Re: Science Interest 
 Although not sure, I think that a wearable could perform better then 
a palm pilot for the firefighting task. Here are some pointers:

[Georgia Tech]   http://wearables.gatech.edu
[Media Lab]       http://www.media.mit.edu/Wearables/
[UoOregon]        http://www.cs.uoregon.edu/research/wearables/
[CMU]               http://www.cs.cmu.edu/afs/cs.cmu.edu/project/vuman/www/home.html
[UoWashington] http://www.hitl.washington.edu/projects/knowledge_base/wearable.html 
[UoToronto]       http://hi.eecg.toronto.edu

Hope it helps,

Ozan

