Smart Clothing: Wearable Multimedia Computing (Research paper from 1996 by Steve Mann)

Stumbled across this, thought others might find the trip bacxk in time interesting.

The advent of the personal computer brought computers closer to us -- from distant computer rooms of the mainframe era right to our desks. However, computing still remains accessible only when we're sitting at our desks, and is thus not really part of our personal day-to-day living.

And this image:

"The safety net: a network of individuals, three with WearCams"

(using a better color version I found elsewhere)