Wednesday, 9. October 2002

Wearable Computers Wave of Future


"Most people who stand in line at the airport are just waiting there, bored. I'm writing the next chapter of my book or reading e-mail," Starner said Tuesday at the International Symposium on Wearable Computers at the University of Washington.

Starner's gear, which costs about $4,500, includes a micro-optical monitor hooked to his glasses, a cell phone-shaped keyboard he straps to the back of one hand and a small black bag that holds a 1 1/2-pound computer.

¬> Seattle Post-Intelligencer

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