Wearable

Because the term "wearable computer" has become a part of our vocabulary&sbquo the term" wearable" has come to mean "equipping the body." The general Interpretation of the word's etymology is that it first appeared at a Massachusetts Institute of Technology conference in 1992 to describe the evolving form of the computer. However&sbquo in the sense of "equipping" the body itself&sbquo or equipping the clothing worn on the body with some kind of device that would function as an information device&sbquo the concept of "wearable" originally stemmed from the example of the pacemaker imbedded within the body. Accordingly&sbquo we can see "wearable" as a concept with a substantial grasp of the sense of distance between our perception and our physical bodies&sbquo and one which doesn't end just with information devices. Humanity has considered wearable objects to be such things as personal accessories&sbquo wristwatches&sbquo and glasses&sbquo in the sense they are attached to our bodies. Because of this&sbquo information devices are merely being converted into a concept that considers wearable device to be further evolutionary possibilities in form of rings&sbquo earrings&sbquo bracelets&sbquo wristwatches and head-mounted displays. still within the context of traditional wearable items. However&sbquo we must believe it possible to experiment to the extent to the extent of equipping or outfitting the human body itself with technology that possesses new functionality. First&sbquo wouldn't it be possible to make "wearable" a topical term also in regards to equipping the inside our bodies with devices&sbquo or a term that would undertake a process of uncovering the possibilities of a symbolic conceptualization as a spatial concept of the human body? If we give serious thought to this term as a topical concept we must strictly define the compatibility of technology and our view of the human body in terms of the usage of the term "wearable" in "sensibility engineering" which evaluates everything from robotics to artificial organs that utilize nanotechnology. In the capacity of a concept that relates our view of our body to objectified source&sbquo we could also develop this term as spatial design vocabulary that embodied the significance of this term. An attempt at a predictive definition might be "technology with a performance compatible with the human body."

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