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| | Wearable computer - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | A wearable computer is a small portable computer that is designed to be worn on the body during use. | | | Wearable computers are especially useful for applications that require computational support while the user's hands, voice, eyes or attention are activly engaged with the physical environment. | | | Depending on how broadly one defines both wearable and computer, the first wearable computer could be as early as the 1500s with the invention of the pocket watch or even the 1200s with the invention of eyeglasses. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wearable_computer
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| | New Scientist Breaking News - Wearable computing comes off the peg |
| | Wearable computers been the preserve of hobbyists and computer science researchers for a number of years. | | | The miniature computer will be powered by Hitachi's new 128 MHz RISC processor, providing power close to that of a desktop computer. | | | Wearable computers could become more than a curiosity with the launch of a system for the mass market. |
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http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn1086
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| | Wearable Computing Lab: Welcome to the Wearable Computing Lab. |
| | Wearable Computing Lab: Welcome to the Wearable Computing Lab. | | | Read more about the The Vision and Reality of Wearable Computing. | | | The vision behind Wearable Computing is that a mobile computer should not just be a machine that we put into our pocket when we plan on doing some office work while on the road. |
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http://www.wearable.ethz.ch
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| | Ripley -- a Linux-based wearable computer |
| | The Ripley wearable computer project was born in 1999 with the purpose of allowing us to liberate ourselves from the desktop computer. | | | Existing computing devices, such as laptop computers and PDAs, were unsatisfactory. | | | While using a wearable computer as a mobile version of a general purpose PC is a liberating experience, the power of a wearable computer can be put to greater use. |
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http://www.linuxdevices.com/articles/AT8144626322.html
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| | Java Ring: A Wearable Computer |
| | The JavaRing is a tiny wearable computer with 6 kilobytes of RAM. | | | Many aspects of computing change once there is no need to go to a special room to get at the computer. | | | The key issue about a wearable computer is not whether it is a ring or another form factor: the deciding point is that you will always have it with you. |
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http://www.useit.com/papers/javaring.html
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| | The Wearable Group at Carnegie Mellon |
| | Identifying effective interaction modalities for wearable computers, as well as accurately modeling user tasks in the supporting software, are among the most significant challenges faced by wearable system designers. | | | At the core of these ideas is the notion that wearable computers should seek to merge the user's information space with his or her work space. | | | Vu·Man, became the first of more than a dozen wearable computers to emerge from the project in the subsequent decade. |
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http://www.wearablegroup.org
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| | Wearable Computing Resource |
| | A wearable computer is a very personal computer. | | | I have been interested in mobile computing and small computers for some time. | | | I have been reading about wearable computers and associated technologies in the press. |
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http://www.redwoodhouse.com/wearable
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| | Wearable Computing Lab: QBIC, a Wearable Computer integrated in a Belt |
| | Wearable Computing Lab: QBIC, a Wearable Computer integrated in a Belt | | | The QBIC (QBIC Belt Integrated Computer) is a tiny wearable computer with enough computational power to support a wide range of applications. | | | 2004: Wearable Computing: Intelligente Kleidung für Katrastrophenschutz und Wartungstechniker VDI nachrichten 8.10.2004. |
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http://www.wearable.ethz.ch/qbic.0.html
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| | University of Oregon - Wearable Computing Laboratory |
| | Our focus is the design, development and evaluation of wearable and mobile computing technology for facilitating and augmenting human collaboration. | | | Workshop on Ad hoc Communications and Collaboration in Ubiquitous Computing Environments at CSCW 2002. | | | The Wearable Computing group at University of Oregon has been active since 1995. |
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http://www.cs.uoregon.edu/research/wearables
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| | The ultimate wearable computer |
| | For example, you can use a computer monitor as an aremac. | | | Most of us have a rather simple notion of a wearable computer. | | | The idea of the undershirt as a computer system — for sensing physiological signals or as a personal safety device — grew from his prototypes in the early 1980s. |
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http://www.usatoday.com/tech/columnist/ccmak000.htm
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| | wearable computer - a Whatis.com definition |
| | Some wearable computers are basically desktop or notebook computers that have been scaled down for body-wear. | | | Among the challenges of wearable computers are: how to minimize their weight and bulkiness, how and where to locate the display, and what kind of data entry device to provide. | | | Assuming you remembered to wear it, a wearable computer is always available. |
