From McCarty, Paul > For more information on the WARP project (of which this article refers > to and I presume Ann works on) see this site: > > http://www331.jpl.nasa.gov/public/warp/ > > It looks like their wearable, isn't even a computer. It's just a relay > for voice and video to a base computer running elsewhere. > > This actually makes a lot of sense, when you consider how close you are > to a computer in a space station, or shuttle. actually, if you watch the video casts of astronauts doing work on the shuttle, they're mostly just remote hands for the people on the ground. You'll hear ground control talking them through a set of instructions like "Turn knob A to 5, flip switch B to off, etc..." They operate more like a set of extra eyes watching over your shoulder, keeping track of your to-do list and reading it off to you so you don't have to context switch to read off your display. - Kevin -- Subscription/unsubscription/info requests: send e-mail with subject of "subscribe", "unsubscribe", or "info" toWear-Hard Mailing List Archive (searchable): http://wearables.blu.org Please, *PLEASE* don't subscribe through a forward/expander/false domain
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