Hi, I am taking the next two months to gear up for my trip to Japan. As I don't speak or read Japanese at all, I am a bit wary of the 4-day trip; it's tough enough on my own in Taiwan even though I do speak Mandarin! I am looking for an accurate street-level map of Tokyo, especially the Akihabara area. Hopefully this combined with my GPS will keep me from getting lost (although this may be overkill) (: I'm going to perform an experiment on how effectively, and in what ways, a wearable (equipped properly) can make one's life easier in a foreign country. Any recommendations of interactive language, phrases, pronunciation, and cultural software will be great help as well. The books and tapes aren't good for immediate on-demand access to proper pronunciation. I'm going to code up some macros so that my wearable will do currency conversion for me (converting between Yen, NT, and USD), hopefully saving me from having to type on a little keyboard or write on a PDA while I'm trying to be tough about haggling. Also, any pointers to URLs or info about Walking Tours for Electronic Enthusiasts (read: geeks) would be great. Thanks! Patricia -- 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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