Well I'm in a similar position to yourself. I want to build a wearable. The only difference is I want a highly portable, I don't necessarily want to 'wear' it, but I want it to be so light and convenient that you take it with you without consideration. I'm interested in building it, and I'm interested in a limited ammount of pioneering. At the same time I want something that works, I want to benefit for the mistakes others have learnt form and I don't want to spend a lot of money, as I have already invested in flash desktop machine. I'd say it comes down to a PC104 type machine using existing embedded industrial components, or a Netwinder running linux. The Netwinder might not be small enough for some wearable users, but for me as a highly portable it makes sense. At 10-12 volts 1.5 amps it will probably run off a car cigarette lighter. This is appealing to me. To sum it up, I think the StrongARM solution is technically superior, but only if you can take advantage of an existing product. The Netwinder is a new but existing product. It's enough to make me hold off on my purchase decision. -- Binary Bar - Australia's first free access internet bar/cafe/gallery. 243 Brunswick Street, Fitzroy, Melbourne, Australia. 3pm - 1am http://www.binary.net.au/ -- Subcription/unsubscription/info requests: send e-mail with subject of "subscribe", "unsubscribe", or "info" toWear-Hard Mailing List Archive (searchable): http://wearables.ml.org
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