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Re: Killer App for wearables

From: Martin Ling <>
Date: Mon, 2 Oct 2000 19:32:33 +0100

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.

It's one of the things I've been meaning to try. I finished EVA-00 last
week, using a keyglove for input - so I'm basically on to writing
software.

Except that the hard disk has now died, inexplicably.

And I'm out of money.

Anyone hiring? No commitments.

Martin

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