"The Walking Office" Wearable Computer Prototype, 1984
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The Walking Office Wearable Computer is a prototype model created by the design group Salotto Dinamico. This proposed device subverted where (and when) the office could be, turning the human body into a mobile workstation. A keyboard, display arc, and cassette recorder became personal adornment--also capable of pairing with an acoustic modem to exchange data through telephone lines.
The Walking Office Wearable Computer is a prototype model created by the design group Salotto Dinamico. This proposed device subverted where (and when) the office could be, turning the human body into a mobile workstation. A keyboard, display arc, and cassette recorder became personal adornment--also capable of pairing with an acoustic modem to exchange data through telephone lines.
Artifact
Prototype (Object genre)
Date Made
1984
Creators
Place of Creation
Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
2016.112.1
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Maria Luisa Rossi and Vincenzo Iavicoli.
Material
Metal
Color
Silver (Color)
Dimensions
Height: 1.125 in (keyboard)
Width: 7 in (keyboard)
Length: 3.625 in (keyboard)
Height: .125 in (shoulder piece)
Width: 7.25 in (shoulder piece)
Length: 6.75 in (shoulder piece)
Length: 6.5 in (spring)
Diameter: .375 in (spring)
Height: .125 in (head piece with black shape)
Width: 6.75 in (head piece with black shape)
Length: 8 in (head piece with black shape)
Height: 1.25 in (mouse)
Width: 2.375 in (mouse)
Length: 2.75 in (mouse)
Inscriptions
The alphabet is listed on the front of the keyboard on front of mouse: PAUSE MIC / STOP PLAY REC on bottom of mouse: L[?]
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