Hi all, This is my first ever post on this list (finally joined a couple of weeks ago, but have been interested in wearable computing for years). Charles Bolton wrote: > I want my wearable to be cable of running big bore applications (like > statistical analysis and displaying a scatter plot with an equation > that > best explains the variance in the series and helping manage the context > of my daily living. Wouldn't it be more efficient though if the wearable could offload CPU-intensive operations to a processor farm or a supercomputer on the network that can perform the task orders of magnitude faster than any wearable ever can? > Now today, I can not afford a machine that would do it all, but why not > have the wearable function as the data store containing all my current > information and projects and be the executive interface to the other > systems in my life. At work or on a remote job site, it interfaces to > my data, documentation, GIS, etc.; at home it interfaces with my > entertainment and home environmental management system; and walking > around I can do all my personal context and doodly stuff. Agreed, I think the wearable's primary function should be to act as the interface to all things electronic. I think the primary data store should be on the network, and be accessible from the wearable wherever you are. Of course, as you mentioned in passing, the wearable can have your current data too, so even if you lose your network connection you'll still be able to work. With regards to user interface, I think that it would be a big mistake to try to graft the old desktop interface to the wearable. It just doesn't match. What we need is something much more context-sensitive, that presents options to the user depending on location, what the user is currently doing, other people or objects present, social context, etc. Victor -- 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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