III.The Nomads

      The nomad is an individual that lives as urban nomads. Urban nomads are a new society definition for urban society that has put bigger portion of mobility in their daily lives.

      While the mobility term itself in this society means: they can work anywhere, anytime regardless the space and time frame limitation, as their space have integrated with themselves (both time and spatially) through integrated wearable mobile computer or communication enhancer. Enhancer in this case means the device will become a lifestyle (integrated lifestyle with the user) rather than additional device that becomes compulsory in order being a modern being in the digital world.

      This integrated body gadget (will become new body part and to form the whole as new being) will allow them to stay, live and move from one place to another place easier and easier than before (using concept: move, plug, unplug and play), and can be easily adaptable to the new society or space (social community and spatial boundaries).

      Move, means they can move as far as they want and as fast as they want. It means they can travel from one place to another, from one country to another country as easy as they passing a door at home.

      Plug means they can build their new space/domain when they go to another new place, and will become a local within seconds, thank to the integrated body gadget that embedded on their body that makes this quick transition happened.

      Unplug means they can update or erase the data at anytime when no longer desirable and play, means after then becomes local in the new place/area they can then do and live as local.

Body Work

1. Clothing

      Urban nomads mean they will spend most of their time for travel or for their activities. While at the same time they will do many tasks at the same time, either for pleasure or for work. Therefore they will require clothing systems that do understand who, what and how they are.

     The clothing could have fiber optic or any digital cabling for any digital information and communication need (integrated into the fabric or could be as the fabric itself).

      The clothing could become another body enhancer for any easy access for instance for downloading digital music (there is similar sample for this product research by Philips Design, the Netherlands on their Vision of the Future project), digital interactive multi media display or could be as automatic body protection from cold or hot weather (the clothing will be capable to automatically adjust the interior surface temperature that suitable to the user body and relative to the outer weather temperature, to maintain comfort no matter where and in what season they are).

      Another option could be as a transformable embedded function, means we can change the clothing color according to our mood, and could be write-able on same parts of the clothing for sending, writing or receiving same short messages (this option will become an integrated part of the clothing both for its function and as a style).