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Infineon weaves deals for wearable computing
News Chipmaker Infineon says it has seen "huge" interest from the textile industry in its wearable computing technology, paving the way for everything from identification chips to MP3 players that can be built into ordinary fabrics.
[July 24, 2002, 15:52]
Wearable patents take off
News A wearable-computing company specialising in wireless items this week won several patents for devices including a credit card terminal that fits on a wrist and can print receipts. Wearable computing is a small industry that has gained some...
[May 14, 2001, 8:29]
Wearable computers soon to be everywhere
News Wearable computing has so far been little more than a curiosity, but new technology and falling prices will mean dramatic growth for such products in the next few years, according to a new report. The true potential for wearable computing in 2006...
[September 5, 2002, 13:47]
eWatch: A Wearable Sensor and Notification Platform
White Papers The eWatch is a wearable sensing, notification, and computing platform built into a wrist watch form factor making it highly available, instantly viewable, ideally located for sensors, and unobtrusive to users.
[March 22, 2006, 0:01]
Take-off time for smart clothing
News Also referred to as wearable computing, the trend could see a mobile phone or personal digital assistant integrated into a jacket. South Korea's textile and clothing industry generates billions of pounds worth of exports, so it cannot afford to...
[August 18, 2006, 14:40]
Wearable PC to hit shops by Christmas
News Hitachi senior executive Shigeru Matsuoka, who described Xybernaut as "the leader in wearable computing", said he expected the product to be a commercial success. Wearable computing has gained increased attention in recent years.
[July 26, 2001, 11:35]
Wi-Fi trousers, edible phones and mobiles for lefties
News The Cloud, Europe's largest Wi-Fi network, announced a "ground-breaking partnership" with Ukrainian wearable computing start-up, TrouserNet on Thursday. This is only the first of a series of wearable device partnerships we intend to sign in the...
[April 1, 2004, 14:10]
IBM test-drives transformer computer
News The Meta Pad also aims to solve some of the problems of PDAs, such as lack of computing power, file compatibility and the need to synchronise data with a PC, as well as make possible a more economical wearable computer.
[February 7, 2002, 9:38]
Slip on a bulletproof PC
News That's the promise Xybernaut, a specialist in "wearable" PCs, is making from the partnership it announced on Thursday with Second Chance Body Armor, the leading US manufacturer of body armour for law enforcement and the military.
[May 31, 2002, 8:42]
Wearable, long-lasting Linux
News The wearable computer will use hydrogen cell technology to increase its longevity, which could revolutionise mobile computing according to a statement from the companies. Fans of Linux, who can't bear to be without their preferred platform, will be...
[February 18, 2000, 14:09]
Smart jacket handles mobile calls and MP3s
News Semiconductor maker Infineon continued its adventures in wearable computing on Monday by showing off a men's jacket that includes a built-in MP3 player and can link up with a mobile phone over Bluetooth.
[July 26, 2004, 14:20]
Wearable technology could be next consumer fad
News Wearable computing has long been regarded as at the wackier end of the technology visionary scale, but for research scientist Steven Schwartz working at the Media Lab at MIT the idea of wearable computers overtaking mobile phones is a no-brainer.
[June 18, 2001, 8:54]
A Survey of Mobile and Wireless Technologies for Augmented Reality Systems
White Papers A new breed of computing called "Augmented ubiquitous computing" has resulted from the convergence of wearable computing, wireless networking and mobile AR interfaces. Recent advances in hardware and software for mobile computing have enabled a new...
[April 2, 2009, 1:22]
SenseCam: A Retrospective Memory Aid
White Papers This paper presents a novel ubiquitous computing device, the SenseCam, a sensor augmented wearable stills camera. SenseCam is designed to capture a digital record of the wearer's day, by recording a series of images and capturing a log of sensor data.
[May 23, 2007, 1:00]
LinuxWorld: Linux gets Bluetoothed
News Chandra Narayanaswami, manager of wearable computing solutions at IBM, says that open source software such as Linux is ideally suited to this type of project, making it possible to develop wireless solutions at speed.
[February 2, 2001, 7:59]
IBM chases a PC's soul
News Right now, the product is in the testing phase, but SoulPad contributor Ramon Caceres, a staff member at the Wearable Computing division of IBM Research, said the technology could be licensed to hardware manufacturers that could make them into...
[August 15, 2005, 9:30]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Blog What's more, the people who have experimented with wearable computing in the past have all been severely deranged dolts who clearly don't mind looking like escapees from some hideous Japanese animated cartoon.
[August 18, 2006, 20:35]
Time to buy IBM's Linux watch?
News The display crams an array of 640 by 480 pixels into a watch face just 0.65 inches tall by 0.87 inches wide, said Chandra Narayanaswami, manager of the IBM Research Division's wearable computing program.
[March 26, 2001, 8:23]
The Ubiquitous Web, UPnP and Smart Homes
White Papers Many key building blocks needed for this vision are now viable commercial technologies: wearable and handheld computers, high bandwidth wireless communication, location sensing mechanisms, and so on. UPnP is a distributed computing framework based...
[May 10, 2006, 1:00]
Intel touts month-long battery life for mobiles
News Ron Smith, vice president and general manager of Intel's Wireless Computing and Communications Group, predicted the process would enable such futuristic form factors as wearable computers and video watch phones.
[May 18, 2001, 8:42]
