Zypad WR1100 is a computer that straps around your forearm, designed for use by the military and particularly adventurous ravers. From GPS World‘s review:
The WR-1100 uses the Linux (Kernel 2.6) operating system, weighs in at just 23 ounces or 650 grams, and is about 4.5 x 3.5 x 3 inches in size. It is rugged to MIL-STD (military standards) 810F and 461E for temperature, thermal shock, humidity, transit, and crash shock; normal and vehicular vibration; altitude and enclosure class for immersion in three feet of H20; so you don’t have to worry about damaging the WR-1100 when you hit the deck. … The WR-1100, the device I am reviewing, also incorporated Wi-Fi and Bluetooth. The WR-1110 adds an RFID or radio frequency identification capability and the WR-1120 adds ZigBee in place of Bluetooth. … it is a computer with all the associated capabilities.
Speaking of the miitary, I deserve a medal for getting through this post without making a Fallout reference. Not even a clever, oblique one in the headline.
Review [GPS World via CrunchGear]
DO. WANT.
I’ve wanted a wearable PC for YEARS, ever since I saw a groovy one at IBM Hursley…
And of course, it WILL inject that neurotoxin in your veigns the moment you are detected to have gone awol during a mission.
It also looks like the tracking device for “Escape From New York”
He seems to think ‘dead-reckoning’ is a feature of the device that allows it to tell when you’re no longer alive. So beautifully wrong…
Cost?
$7.995. ‘Stralians dollars.
http://www.myshopping.com.au/PR–251087_Zypad_WR1100_MilSpec_IP67_Rugged_Wearable_CE6_GPS
That’d be around $6.699.
$6.699 Canadian.
No medal, but you do get a nice ribbon. Here, it says “A commenter on my blog thinks I’m #1″.
Ooooohhhhhhhhhhhh….
Sorry. Anybody have an idea of cost?? It very much looks like an “if you have to ask…” type device.
Can you scan retinas? If so I want to be the first gargoyle on my block!
And no Futurama/Leela reference either. You are strong!
I recently watched Escape from New York and Escape from L.A. with some friends, and we laughed at the fact that, even though the state of the art in technology had advanced significantly since the first movie, Kurt Russell still had the same ginormous clunky countdown wristwatch to tell him how much time he had left. This thing makes the Plissken Watch look svelte.
We’ve come a long way since the Wristmac:
http://www.hollenback.net/index.php/WristMac
You’re right though – that is so incredibly Fallout. WANT.
Seems like for most of drooling over it, it would easier just to build a secure forearm enclosure for our phones, touches, etc. But this does scream wasteland chic
Youch.
Lizardman, you’re probably right. But it’s so pretty.
I, for one, like the presidents new BlackBerry.
I notice the lack of a radio reciever. That is a necessary feature. I rely on the ability to stay updated on the latest news of the Capital Wasteland.
first thing that occurs to me – you can only use it one-handed, so emulators are out.
Wonder what it’s battery life is like when playing back vidio…
I’m drooling on my keyboard.
I prefer NRK’s (the folks behind the free Norwegian documentary torrents) “How to get a bigger screen on N95 than iPhone”
http://nrkbeta.no/how-to-get-a-bigger-screen-on-nokia-n95-than-iphone/
Hint: It involves duct tape.
What’s the deal with the adventurous raver comment? Are they even able to use computers?
Can it be used to make a phone call?
*gasp* its a practically PIPBoy 2000!
I really wish durability wasn’t a “feature” anymore. I want every piece of portable electronic equipment I own to have a comparable level of durability. A lot of electronics are damaged or destroyed through drops, accidental dunkings and the like. Of course, the manufacturers like that because if you break it, you’ve got to buy another one…
I want one of these. Maybe with one of those laser keyboards I’ve seen floating around at thinkgeek and other places.
DEATH RECKONING SYSTEM
Medal revoked for making an obtuse reference to the fact that you didn’t make a reference, thereby making a reference. This is a Theoretical Internet No Fallout 3 Reference Medal, not some crackerjack Presidential Medal of Freedom.
See, now that’s the kind of durability I’d like to see more of in consumer electronics. If there isn’t a market niche for drop-kickable, submersible, “thermal shock” proof laptops/netbooks/smartphones, I’ll eat my hat.