We can add Sony (SNE) to the mix given a recent patent filing that describes an eyeglass-mounted computer system that displays data on both lenses.
Based on Golden-i, Motorola Solutions (MSI) is producing its HC1 modular head mounted computer that offers connectivity and support to industries like defense, utilities, telecommunications, aerospace, and aviation industries that are fieldwork heavy.
One of the more entertaining posts we wrote up at last year's CES was for the Golden-i, a head-mounted computer that lets field workers control their machines using voice commands and by moving their heads.
At an operations control center in the English city of Derby, a handful of railway engineers spend their days focusing intently on four large wall-mounted computer screens displaying data about the conditions of the engines, the heating and cooling systems and whether a door might be jammed on any of 33 Scottish trains.
Digital output helps protect against radio and electromagnetic interference, which can cause audio problems with microphones mounted on computer displays.
Alternatively, an ultra-small camera can be mounted above usual computer locations, such as an office desk or table.
Like a motion-controlled video gaming system, the Virtual Music Instrument employs a camera that is mounted on a computer screen and aimed at someone, capturing their gestures.
He receives around-the-clock care, can only communicate by twitching his cheek, and relies on a computer mounted to his wheelchair to convey his thoughts in a distinctive robotic monotone.
Armed with more modern conveniences than many proper homes, the fort has a TV, wall-mounted speakers, desktop computer, air conditioning, shelving, and fluorescent lights.
Her head was mounted in a rigid frame as the doctors studied computer-enhanced images of her brain.
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police investigators have searched the son's computer hard drive and told him "we don't have any evidence that they were in touch, " he said.
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The engine is mounted on a test-bed and attached to a computer-controlled dynamometer, which is used to apply an adjustable load.
What our man Pascal Brisset did is design a Linux system around a Gumstix Overo Fire computer-on-module, a Vuzix VR920 head-mounted stereoscopic 640 x 480 display (complete with 3D tilt sensor and 3D magnetic compass), WiFi, and Bluetooth modules -- the whole shebang resides in (and on) the eyewear, just the thing for secure telepresence and augmented reality applications (or just extra-private web browsing).
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The final few hundred metres to the house will be crossed with a wireless connection, using transmitters mounted on Tepco's electricity poles and tiny receivers plugged into a subscriber's personal computer.
Going beyond the MIL-STD-810G certification with the ability to withstand a six-foot drop, and with a shock-mounted hard drive, magnesium alloy case and UL1604 Class I Division 2 certification, this mobile computer is optimized to operate in hazardous and mission-critical environments.
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