Microsoft Research architect Jaron Lanier, a pioneer in virtual reality and visual computing, is starting a new lab in San Francisco dedicated to developing new kinds of computation, based on tactile and motor experiences.

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Although no single device will always satisfy everybody, these new products go a long way toward making the promise of wireless computing a reality.

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Researchers have begun prototyping a pair of tighty-whiteys coated with the requisite carbon electrodes to make electrochemical computing a reality, as it turns out the nether regions are a prime place to measure chemicals excreted in one's sweat.

ENGADGET: Scientists create sweat-monitoring underwear, break them in (video)