I've Asked it Before...

[forsyth]

But seriously. Why the hell, in the 21st century, is the global information and pornography network confined to my desk?

(Okay, besides because I'm poor. I know that one. But I want internet capable glasses which can overlay reality with a minimap, or an arrow showing me the turns to take, plus let me access information I need to know, like Now.)

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[forsythferret.livejournal.com]

"Batbelt gear" Heh, I like that.

The glasses, at least, could easily just be a display system. I know they have things like it, but don't know how far they've gotten on the various ones. Yes, in theory there could be eyeball tracking cursor control and that sort of thing, but just a monitor that could plug into a thin wifi net client should be easy enough to fit in something the size of an Ipod or so. It'd have more battery demands, with the wifi, and I don't know how much storage space you'd need, but ideally all of that could be upgradable with off the shelf components. Like the same kind of memory cards cameras use, that sort of thing. Things are so much cheaper and more useful when there's standards instead of each company setting their own that doesn't communicate with any other brands.

And we should so have broadband more places, but the stupid phone and cable companies want to control it, and how you use it. Evil.