General Electric is using it in the subsidiary that makes generators. [The company wants] to put manuals online and make them available at the point of use. If you can let a technician high on a ladder behind a generator stay there rather than coming down to a desk to look at a CD-ROM, it translates to more money. |
Merging technologies will move wearable PCs to more people. Where today people might carry a cell phone, pager, PDA, and a laptop computer, as they merge, people will want to carry one item instead four. |
They want to be able to measure the gains and know whether it's a good technology investment. |