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DeVaul, 29, takes the argument further. A wearable computer, he says, is as different from a PC as a PC is from a mainframe. For wearables to work, they would have to perform special functions related to mobility. "A wearable has to be aware of where you are, what you're doing - and give you information accordingly." So, if you're passing a grocery store, your computer should be able to remind you that there is no milk at home and it may be a good idea to step in and buy a carton. A wearable can only work when...
...fact, the airboard seems ideal for Japan, a nation that is notoriously PC-phobic and prefers other ways of getting online, such as via tiny, mobile Net phones. Sony won't say how many airboards it has sold in Japan, but officials claim nearly 20,000 are being produced each month, and presumably they aren't just piling up in warehouses. Sony has big hopes for the U.S. market and will introduce the product there later this year...
...sells a similar device mainly for business use. And a few U.S. companies, like industrial giant Honeywell, have launched "Internet appliances" that offer Web access from anywhere in the home. But the airboard is unique in that it merges the Internet with conventional entertainment, linking home appliances - from the PC to the TV - into a single, seamless network. For consumers in over-gadgeted households, that might have immense appeal - or the airboard might be viewed as one more appliance that's neat but not needed...
Well, Rikke Clausen does. In fact, she constantly uses the PC built into her fridge. Clausen, 34, is on a break from her job at the Girl Guides to care for her two young sons. In her home, the kitchen, dining area and living room all merge seamlessly into a whole: one corner serves as the boys' playroom. In this setting, the Screenfridge makes perfect sense. "I can surf the Net, cook and keep an eye on my children at the same time," says Clausen. "If I had to use the family computer, I'd have to go into...
...digital, their votes don't appear instantly on the TV screen. Shoji Doyama, chairman of MTV Japan, says that by year's end the company plans to introduce "some interactivity into all of its TV programming, permitting voting, e-commerce or tie-ins with real shops via mobile or PC-based Web access...