[extropy-chat] Futures Past

[Eugen Leitl]

On Mon, Oct 10, 2005 at 12:24:26AM -0700, Neil H. wrote:

> How much do devices like these actually cost? I imagine with a bluetooth

A lot. http://www.xybernaut.com/itemList.asp?categoryID=28

> cell phone, and a bluetooth-enabled eye display, earpiece, and twiddler

1) there are no bluetooth-enabled displays
2) the bandwidth wouldn't suffice

> keyboard, one could do some interesting things.

One could. If one could buy such things at normal prices.
 
> Toss in a GPS receiver and a camera with decent object recognition
> algorithms...

http://www.cc.gatech.edu/fac/Thad.Starner/p/journal/augmented-reality-through-wearable-computing.pdf

So, why don't we still have such things?

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