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To: Wolff who wrote (4230)	5/26/2000 3:23:00 PM
From: Stan V.	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 6847

But how do you know this guy at Boeing is an expert? The article only says he is in R&D at Boeing. He could be the mail guy.

To: Wolff who wrote (4230)	5/26/2000 6:46:00 PM
From: Scott C. Lemon	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 6847

Hello Wolff, > My comments back. All new Palms will be wireless. ... as will all wearable computers. So we are even here. > The boeing guy is an expert, while you profess to be one, > I hear yah talking, but I have seen nothing in your > textbook responses to feel that your are generating > original concepts or ideas on wearables. I accept your perspective. In order to maybe provide some credentials for your inspection, can you please define the criteria which makes the gentleman from Boeing an "expert"? I'll do my best to address your "requirements" ... but might not meet them. ;-) > Maybe you are but, if you would like to share just > exactly your work with wearables, fine, no problem will > be happy to read. Until then, I think you have clever > explanations which don?t at all address what is happening > in the greater industry. So over the last 10 years I have been doing research and development in augmented reality for marine navigation systems. From this I started to extrapolate a number of other potential applications. I began to use laptop computers in backpacks to experiment with the capabilities and requirements for integration of GPS, wireless, and various I/O devices. I have worked through a large outline of, what I have created as, my "minimum requirements for coolness". This list is extensive and includes the peripherals and software applications that begin to provide real useful applications to the mobile computer user of the future. Much of it is gained by reading the work of other university researchers. What has amazed me is that over the last one year over 75% of the items on my list have been created and are available from vendors, and they have fallen below my minimum price point. When I see a high rate of change in that many areas, it is an indicator to me that we are quickly getting close. So I am now actively working with goggle vendors to get them working with existing sunglasses vendors for form/function issues. I'm working with a variety of peripheral vendors to get them to work on form and design for integration into clothing. I've tracked down several vest and apparel vendors and am discussing the coming "computer fashion" issues that Infocharms made me aware of. And I am working with applications developers to create some cool applications. And now I decided that I would pursue a video production company that is interested in creating some documentary footage/movie on the creation of the future. So just a few things ... ;-) > When I see you as having the content of an expert, you > will then be an expert to me. I chuckle at your > persistent self-proclamations, either tell us or not, > enough of the suspense. I'm not sure what you want to hear ... I'm working on projects ... if you would like to sign some NDAs, I can give you details on my specific work. I'll actually offer that within the next few weeks, if all goes well, I'll be able to discuss more. I guess that I'm at a loss of what you define as an "expert" ... what can I provide you that might indicate this to you? I'll try to meet your requirements, but can not promise that I will ever meet your expectations. > If you are doing something " to make it happen" do tell. I've listed a series of steps that I am working on above ... the details and companies are not public at this time due to legal NDA issues. I'll disclose if you would like to sign ... and I'll announce as I can. At Networld+Interop I took my prototype system around to look for some of the peripherals that I wanted. One of the ones that I found was a USB 802.11b network adapter. This was way cool! (P.S. I'm consulting on a project to create the worlds largest 802.11b wireless network infrastructure also. I want to do this so that people wearing their computers can get high-speed Internet access any time they are at a public "hot spot". I talked with Nokia at N+I about this.) > So it stands, that the expert at Boeing does not see a > consumer market for these devices. Any reason to doubt > his opinion? That is entirely up to you. I doubt it completely due to the groups of people that I am already "infecting" with my ideas and enthusiasm. That's what I do. ;-) I'll address the questions tomorrow ... thanks for providing the link. I have to run out the door to meet some friends to complete the architecture for our Internet GIS database integration project. We're building a set of automatically cached maps for wearables. When you have a GPS attached, and you get into wireless range of the Internet, the application will automatically download and cache multi-layer maps of the local area and the surrounding area. Then as you walk, the maps and your location are displayed ... you get directions to landmarks, etc. Fun stuff to play with ... ;-) Scott C. Lemon