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Re: Wearable clothing, was Watch keyboard?

From: Rick Castello <>
Date: Wed, 05 Jan 2000 09:44:43 -0500

I'd be VERY interested to learn if anyone got a watch keyboard working
with a wearable... 

I am also, alas, not talented in this area, but would be happy to help
hunt down some viable watches to use for prototyping for the person who
can...

BTW:  I just got my twiddler- any hints on getting up to speed quickly, 
other than the obvious- practice, practice, practice?

-Rick

Charles J Knight wrote:
> 
> > interesting suggestion. You prolly know the old Casio Calculator
> > Watches, and that they have there own little keypad on board, and we
> > were wondering if its possible to use that as an input for a
> > wearable keyboard? I'm nut sure what you'd use for a cable that
> > small but i'm sure someone knows something. Anyone ever try this or
> > anythinbg like it?
> 
> Excellent idea.  Really quite good.  In fact, I was using one of these
> until Y2K hit (a 20 year old watch -- not Y2K compliant) and it became
> impossible to set.  It'll run fine for the next year, till the batteries
> go dead
> and I can't use it anymore.  :-(
> 
> The keypad could be used with a simple matrix -- that's all that most
> keyboards are, anyway.  You'd need to do some work to interface
> it -- but there are people on this list who could do that in "no time."
> Unfortunately, I'm not one of them.
> 
> > Plus I was reading an old archive thread about what to wear
> > wearbables in and I was suprised to see noone put a fishing vest. I
> 
> There's a photographer's vest / jacket which would serve the same
> purpose.  LOTS of big pockets, and room for almost anything.
> 
> Thought I'd mention something I saw for sale today -- it's a "fanny
> pack" encased walkman radio.  Since it's designed to hug the body
> and not bounce around, it's designed very much like a wearable
> computer would be.
> 
> An interesting introduction to the new world of wearables, huh?
> 
>      -- Chuck Knight

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