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Assembling a PC104 computer
If you decide to use a PC/104 system for your wearcomp, here are step by step pictures of a PC/104 system being assembled.

Battery Council International
Tons of information on battery care, recycling, day to day use, and regulations.

Building a Matchbox Webserver
Here are step by step instructions to duplicate Stanford's Matchbox Webserver system. You will need some familiarity with Linux. Soon to come, instructions on how to build your own Matchbox PC.

Comm Con Connectors Inc.
Eliminate Hand Soldering of PC/104 Connectors. Comm Con Connectors have developed a family of connectors with integral solder which allows all pins to be soldered at one time using standard reflow processes (IR, Convection).

How to build a wearcomp 5
Steve Mann explains how to build a 5th generation wearcomp, which is ideal if you own a laptop and want to convert it.

How to build a wearcomp 6
Steve Mann explains how to build a 6th generation wearcomp including information on power supplies, hard drives and assembly.

Linux HOWTO on wearable computing
A good start on one's journey into wearable computing since Linux is a wonderful operating system to run if you are mobile.

Linux Laptop HOWTO
If you want to put together a fifth generation wearable computer system, this site will be of great use.

The Lizzy
MIT's 2nd generation Lizzy wearable computer.

PC/104 Consortium
PC/104 offers full architecture, hardware, and software compatibility with the PC bus, but in ultra-compact (3.6" x 3.8") stackable modules. PC/104 is therefore ideally suited to the unique requirements of wearable computing.

VASE lab display
How to build the Essex University V1 Headmounted display system These

VASE lab wearable
How to build the Essex University VASE lab wearable



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