Tech Legacy - The Seiko Wrist Computer (Part 19)
Have you ever seen something as cool as a wrist computer? Man oh man, how did I miss this! The potential for getting things done with a beauty like this was incredible!
Dubbed as the smartphone of 1984: this took the idea of the “computer watch” to a whole new level...
Think this is too much? Consider the nuclear watch, whose invention was discussed in an ancient Time magazine article.
Be grateful and pleased it never happened folks...
A newer model, the Ruputer was a wristwatch computer developed in 1998 by Seiko. In the US, it was later marketed as the onHand PC by Matsucom.
The Ruputer has a 16-bit, 3.6 MHz processor and 2 MB of non-volatile storage memory and 128 KB of RAM. Its display is a 102×64 pixel monochrome LCD. Its main forms of input are a tiny 8-direction joystick and 6 function buttons. It also has a serial interface and an IR port for communicating with other devices.
The main body of the device (separate from the strap) is roughly 2 inches wide, 1 1/8 inches across, and 5/8 of an inch deep. It is powered by two high-powered watch batteries, which supply the device enough energy for approximately 30 hours of use. Under normal conditions, the watch goes into standby mode down when not in use in order to extend its battery life. The device was distributed with a software development kit which allows for creation of new software written in the programming language C.
If you think the gadgets are good now then just imagine how our ancestors felt when beauties like this hit the market!
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Wikipedia
Nothing to laugh about here - even higher developed species use wrist "computers":
hahahahahahaha
I remember this movie but I can't recall the name/
Kindly help a brother with the name.
This is the "Predator" creature from the film with Schwarzenegger :)
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Haha, wow! I didn't know of the existence of these. It's pretty crazy!!
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Owned this watch back in the late 1980s. This was one of new wave of devices that featured voice recognition. However, back then this was a very nascent technology and had its share of problems with accuracy, but man the tech was so cool to own!
Hello @techblogger, thank you for filling my evening with laughter.
Way back this was no doubt a trending tech. This is just a proof of how amazing man is advancing technology wise.
I wish I am blessed with immortality so I can continue to witness the continuous breath taking advancement in technology. It's a blissful fantasy for me.