{"id":2963,"date":"2006-08-12T23:34:06","date_gmt":"2006-08-13T03:34:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/dbnews\/2006\/08\/12\/our-next-watch\/"},"modified":"2006-08-12T23:34:06","modified_gmt":"2006-08-13T03:34:06","slug":"our-next-watch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/dowbrigade\/2006\/08\/12\/our-next-watch\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Next Watch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a name='a8720'><\/a><\/p>\n<table width=\"537\" border=\"0\">\n<tr>\n<td height=\"77\">\n<p align=\"justify\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cyber.law.harvard.edu\/blogs\/static\/dowbrigade\/mynove.jpg\" width=\"190\" height=\"285\" align=\"left\">It looks like a slightly oversized wristwatch<br \/>\n          and it keeps time with great accuracy &#8211; but it is much more than a<br \/>\n          watch. It is a wrist computer that includes among its many functions<br \/>\n          a global positioning system receiver.<\/p>\n<p>        He can check his watch to see if he&#8217;s near the right tree: he recorded<br \/>\n        the coordinates the year before. And his hands, meanwhile, are free to<br \/>\n        carry other things like notebooks and pens.<\/p>\n<p>        The watch, which costs about $500, is made by the Finnish company <a href=\"http:\/\/www.suunto.com\/suunto\/main\/index.jsp\">Suunto<\/a>.<br \/>\n        Inside its highly engineered 2.7 ounces are a multitude of functions<br \/>\n        for the thoughtful navigator, including an altimeter, electronic compass,<br \/>\n        thermometer and barometer, all meant for people who want to know not<br \/>\n        only their exact place in the world, but also the prospects of any sudden<br \/>\n        change in the weather.<\/p>\n<p><i>Students take note&#8230;<\/i><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2006\/08\/13\/business\/yourmoney\/13novel.html?ref=yourmoney\">the<br \/>\n            New York Times<\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It looks like a slightly oversized wristwatch and it keeps time with great accuracy &#8211; but it is much more than a watch. It is a wrist computer that includes among its many functions a global positioning system receiver. He &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/dowbrigade\/2006\/08\/12\/our-next-watch\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":299,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[142],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2963","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-technology"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/dowbrigade\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2963","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/dowbrigade\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/dowbrigade\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/dowbrigade\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/299"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/dowbrigade\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2963"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/dowbrigade\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2963\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/dowbrigade\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2963"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/dowbrigade\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2963"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/dowbrigade\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2963"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}