Definitions

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  • noun science fiction An array of technology attached to the body.

Etymologies

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body +‎ net, in sense of network

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Examples

  • Techno-savvy futurists like Michael Dertouzos, Director of MIT’s Laboratory for Computer Science, predict that within a few years you may see products like the “bodynet,” a web of integrated devices—functioning as cell phone, computer, television, camera, etc.—that will be confined to an invisible envelope around your body.4 Reality already meets predictions: in the summer of 1998 a Japanese company introduced its Eye Trek goggle mask that plays video in front of your eyes.5

    Experiential Marketing BERND H. SCHMITT 1999

  • Techno-savvy futurists like Michael Dertouzos, Director of MIT’s Laboratory for Computer Science, predict that within a few years you may see products like the “bodynet,” a web of integrated devices—functioning as cell phone, computer, television, camera, etc.—that will be confined to an invisible envelope around your body.4 Reality already meets predictions: in the summer of 1998 a Japanese company introduced its Eye Trek goggle mask that plays video in front of your eyes.5

    Experiential Marketing BERND H. SCHMITT 1999

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