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To: scouser who wrote (17583)	11/27/1999 10:05:00 PM
From: scouser	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 29382

Drive 'n' trade..... mybc.com New 'wearable' computer TOKYO (AP) - The screen is a monocle that fits over one eye. The computer, a pocketbook-sized box with two buttons. Sound futuristic? Japanese camera maker Olympus and the Japanese unit of IBM came out with a prototype "Wearable PC" on Friday and said the gadget could hit stores soon. The companies jointly developed the machine for those who can't be bothered to carry laptops around and want to wear their computers instead. The 370-gram computer has an Intel Pentium processor, 64 megabytes of memory and runs the Microsoft Windows operating system. The tiny screen flips out from a headset and covers one eye, projecting the image of a much larger monitor. A banana-shaped handle with a touchpad and two buttons is used to select icons in the "Eye Trek" virtual screen. The Wearable PC doesn't have a keyboard yet, but "we may develop that in the future," said Olympus spokesman Shinichiro Murakami. In the meantime, users can open and look at files and play audio and video. Murakami said the companies will decide next year when to launch the computer.