Walking Office Prototype with Telephone Receiver, circa 1984

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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

Location

Not on exhibit to the public.

Object ID

2016.112.0.7

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

Walking Office Prototype with Telephone Receiver, circa 1984