Beer-loving inventors have developed a computer that straps on to the wrist and is able to tell you the way to the nearest pub.
The watch, called the eSleeve, developed by a team of computer science researchers at Bristol University, contains a global positioning system. It locates the three nearest pubs, the distance to each, a description (such as beer garden), and a compass heading.
After choosing the pub they want, drinkers just follow the street directions on the computer.
The device, which can also show revellers the way home after a session, was developed in collaboration with HP Research Laboratories in Europe. Its interface uses simple speech recognition, for phrases such as "find pub."
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