WEARABLE WIRELESS VIDEOPHONES (WWV)

hurburgh (hurburgh@c3.telstra-mm.net.au)
Tue, 2 Feb 1999 09:38:49 +1100

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Anybody out there in extropy-land who is following R&D = breakthroughs=20

on WWVs?
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They have got to be the ultimate communications device particularly = if=20

we can get them down to gnat-size.
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     Bandwidth is the obvious constraint at the moment but somewhere=20
     between satellite LEOS (v2.001k), cels G3 and perhaps the next =
generation of GSM we must be getting close.

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When brainstorming some possible applications I got :-
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     Anybody out there in extropy-land who is = following=20 R&D breakthroughs
     on=20 WWVs?
    
     They have = got to=20 be the ultimate communications device particularly if=20
     we can get them down to=20 gnat-size.
    
     = Bandwidth is=20 the obvious constraint at the moment but somewhere =
    =20 between satellite LEOS (v2.001k), cels G3 and perhaps the next = generation of GSM=20 we must be getting close.
    =20
     When brainstorming some possible = applications I got=20 :-
    
     - great = bootleg=20 concert webcasts
     =
     - the=20 ultimate "wish you were here" realtime digital=20 postcard
    
     - = great=20 personal security & deterrent = device
      =20 " Patch me thru to McGarret! ...  Book Him Danno"
      & if your server is down , get a = digital=20 mugshot (the Web's Most Wanted?)
    =20
     - we could all be special correspondents = for CNN -=20 no thanks !
    
     - = & now=20 for the nice stuff
        perhaps share your = precious=20 moments ( mountain top sunrises?) with loved-ones =20
        &/or the=20 world
    
     And for = those=20 really mega-events (perhaps the dawn of the
     = new-millennium somewhere near the DateLine in a Pacific paradise) a good = proportion of
     the populace could come close = to a=20 feeling of being part of that often
     dreamt=20 about,  ultimate good-vibe of universal=20 consciousness.
    
     = I'd love=20 to get some dialog going on WWVs and where they may take=20 us.
    
     =20 sgd
     david
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     hurburgh@vic.bigpond.net.au
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