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http://searchnetworking.techtarget.com/sDefinition/0,,sid7_gci213343,00.html
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| | The Wearable Group: Spot |
| | As wearable and mobile computing enter the mainstream of discussion in the areas of system architecture and human-computer interaction, researchers increasingly require flexible tools with which to evaluate new ideas. | | | The Wearable Group at Carnegie Mellon University has completed two design cycles for a new research computer named Spot, and is now proceeding with the creation of a third-generation system. | | | Efforts to deploy high-performance speech recognition engines on earlier wearables were hindered due to memory hierarchy and storage limitations; the large core image size of the needed software can cause thrashing on smaller machines, and the various data sets can total hundreds of Megabytes on secondary store. |
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http://www.wearablegroup.org/hardware/spot
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| | BBC News SCI/TECH Prêt-à-porter computers |
| | The Poma is a cross between a desktop computer, a handheld and a mobile phone. | | | The computer unit, manufactured by Hitachi, runs on Microsoft Windows CE operating system. | | | In the future, Xybernaut believes wearable computers will become commonplace. |
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_1768000/1768059.stm
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| | Wearable Computing - Technology - How To |
| | A good start on one's journey into wearable computing since Linux is a wonderful operating system to run if you are mobile. | | | Intended for laptop users, this information is extremely useful for wearable computer users who want to keep running. | | | Wearable Computing - Technology - How To Technology Home - Batteries - Cameras - Commercial Products - Complete Systems - Computers - Displays - Downloads - Flashlamps - How to Build - Keyers |
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http://about.eyetap.org/tech/howto.shtml
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| | UniSA - Wearable Computer Lab |
| | The Tinmith Project is based in the Wearable Computer Lab, part of the School of Computer and Information Science at the University of South Australia. | | | The Wearable Computer Lab performs research in a number of areas, mostly wearable computers, augmented reality, and virtual reality. | | | We perform research into wearable computers and augmented reality. |
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http://www.tinmith.net/wearable.htm
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| | Wearables Central: Softwear |
| | Exponent Test-Bed Wearable Computer (Transmeta based wearable computing core) | | | SpeechWear (wearable computer with speech recognition at CMU) | | | Spacemaker wearable computer (Rick Jones PCM-9730 based wearable computer) |
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http://wearables.blu.org/hardwear.html
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| | Ruggedized Military Laptops, Wearable Computers - Argon Corp |
| | Argon has also added the Wearable PC to its line of portable computers. | | | Each one of these rugged portable computers are made to withstand harsh field environments. | | | The Wearable PC, only 5.15" x 4.15" x1.4" in size is not a PDA but a FULL-FEATURED, extremely portable computer with many options including GPS, video capture, FireWire and more. |
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http://www.argoncorp.com/portables.html
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| | EETimes.com - Darpa kick starts wearable computer initiative |
| | At a conference on wearable computers in New York this past week, some observers estimated that market sold no more than 2,000 systems valued at $20 million last year. | | | Starner believes that the market for wearable computers "has been underestimated. | | | NEW YORK — A growing group of researchers is coalescing around the idea that the future of mobile computing may have less to do with small PCs and more to do with something they call smart yarn. |
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http://www.eetimes.com/story/OEG20011101S0054
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| | Wearable Computer Lab |
| | The operation of wearable computers in an outdoor setting is hampered by the lack of suitable input devices. | | | We believe a wearable computer with an augmented reality (AR) user interface allows for exciting new applications to be deployed in an outdoor environment. | | | Collaborative Data Visualization and Manipulation for Wearable Computers |
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http://acrc.unisa.edu.au/groups/wearable
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| | Wired News: That Computer Looks Great on You |
| | One of the most talked-about wearable computers is NTT DoCoMo's cell phone Whisper, which is still in development. | | | The idea of the wearable computer evokes scary thoughts of sci-fi super-soldiers, intelligent cyborgs and an always-on government tracking its citizens. | | | The Wearable Computer GroupM at Carnegie Mellon maps the body, looking for the parts that rarely move no matter what the motion. |
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http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,50975,00.html
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| | Welcome to the Digiman Website |
| | What Are the Applications for Wearable Computer Computers? | | | Jeff continues to develop, maintain, and research new ideas to further the science of wearable computing. | | | Although the original Wearable Computer Group is no longer active in current research. |
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http://www.digiman.org/html/main.html
