It was the look of a woman who had just checked her e-mail. The scene, staged at the Internet World trade show in late October, belongs to one company's vision of a day when technology will be woven seamlessly into the latest must-have fashions, right into the fabric of our everyday lives.
High tech meets high fashion.
A coming world where 6 billion people are online all the time. That world may be a while in coming. For one, technology hasn't yet advanced to the point where it's ready to meet high fashion. For another, even those in the industry acknowledge that most consumers are not ready to wear such gear. The catwalking also offers a provocative look at where technology could be heading.