Among the challenges of wearable computers are: how to minimize
their weight and bulkiness, how and where to locate the display,
and what kind of data entry device to provide. Some of the
applications envisioned for wearable computers include
Augmented memory, a concept originated by Thad Starner and
being developed by Bradley Rhodes at the MIT Media Lab, in which
as you enter a room, your wearable computer could sense the
people present and remind you of their names or personal history,
or a scheduler could whisper the time of an important meeting in
your ear, or a "remembrance agent" could look for related
documents by observing the words you were typing