Saturday, March 19, 2005

Wrist-watch Personal Video Receiver

The Israeli army is using a PVR (personal video receiver... not to be confused with PVR - personal video recorder) for monitoring video feeds from unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV). These 3" PVRs developed by Tadiran give soldiers on the ground the ability to see what's happening from above and this improves their ability to assess the situation around them. The V-RAMBO system (video receiver and monitor for battlefield operations) gives 30 frames per second video on a wrist-mounted LCD leaving the soldiers' hands free for holding weapons.


image credit: Defense Review

More information available at Defense Review. Though these folks don't speculate on consumer use... we imagine that wrist-mounted LCDs would be useful for monitoring and, potentially controlling, wearable camera output for videobloggers or roaming news reporters.

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