From:	Ereskanti@***.com Ereskanti@***.com
Subject:	Couple of questions
Date:	Fri, 23 Jul 1999 21:55:39 EDT

In a message dated 7/23/1999 5:53:07 PM US Eastern Standard Time,
markus.meisen@****.uni-muenchen.de writes:

> I would think the Essence cost of the Smartlink is composed this way:
> 0.25 induction Pad
> 0.25 electronics in the Head (Direction of sight and all that)
> 0.00 the cable (more like a optic fiber, likely) running from hand to head
> would be negligible, IMO.
>
> So the issue of a datajack in other locations isn't much of an issue
because
> most of the (relevant) cyber is in the head and the cable running there
> could
> be ignored, Essence-wise. Maybe an additional 0.1 or 0.05 for the actual
> jack
> (like for a fingertip compartment)

I like this entire thing except for ONE thing in particular. The interface,
IMO, would be better off if it were connected to the Motor Cortex or at least
the Voluntary Muscle control centers somewhere in the hand itself. The
actual "targetting image" being displayed on the person's retina to me, would
require more, and would be the "optic line" running from the unit in the hand
all the way the length of the appendage to the desired headware.

-K