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Back in the operating room, Michler prepares for the first incision--a small round hole through which the robotic arm will enter the left side of Oaks' chest. First goes the camera, then the miniature forceps and finally a tool called a cautery, which will be used to isolate the artery that the surgeons plan to attach to the heart to restore proper blood flow. As Michler steps back, the robot springs to life. Looking like the legs of an oversize metallic spider, the long black arms start to gyrate--both outside and deep inside the patient's body...
...condoms)... I brought out about 40 but I think I'll run out of them by Saturday." What Chung didn't consider were the distribution possibilities inherent in e-mail?especially of those perceived as obnoxious?and his message was forwarded around the world bearing addenda like, "What a tool box." Within days he had lost his job. "E-mail makes every user mass media," says futurist Alvin Toffler. "The power was put into the hands of a child and he had 15 seconds of global fame." Hope that FedEx package doesn't come C.O.D...
...ACTION ASIA www.actionasia.com SWEAT THE SMALL STUFF Plan your next diving adventure in Thailand or trekking excursion through Nepal. The "where to go when" tool is especially helpful: match an activity with a location and date and the site tells you what the weather will be like...
Problem No. 2 is price. The current model costs between $5,000 and $6,000, far too much for a personal computer no matter how high the cool factor. The thing is, the MA-IV isn't meant to replace your trusty iMac: it is an industrial tool. Xybernaut sells these machines - a few hundred, thus far - to companies that have a large, widely dispersed maintenance staff. Bell Canada's workers, for instance, climb up poles and down manholes to fix phone lines and maintain highly sophisticated equipment. Rather than carry a bagful of printed manuals, workers strap...
...think Schwartz and DeVaul are missing the point. Wearable computers, when they are mass-produced, will be a consumer product, not just a work tool. Their allure will lie not in their utility but in their look and feel. Nobody needs a personal computer to be tangerine-colored and lodged in a translucent plastic shell, but try telling that to the millions who have bought Apple's iMac. The academicians are also under-estimating the attraction of ultra-portability. In the public consciousness, wearables are the logical future - the destiny, if you like - of computing. Think of all those neat...