MIThril. Heard of it yet?

[Wonk]

(AP)ÊWhen Richard W. DeVaul sits down to his computer, he sometimes forgets to eat for hours at a time. Names slip his mind at cocktail parties and, to his embarrassment, he mixes up the faces of people he knows well.

A string on the finger might have been a solution in the past, but the Massachusetts Institute of Technology graduate student is testing a more modern lifeline for people who fumble for names, leave the stove on, or forget to call Mom on her birthday.

DeVaul's "memory glasses" are a tiny computer display clipped onto eyeglass frames and wired to a lightweight computer that can flash reminders to the wearer, without, he hopes, distraction or interference with day-to-day activities.

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The computer project - nicknamed MIThril, a reference to the light armor Frodo Baggins wears in "Lord of the Rings" - is actually three separate computers wired together inside a vest that resembles fake fleece clothing available in stores.

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http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/12/01/tech/main586191.shtml

[Lorien]

1. Wasn't he on "Scientific American" with Alan

Alda on PBS earlier this year?

I could use one. I'm not even forty and I'd forget my head if it weren't attached.

[ProudGerman]

2. What? no implants?

What about those of us who don't need glasses?

[Interrobang]

3. Whoo! (Fans self!)

I thought the rules were no more sex threads around here, so where do you get off posting incredibly hot pix of hunky ubergeeks?! ;-) Whew! I want a cold shower and his e-mail address, in that order. He's a "heads-up display," that's for sure!

[GAspnes]

4. Sadly, this is a dupe

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=115&topic_id=2966

You should visit the science dungeon more often, Wonk.