Model Wearing Walking Office Wearable Computer Prototype, circa 1984
THF274746 / Model Wearing Walking Office Wearable Computer Prototype, circa 1984 / detail
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Artifact Overview
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 Details
Artifact
Slide (Photograph)
Date Made
circa 1984
Subject Date
circa 1984
Creators
Collection Title
Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
2016.112.0.8
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Maria Luisa Rossi and Vincenzo Iavicoli.
Color
Multicolored
Dimensions
Height: 2 in
Width: 2 in
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