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| | Wearable computer maker chooses Crusoe |
| | Early versions of the Crusoe-based wearable computers are already being used by the U.S. Military Police in field tests at Fort Polk, Louisiana. | | | Via's current wearable computers, such as the Via 2 Wearable PC, use 166MHz Cyrix processors. | | | A MINNESOTA-BASED WEARABLE computer maker announced Thursday that it is working with Transmeta to put the low-power Crusoe chip in its latest offerings. |
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http://www.infoworld.com/articles/hn/xml/00/11/09/001109hnvia.html
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| | Wearable Computer Lab Projects |
| | Instead of using a full-blown miniature computer as most previous projects we use a client/server approach similar as the one used in X terminals. | | | The Wearable Computer Lab has recently started up a spin-off company A_Rage Pty Ltd from the University of South Australia. | | | The purpose of A_Rage is to commercialise outdoor augmented reality gaming technology developed at the Wearable Computer Lab at the University of South Australia. |
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http://wearables.unisa.edu.au/projects.html
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| | Mobile Capture for Wearable Computer Usability Testing |
| | We present a tool that augments a wearable computer with additional hardware and software to capture the information needed to perform a usability study in the field under realistic conditions. | | | In order to fully understand how a user interacts with the wearable, the researcher must examine both the user's direct interactions with the computer, as well as the external context the user perceives during their interaction. | | | The mobility of wearable computers makes usability testing difficult. |
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http://csdl2.computer.org/persagen/DLAbsToc.jsp?resourcePath=/dl/proceedings/&toc=comp/proceedings/iswc/2001/1318/00/1318toc.xml&DOI=10.1109/ISWC.2001.962099
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| | WearComp.org, WearCam.org, UTWCHI, funtain and Steve Mann's Personal Web Page/research |
| | This book presents, to the layperson, wearable, mobile, wireless computing and communication, and personal experiences of inventing, designing, building, and wearing computers for the past 20 years, as well as how these inventions affect society as a whole. | | | Privacy and Wearable Computers; McLuhan Culture and Technology Keynote Address, 1998 October 23 | | | This book teaches the fundamentals of wearable computing and mediated reality, the EyeTap principle, the mathematical theory, as well as the practical details of how to design and build these systems. |
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http://www.wearcam.org
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| | Exponent - Technology Development |
| | The test-bed wearable computer (TBWC) interfaces to standard video sources and input devices. | | | The computer can be integrated with standard laptop-type mechanical hard drives. | | | Working with the U.S. Army’s Natick Soldier Center (NSC), Exponent is developing a low-power, low-temperature, high-speed wearable computer to serve as a test bed for other wearable-electronics programs. |
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http://www.exponent.com/practices/techdev/TBWC.html
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| | The Gargoyle Wearable Comuter |
| | The Gargoyle wearable computer is a project I am undertaking to study and | | | There are a wide range of applications for a wearable computer system today. | | | Many people who use a wearable computer, do so with a single use or purpose in |
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http://elemental.org/~daleg/gargoyle
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| | I4U News - Pioneer Wearable Computer Jacket |
| | Pioneer develops a wearable computer jacket with organic film electro-luminescent (OEL) display. | | | On the photo Kayoko Tanaka, a PR staff member of Pioneer, tries on a prototype of a wearable computer, a jacket with a built-in display in its sleeve in Tokyo Thursday, June 5, 2003. | | | When the computer display jacket hits the market is unclear. |
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http://www.i4u.com/article407.html
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| | CNN - Xybernaut now has Linux for wearable PCs - December 16, 1999 |
| | BOSTON (IDG) -- Xybernaut has announced that its Mobile Assistant IV wearable computer is available running the Linux operating system. | | | "In many respects (Linux is) a good fit for wearable apps, because of its inherent networking capabilities and the fact that it's a robust OS," Moynahan said. | | | The vast majority of Xybernaut customers -- automotive, shipping and aerospace workers who use wearable computers on factory or facility floors -- use Mobile Assistants running Windows 98 or NT, but that could change if a big car manufacturer, for instance, decided to run Linux, Moynahan said. |
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http://archives.cnn.com/1999/TECH/computing/12/16/wearable.linux.idg
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| | Wearable Computing Pictures |
| | This page is a list of links to pictures pictures of "Herbert" my wearable computer. | | | Pictures of Herbie and me by Doug Plat from the "First International Symposium on Wearable Computing" (Oct. 97). | | | Pictures of that design and cad files should you want to build it yourself are available at |
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http://www.cs.vassar.edu/~priestdo/wearable.pics.html
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| | An iPAQ based Wearable Computer |
| | meanwhile there is a 2nd Generation iPAQ Wearable Computer | | | uses Compaq iPAQ (StrongARM based) running Linux as computing core |
