Apple in a low-key move has hired Richard DeVaul for what may indicate the long-term direction of its devices. The AWare Technologies founder has been a Senior Prototype Scientist at the company since January and is best-known for his doctorate work at MIT, where he specialized in wearable computer technology. Among his developments are a heads-up display that provides subtle memory clues and a "body-worn network" that would use a set of nodes to provide environmental and navigational data to the weDeVaul also may have drawn Apple's notice through StepTrakLite, a fitness app for the iPhone that provides an accurate pedometer without needing a sensor like the Nike+iPod adapter. His experience includes mobile devices as a whole and plays into Apple's strategy.