been absent for a while.  I built my new transitional wearable.
> It's a combo of a wearable and mini-laptop.  I should say that it's almost
> done.  I've put everything in a 5"x7"x2" plastic enclosure (CoolRunner II
> 300 Mhz, 10GB 2.5" drive, Dual PCMCIA slots, and every I/O possible).  It
> weighs roughly 1lbs.  The 6.4" VGA LCD is quasi functional and will be
> detachable from the main enclosure and extendable to 1.5'.  The Keyboard
is
> a wrist keyboard from L3 that I have built into the main enclosure.  I'm
> working on adding a trackpoint for it as well.

Then I think congratulations are in order.

> My hang up is - "so what?"

Well, I've written software to do nearly everything I do with a computer
for my wearable (jAugment). But, believe it or not, what I'm actually
doing with it most of the time is... readind.  Reading e-books,
programming and listening to music. Sometimes taking notes, sometimes
learning japanese characters... all very simple tasks. But I'm doing
that while walking  the woods and halls around here or while just
sitting down for a minute.

If you're asking yourself "so what". Think about it...
it means you have a new problem you cna solve. Think
about something, implement it and share it. ;)

> Anyhow, I plan to take pics tomorrow of my newest monster and post them at

> my site again under the "notes" section if anyone is interested.

What that supposed to be a question or a statement ;) .

Oh, by the way. There is always a thing you cna do with your wearable...
make it better.

Marcus

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