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BOSTON - From clothes = riddled with=20 sensors to name tags that detect our moods, computing's next wave could = unleash=20 small devices that increasingly augment everyday activities with digital = intelligence.
That was the = predominant vision at=20 a conference on "wearable computing" held this week in Boston, where = researchers=20 showed off prototypes and discussed ideas.
Some attendees took = wearable=20 computing to its extreme, donning cyborg-like miniaturized displays = attached to=20 eyepieces. But most of what was on exhibit seemed much closer to jumping = into a=20 mainstream commercial product.
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