Re: commercially available wearables (off-the-shelf)

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Hi Tom,

Nothing pops out in my mind.  Most of the talk I've seen of late has been
more around convergence of cell-phone and multimedia player technology. 
Thad may have some insight into more current commercial ventures through
his IEEE Pervasive Computing activities.

In the case of that gumstix pack the robostix has headers, so any
soldering to be done is at the custom-wiring level, not the custom-board
level.  The pieces are all off-the-shelf; the wiring isn't but that makes
it easier to keep the implementation more compact.

Anyone else have some ideas?

Andrew.

Thus spake Tom Longson (nym):
> I think anything that involves soldering is most definately not off the
> shelf. I already knew about Xybernaut, are they still the only commercial
> game in town?
>
> Cheers,
> nym
> http://igargoyle.com/
>
> On 6/8/06, Andrew Plumb <> wrote:
>>
>> I would expect it depends on your needs, budget and most importantly
>> your
>> definition of "off-the-shelf".
>>
>> Plug'n'play off-the-shelf:
>> - http://xybernaut.com/mps.asp?categoryID=4
>>
>> Assemble yourself off-the-shelf:
>> - http://tekgear.ca/index.cfm?pageID=1
>> - http://www.mini-box.com/s.nl/sc.8/category.13/it.A/id.449/.f
>> - http://www.logicsupply.com/product_info.php/cPath/87/products_id/525
>>
>> Assemble yourself off-the-shelf, with the help of a soldering iron and
>> your own Linux-based code:
>> - http://gumstix.com/store/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=146
>> - add bluetooth peripherals.
>>
>> Thus spake David Cox:
>> >
>> > I'm interested in buying  a wearable off-the-shelf for use with a
>> college
>> > project,  can anyone advise?
>> >
>> > DC
>> >
>> >
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