Re: WEARABLE WIRELESS VIDEOPHONES (WWV)

Pat Fallon (pfallon@ptd.net)
Mon, 01 Feb 1999 13:16:23 -0500

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hurburgh wrote:

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

I'd like a wearable one that I could activate on demand if the authorities or some other thugs pull me over or confront me. That would presuppose an uplink to some service that would monitor and record these events for possible legal/security interaction. Thousands of Rodney Kings.

Pat Fallon
pfallon@bigfoot.com
http://www.mmsweb.com/eykiw

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hurburgh wrote:

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

Pat Fallon
pfallon@bigfoot.com
http://www.mmsweb.com/eykiw

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