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ghostoffuffle · 3839 days ago · link ·
In 1998. This is incredible. Makes me wonder what kind of stuff is floating around the MIT human dynamic lab right now that won't see popular use for another couple decades.The first wearable prototypes that looked anything like those of today emerged from the lab in the early 1990s. And by 1998, Pentland’s "wearables closet" had grown, he recalls, to include "glasses with a private, full-resolution computer display; a health monitor in a watch that records my temperature, heart rate and blood pressure; a computer-in-a-belt with a wireless internet connection; a lapel pin that doubles as a camera and microphone; and a touchpad or keyboard literally sewn into a jacket."