Field guide
The Eudaemons (late 1970s–1981)
How it works
A group of UC Santa Cruz physics students who built a wearable computer in a shoe to predict roulette outcomes, achieving a significant mathematical edge over casinos. How It Was Executed: J. Doyne Farmer, Norman Packard, and colleagues built a wearable computer. Farmer says an early version was hidden under the arms and a later one was concealed in a shoe. Thomas Bass, who took part, wrote that the shoe computer used a CMOS 6502 processor. Farmer says the computer sent a signal to a second person, who placed the bets. Thomas Bass, who took part, wrote that the working output was vibrating solenoids under the soles of the shoes.
Detection & preventionADVISORY
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