Re: [wearables] /. [GPS-tracked Clothing]
a but check out the parent website, contagious media (http://contagiousmedia.org/). the site is a hoax :) --lucy On 5/29/05, Eugen Leitl [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Link: http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/05/29/1547234 Posted by: CmdrTaco, on 2005-05-29 16:07:00 from the finally-i-have-to-ask-why dept. [1]Anil Kandangath writes A Japanese firm has shown off new technology that enables GPS units to be embedded [2]in clothing that will enable the wearer to be tracked continuously. The device is thin enough to be tacked on unobtrusively and is powered by a thin watch battery. It is also capable of taking biometric measurements and [3]transmitting them PCs and handheld devices. Though marketed as a device to enable people to keep track of spouses, how long before such technology becomes intrusive in our lives? Like tracking your spouse is ok?. What a world! References 1. http://www.ecogito.net/anil 2. http://forgetmenotpanties.contagiousmedia.org/ 3. http://forgetmenotpanties.contagiousmedia.org/sensatech.html - End forwarded message - -- Eugen* Leitl a href=http://leitl.org;leitl/a __ ICBM: 48.07100, 11.36820http://www.leitl.org 8B29F6BE: 099D 78BA 2FD3 B014 B08A 7779 75B0 2443 8B29 F6BE BodyID:256123721.2.n.logpart (stored separately)
Re: [wearables] /. [GPS-tracked Clothing]
a but check out the parent website, contagious media (http://contagiousmedia.org/). the site is a hoax :) --lucy On 5/29/05, Eugen Leitl [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Link: http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/05/29/1547234 Posted by: CmdrTaco, on 2005-05-29 16:07:00 from the finally-i-have-to-ask-why dept. [1]Anil Kandangath writes A Japanese firm has shown off new technology that enables GPS units to be embedded [2]in clothing that will enable the wearer to be tracked continuously. The device is thin enough to be tacked on unobtrusively and is powered by a thin watch battery. It is also capable of taking biometric measurements and [3]transmitting them PCs and handheld devices. Though marketed as a device to enable people to keep track of spouses, how long before such technology becomes intrusive in our lives? Like tracking your spouse is ok?. What a world! References 1. http://www.ecogito.net/anil 2. http://forgetmenotpanties.contagiousmedia.org/ 3. http://forgetmenotpanties.contagiousmedia.org/sensatech.html - End forwarded message - -- Eugen* Leitl a href=http://leitl.org;leitl/a __ ICBM: 48.07100, 11.36820http://www.leitl.org 8B29F6BE: 099D 78BA 2FD3 B014 B08A 7779 75B0 2443 8B29 F6BE BodyID:256123721.2.n.logpart (stored separately)
