Wrist Computer Regional Information and Communication Port (concept model) Prototype For Wrist Computer

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1988	Work on this object began.
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Wrist Computer Regional Information and Communication Port (concept model) Prototype For Wrist Computer

This is a Prototype for wrist computer. It was designed by Lisa Krohn. It is dated 1988 and we acquired it in 1991. Its medium is plastic, resin, metal, rubber, glass. It is a part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts department.

This object was featured in our Object of the Week series in a post titled A vision of the future from the past.

This object was donated by Lisa Krohn. It is credited Gift of Lisa Krohn.

Model 302 Telephone
cast and enamel-coated metal, steel, printed paper, rubber-sheathed cord.
Museum purchase from the Decorative Arts Association Acquisition Fund.
1994-73-2

iPad 2 Tablet Computer
aluminum, arsenic-free glass, plastic.
Gift of Apple.
2012-26-1

This object has not been digitized yet.

Functioning Armband, Wayband, 2017
H x W x D: 10.2 × 3.8 × 7.6 cm (4 in. × 1 1/2 in. × 3 in.).
Courtesy of WearWorks.
s-e-2576

Our curators have highlighted 3 objects that are related to this one.

On a clear plastic wrist watch display is an accessibility device with a unique mode if aiding navigation. It is worn on the wrist and provides tactile feedback to its wearer instead of the traditional graphics and audio provided by GPS systems. This is achieved through patterns of vibration. The device takes the shape of a band and is in an all black color. It has a mesh chain for its strap. It is similar to a watch in terms of design construction but is replaced with the technological component of the vibrating device instead of the face of a wristwatch. It is made out of resin, steel, and plastic.

Wayband
resin, steel, pla.
Courtesy of WearWorks.
10.2019.1

Here we have a thin, black shoe sole insert. Its top layer is black dusted with small white speckles and gray foam on the side. Underneath the top layer is a slightly thicker middle layer of white. The bottom layer sandwiches the white with the same gray thin siding as the top layer.

Path Feel
electronic components, printed circuit board, foam.
Purchased by the museum for the exhibition.
s-e-2652

A digital safety device communicating and sending motion alerts on a linked smartphone device. It is in the color white and is circular in shape, taking the form of a button or pin. The button sensor is made out of plastic with electronic components. It has the text “safe wander” with a simplified but stylized illustration of two feet in between the words “safe” and “wander”, printed on the top front part of the device.

Button Sensor, SafeWander Bed-Exit Alarm Sensor System
plastic, electronic components.
Gift of The Alzheimer's Store.
s-e-2627

Its dimensions are

H x W x D: 1 x 25.5 x 24.7 cm (3/8 x 10 1/16 x 9 3/4 in.)

Cite this object as

Wrist Computer Regional Information and Communication Port (concept model) Prototype For Wrist Computer; Designed by Lisa Krohn (American, b. 1963); USA; plastic, resin, metal, rubber, glass; H x W x D: 1 x 25.5 x 24.7 cm (3/8 x 10 1/16 x 9 3/4 in.); Gift of Lisa Krohn; 1991-64-1

Short URL http://cprhw.tt/o/2Dwai/
Accession Number 1991-64-1
Object ID 18637099