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<H2><A NAME="s13">13. How can I have my Wearable ?</A> </H2>
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<H2><A NAME="ss13.1">13.1 Commercial Solutions.</A>
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<P>Some companies sells Wearables ready to use out of the Box,
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hereafter is a list of them.
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<A HREF="http://www.genesistech2000.com/product.html">Genesys Technology </A> manufactures a Wearable that
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uses a HMD display.</LI>
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<A HREF="http://www.handsfreemobile.com">handsfreemobile </A> sells the Mid Riff Brain, it is
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mostly an LCD touchpad based solution and the unit is in a pouch fixed on the waistband.</LI>
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<A HREF="http://www.teltronics.com/is/hardware.html ">Teltronics </A> sells the Mentis. It is a modular wearable.</LI>
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<A HREF="http://www.flexipc.com/ ">Via </A> sells the VIA II PC a Wearable that is worn
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on the waistband.</LI>
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<A HREF="http://www.xybernaut.com/F00005.htm ">Xybernaut </A> sells the Mobile Assistant IV ( MA
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IV ) available with RedHat Linux 6.1, Suse Linux ,Windows 9x and Windows NT4
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<H2><A NAME="ss13.2">13.2 Do it yourself.</A>
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<P>As wearable computing is in its very early beginning you should make
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various experiments and share them with your peers.
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Doing this with an open and versatile OS such as Linux should give you
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a lot of fun ( after all, desktop computer is just a plain vanilla
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computer), because you play with both the OS and the hardware.
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If you are unsure of the technical decisions you are going to make, you
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can start with a proven design. On the net you can find the
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specifications of some wearable systems thus you will not have to
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reinvent the wheel and you will avoid some pitfalls. ( the designs are
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sorted by alphabetical order ).
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<LI>The
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<A HREF="http://wearables.www.media.mit.edu/projects/wearables">Lizzi </A> ; it is the MIT's wearable design.</LI>
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<LI>In the UK you can find the
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<A HREF="http://wearables.essex.ac.uk/spec/wear-spec.html">Vase Lab Wearable</A> it is from Neil Newman at the University of Essex.</LI>
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<LI>In Canada, the
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<A HREF="http://www.wearcomp.org/wearhow/">Wearcomp </A> is a proven design, by Prof. Steve
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Mann at the University of Toronto.</LI>
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