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Re: Killer App for wearables

That levi's jacket that went around a few weeks ago with the speakers in
the collar comes to mind

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On Mon, 2 Oct 2000, Pete Hardie wrote:

> Martin Ling wrote:
> > 
> > On Mon, Oct 02, 2000 at 12:52:16PM -0400, Pete Hardie wrote:
> > > I'm surprised nobody has mentioned it yet....
> > >
> > > *THE* killer app for a wearable would be a context-sensitive
> > > Theme music player.  As you walk down the hall, in a bad mood
> > > because your SO is out-of-town, it plays Darth Vader's theme.
> > 
> > I've thought about it. I *should* have mentioned it, but was rather
> > hoping to spring it from nowhere when I'd got somewhere.
> > 
> > The MIT-designed, Philips-built stress sensor/glove that Jonny brought
> > to the UK meeting comes to mind. Add a number of other factors - heart
> > rate, body status (sitting/walking/running) etc - all easy enough to
> > gather. Drop in some neural network magic dust, and spend a while
> > training by example (rating your available tracks with some
> > categorisation, and perhaps tempo information) would help.
> 
> The big question I have is good speakers for it.  They'd need to be
> low-profile (flat) and tolerably low-footprint to hang from shoulders,
> I suppose.  Power consumption is an issue, but one I'd consider worth
> and extra 2 lb of battery for the effect :->
> 
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