Talk:Wearable computer

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[edit] Merge?

"It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Wearable computing. (Discuss)"

  • I vote yes --Treekids (talk) 02:33, 1 February 2008 (UTC)
  • I think yes as well. There is a lot of overlap between the two - can easily be combined into one. --User:Bradka 14:30, 17 March 2008 (UTC)
  • I say yes also. These two are clearly the same thing, just different suffixes. Xonybubba (talk) 12:47, 28 April 2008 (UTC)
  • I say yes - it was very confusing having 2 articles on identical subjects, with essentially the same name!Yobmod (talk) 10:42, 28 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Too much text

There is way too much text. Suggest breaking into Introduction, Applications, History, Companies involved, and See also.

Shashank Shekhar 16:52, 9 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Issues section

The section entitled "issues" does not cite sources.

So what's up with the "issues" section? Someone added the prophecy template. Does anyone think that micromanagement/surveillance has already happened because of wearable computers? --65.148.145.95 11:55, 14 November 2006 (UTC)

It does seem to be more prophetic than stating fact. The article should illuminate the topic of wearable computing, and the "Issues" section should illustrate the issues that the topic faces or the issues created by the technology. This current point might be a risk, but not an issue. Blathering1

  • I think issues brought up in research papers are appropriate, especially if they are cited by others. But definitely no rampant speculation etc. --Treekids (talk) 02:32, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

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[edit] American football?

Every once in awhile I'll see the quarterbacks in professional football games (as in NFL) doing what appears to be 'typing' on some sort of thing worn on their forearm. It looks like some sort of computer, but I don't know what it is or what it does. Does anyone know anything about this? PolarisSLBM 14:59, 23 March 2007 (UTC)pankaj

[edit] Eyeglasses?

How are eyeglasses wearable computers? In what way do they compute? Pocket watches, okay, they compute the time, but glasses, no. --Raulpascal 16:18, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

Clearly Raulpascal is not a glasses wearer. I agree that glasses aren't anywhere close to a general-purpose wearable computer. But glasses do have a few similarities to wearable computers. Glasses give Image_editing#Perspective_correction_and_distortion, giving a "better than reality" Augmented reality. I can't think of anything that is not a computer that can do that. --75.48.165.135 23:49, 27 September 2007 (UTC)

Rather than argue over it, would it be better to quote "A brief history of wearable computing" Bradley Rhodes? --75.48.165.135 01:44, 28 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Advertisement?

I'm pulling the following from "Commercial Viability", the buzzwords and general description (along with a non-captioned photo) make it seem like an advertisement:

"Currently, Arcom Control Systems (a member of Eurotech Group) offers the latest in wearable computers, the ZYPAD. The ZYPAD is a rugged wrist wearable touch screen computer with GPS, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth connectivity. The ZYPAD runs a version of embedded Linux Kernel 2.6 with a complete GTK desktop GUI and also Windows CE. The ZYPAD can run a number of custom applications such as Wireless RFID, GPS and Zigbee applications.

" -- 69.243.168.118 23:38, 21 July 2007 (UTC)

I think this is a good example of a wearable computer though, Perhaps the entry could be re-written in an acceptable format? Darkeye11547 18:17, 25 October 2007 (UTC)