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http://www.iptel-now.de/PROJECTS/WEARABLE/IPAQ_WEARABLE/ipaq_wearable.html
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| | Wearable Computer Systems |
| | Descriptive paper by wearable computer pioneer Steve Mann. | | | Use of Augmented Realities for Navigational Aids in a Wearable Computer System (Bruce Thomas/Susan Tyerman) | | | to the Pen Computing Tablets & Hardware page |
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http://hwr.nici.kun.nl/pen-computing/wearables.html
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| | Poma Wearable Computer |
| | Poma is a powerful, highly functional computer manufactured by Hitachi and is based on the Microsoft Windows CE operating system. | | | Poma allows users take a quantum leap beyond traditional computing. | | | Poma is also compatible with wearable keyboards and other pointing and input devices. |
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http://www.vrealities.com/poma.html
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| | ISWC'05 - |
| | ISWC2005, the ninth annual IEEE International Symposium on Wearable Computers, will bring together researchers, product vendors, fashion designers, textile manufacturers, users, and all other interested parties to share information and advances in wearable computing. | | | Notes are available from the tutorial "Computer Vision for Wearable Visual Interface" | | | The Initial CFP for ISWC 2006 is now available here. |
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http://www.cc.gatech.edu/ccg/iswc05
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| | mini-itx.com - projects - ambulator 1 |
| | My name is Webb and I'm addicted to itsy bitsy Speidermann computers. | | | Make a WEARABLE COMPUTER for those evening strolls in the park! | | | So Ambulator I was conceived in mid 2003 so my dog could wizz while I watch a Simpsons episode. |
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http://www.mini-itx.com/projects/ambulator1
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| | IBM News - United States |
| | Latin American Grid to boost Hispanics in computing | | | - Choose topics from e-business and industry solutions to personal computing. | | | IBM is teaming with five academic institutions to invest in the Latin American Grid that will link faculty, students and researchers from IBM T.J. Watson Research Centers across the United States, Latin America and Spain. |
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http://www.ibm.com/News/ls/1998/09/jp_3.phtml
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| | IBM Research Projects Pervasive, Mobile, Wearable Computing |
| | Pervasive, Mobile and Wearable Computing is transforming the way people conduct business, take care of their health, entertain themselves, and more. | | | everal research challenges arise in the area of user interface design, power management, input devices, wireless communication, sensors, data syncrhonization and analysis, and device symbiosis for pervasive devices and wearables. | | | The form factors prototyped over the years inlcude the Wearable Computer, the Linux Watch, the MetaPad, the Personal Mobile Hub, and SoulPad. |
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http://www.research.ibm.com/WearableComputing
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| | Xybernaut |
| | With over a decade of experience and know-how, Xybernaut explores, invents and patents breakthrough concepts in wearable and mobile computing. | | | Learn how Xybernaut can help meet your company’s objectives. |
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http://www.xybernaut.com
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| | BBC News SCI/TECH Japan eyes wearable PC |
| | Mr Murakami said the companies would decide next year when to launch the computer. | | | The Wearable PC doesn't have a keyboard yet, but "we may develop that in the future," said Olympus spokesman Shinichiro Murakami. | | | Those tired of hauling around "portable" computers may be able to wear a Pentium PC from next year. |
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_538000/538072.stm
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| | Wired News: Tech Specs: Less Geek, More Chic |
| | Head-mounted displays, or HMDs, the term for products like Spitzer's image-beaming glasses, have long been a promising area of wearable computing, but until now showed little promise as a consumer device. | | | Piekarski, who helped organize the International Symposium on Wearable Computers held in Seattle, noted that even in industrial settings, where most HMD companies introduce their first products, looks are important. | | | Their design was too freakish, often taking the form of awkward, bulky helmets that only Dr. Frankenstein could love. |
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http://www.wired.com/news/holidays/0,1882,55763,00.html
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| | Frog Design / Motorola Offspring Wearables Concept (Phone Scoop) |
| | WDA (Wearable Digital Assistant): The WDA is a handheld device that contains the same components as an iDEN phone. | | | This device does not use a numeric keypad. | | | Frog Design and Motorola today unveiled the "Offspring" concept design for a set of wearable devices. |
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http://www.phonescoop.com/articles/moto_wearables
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| | 18-849: "Tethered" Mobile Computer System |
| | Apple's FCC proposal for making 300MHz in the 5Ghz spectrum unliscensed(link from MIT wearable page) |
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http://www.contrib.andrew.cmu.edu/usr/sums/wearable
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| | Charmed Technology |
| | This section is currently under construction - look back soon... | | | Information Week: "Wearable Tech: A New Layer Of Security?" |
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http://www.charmed.com
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