Via Slashdot comes the revival of Wearable Computing as funded by the European Union.
A few years ago I exhibited at a business expo in The Odyssey in Belfast. I was there to promote my managed IT services – pretty mainstream stuff – but there was one guy who was running around with a borg-like appendage attached to his eye.
He wasn’t quite as handsome as the guy on the WearIT@Work and he was getting little attention from the ultra-conservative Northern Ireland business wanderers at the exhibition. I don’t think they were ready for it.
As computers become smaller and more integrated, is there really a need for them to be wearable? I mean, do we need micrchips embedded in our clothing? Will they survive a 40 degree wash with a biological detergent?