June 1961: The wearable computer

Claude Shannon and Edward O. Thorp, both of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, devise the first wearable computer. Its purpose: to predict where a ball will end up on a roulette wheel.

* "The Invention of the First Wearable Computer" (paper by Thorp): @

* Thorp's website: @

* "The Professor Who Breaks the Bank" (Life magazine article about Thorp, March 1964): @

* Short biographies of Claude Shannon: @ and @

* "Father of the Information Age" (video on Shannon): @

* "A brief history of wearable computing": @

* International Symposium on Wearable Computers: @

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