Recon’s deal with the ‘other’ Motorola could see a rugged Glass rival
Head-mounted computing specialists Recon Instruments is building quite a team to take on Google Glass. Last year, Intel offered both cash and its manufacturing and technology expertise, and now the “other” Motorola has followed suit. Motorola Solutions has opened its checkbook and pledged to share its product development and distribution know-how with the Canadian outfit. Why has a company with a pedigree in walkie-talkies and barcode scanners teamed up with Recon? Not only does it have plenty of experience making rugged gadgets that’ll likely improve the Jet and Snow2′s hardiness, but it also already makes wearable computers on the side. The Motorola HC1, you see, is an enterprise device that’s designed to work in extreme environments where it’d be too dangerous to use a phone. Perhaps the two of them will develop a new wearable platform that’s as comfortable on the slopes as it is on the oil rig.
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