Take-off time for smart clothing
News So-called "smart clothing" where technology is integrated directly into garments will be a multi-billion dollar industry in less than a decade, according to experts. Hwang Kyu-yearn, an official at the South Korean Commerce and Industry Ministry...
[August 18, 2006, 14:40]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Blog With few exceptions, smart clothing may be the single stupidest IT idea I've ever heard. The latest daftness comes from South Korea, where the Government has solemnly declared that because "smart clothing" ideas involve risks too great to be born...
[August 18, 2006, 20:35]
Smart jacket handles mobile calls and MP3s
News Smart clothing may seem gimmicky today, but it may eventually be a significant part of the technology market. The article was developed in partnership with Rosner, a German clothing manufacturer, and is called the mp3blue.
[July 26, 2004, 14:20]
Wearable computers soon to be everywhere
News The Global Market for Wearable Computers, published this week by research firm Venture Development Corporation (VDC), predicts that shipments of wearable computers -- such as those worn on the wrist, belt, earring or in the fabric of clothing...
[September 5, 2002, 13:47]
Smart carpet can spot fires, steer feet and sell beer
News As with its smart clothing, the "smart carpet" -- the term used by Infineon -- is for now just a demonstration product, with commercial possibilities still years in the future. Other uses for a smart textile include embedding it into concrete walls...
[May 8, 2003, 14:13]
Orange Wearaphone review
Reviews The Wearaphone was developed by Reima, a smart clothing company based in Finland, but is being marketed -- and rebranded -- in the UK by Orange. The idea behind the Wearaphone is that it looks, feels and behaves more like clothing than a piece of...
[February 25, 2003, 9:51]
Symbian will smart over mid-market phones
Leader Take Burberry -- once the clothing of choice for the upper classes, today its garments keep the chill off the chavs across the land while it rakes in the cash. Going downmarket can be a smart move. So when Symbian eyes up mid-range feature phones...
[October 6, 2004, 12:45]
Valtur's Wireless Smart Card Lets Resort-Goers "Shop Everywhere"
White Papers Valtur wanted to make it convenient for visitors to order food, beverages, clothing, sundries and souvenirs quickly and easily from any location within each of its resorts - on the beach, at a spa or from a specialty kiosk, as well as at shops and...
[November 10, 2006, 0:00]
Unit Converter & Sci-Calculator for Palm (Treo,Centro,Palm Pre)
Downloads Unit Converter & Sci-Calculator from Soft-4-BizConverts more than 3000 unit factors in 95 categories and 40 subcategories.Algebra calculator.Periodic table of elements.308 Fundamental Physical Constants in 8 categories.5-way navigation support...
[March 26, 2007, 8:00]
Unit Converter & Sci-Calculator for Palm (Treo,Centro,Palm Pre)
Downloads Unit Converter & Sci-Calculator from Soft-4-BizConverts more than 3000 unit factors in 95 categories and 40 subcategories.Algebra calculator.Periodic table of elements.308 Fundamental Physical Constants in 8 categories.5-way navigation support...
[June 19, 2005, 8:00]
Unit Converter & Sci-Calculator for Palm (Treo,Centro,Palm Pre)
Downloads Unit Converter & Sci-Calculator from Soft-4-BizRun it on Palm Pre using Classic ( Palm OS emulator for WebOS )Converts more than 3000 unit factors in 95 categories and 40 subcategories.Algebra calculator.Periodic table of elements.308 Fundamental...
[December 9, 2007, 6:00]
BEIKS First Aid Spanish Dictionary for Palm OS
Downloads Two alternative forms of the dictionary are provided - as a simple, classic reference dictionary, or as an alphabetically sorted topic dictionary for easier access in particular field situations and scenarios.Some 820 unique terms are organized in...
[August 29, 2003, 8:00]
Mega Sexy GamePack (PALM)
Downloads Each time you win a game, your sexy opponent looses a piece of clothing. Play smart and with a bit of luck, you will be able to watch these beauties undressing piece by piece! But that's not the most interesting aspect of it: Play smart and...
[October 8, 2003, 8:00]
Infineon gets musical with MP3 jacket
News The Munich-based company on Friday showed off new prototype wearable chips that it says can be sewn directly into clothing and other textiles. The company also said that similar wearable chips could create clothing used in medical applications to...
[April 27, 2002, 7:31]
Report criticises Google's porn filters
News A report released this week by the Harvard Law School's Berkman Center for Internet & Society says that SafeSearch excludes many innocuous Web pages from search-result listings, including ones created by the White House, IBM, the American Library...
[April 11, 2003, 7:56]
How thin the line between phobia and philia...
Blog Over time, the bank balance would shrink alarmingly, while the clothing would find itself perfectly camoflagued among equally black boxes of varying shapes and sizes. Most prevalent among otherwise healthy, bright males between 18 and 50, it could...
[October 1, 2007, 12:39]
Window Tax
Talkback "The EU today announced their intent to place a 25% duty on all clothing containing any blue pigment. What have the bureaucrats got against smart phones? What a crock. If they want to raise more money, why don't they just increase the percentage...
[December 18, 2008, 16:18]
IBM, Harvard tap grid computing for solar-cell study
News Because they are flexible and relatively cheap to make, they can be used in tents, solar chargers, or even clothing IBM is also very active in developing smart-grid software and services for electric utilities.
[December 8, 2008, 14:42]
Microsoft's Mundie offers glimpse of computing future
News The system has been programmed to differentiate people by their clothing. Then he showed how a smart handheld device could be used to navigate in a physical space. Speaking at the MIT Emerging Technology Conference in Cambridge, Massachusetts...
[September 26, 2008, 10:44]
Smart jacket handles mobile calls and MP3s
Talkback It will never work.o I may not wear that item of clothing every day.o it may not be fashionable.o What about the water and heat processes of washing and drying the item.o This is not new, this has been done many times before and guess what...
[July 26, 2004, 16:21]
