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Wearable Wellness Monitoring Using ECG and Accelerometer Data
White Papers This paper presents a prototype wearable wellness monitoring system capable of recording, transmitting and analyzing continuous ECG and accelerometer data. The system also provides an application for recording activities, events and potentially...
[December 22, 2005, 0:01]
Wearable PC to hit shops by Christmas
News Hitachi is planning to launch a wearable computer by the end of this year. The Japanese consumer electronics group has teamed up with Xybernaut, which specialises in developing wearable technology. The two companies are committed to creating a mass...
[July 26, 2001, 11:35]
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. There's also a wearable laptop and a wearable camera.
[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 Global Market for Wearable Computers, published...
[September 5, 2002, 13:47]
Wearable, long-lasting Linux
News Fans of Linux, who can't bear to be without their preferred platform, will be delighted to hear that Californian companies -- DCH Technology and Xybernaut -- revealed plans on Thursday to develop a long-lasting, wearable Linux device called Mobile...
[February 18, 2000, 14:09]
Wearable computers arrive at Internet World
News Futuristic wearable technology could hold the key to the survival of the human race in an age dominated by technology. Lightman says the work of Charmed Technologies, a MIT spin-off which researches nano-technology in its wearable computer products...
[May 23, 2000, 8:26]
Wearable PC nears commercial launch
News Hitachi has promised that its wearable PC will begin shipping to customers in America and Japan this spring. However, Europeans will have to wait before they get the chance to buy the fashionable device, as those who are marketing the wearable PC...
[January 18, 2002, 12:23]
Wearable mobile phones hit US market
News Wearable mobile phones for the fashion-conscious have been in the works for years, with companies like IBM working on its own version of an earring phone, and Motorola opening a design centre in Milan, Italy, to capture the perfect fashionable look.
[April 12, 2002, 10:26]
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]
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]
News Burst: IBM debuts wearable PC
News Envisioned as a tool for maintenance, installation, and repair personnel, the wearable PC can display wiring diagrams, videos, and other information while leaving the user's hands free. PC industry giant IBM unveiled an ultra-portable PC at its IBM...
[September 18, 1998, 10:01]
IBM: A wearable world beyond your clamshell
News As innovative as InfoPortal may be, wearable PCs carry more of a science fiction kind of appeal. IBM's original wearable computer design, released in the late 1990s, featured a ThinkPad 570 condensed to fit on a belt, with the display built into an...
[February 8, 2001, 10:11]
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 camera could store your life in images
News Ideally, the consumer could don an always-on, wearable camera, visit an event such as a party, and afterwards find that the camera had automatically selected and cropped the most memorable images. Hewlett-Packard is working on a new system of...
[May 22, 2003, 14:45]
Sony debuts 'wearable' digicam
News Electronics giant Sony hopes to turn digital cameras into a daily accessory, much like what mobile phones are to many people. Slightly smaller than a credit card, the Sony Cyber-shot DSC-U10's form factor allows it to be easily slipped into pockets...
[July 19, 2002, 10:19]
Hitachi Created the Wearable Internet Appliance, a Small Device With Great Power-Management Capabilities That Delivers a Desktop-Like Viewing Experience
White Papers Hitachi engineers had a concept that would help the electronics giant maintain its leadership role - an Internet device that could deliver a big-screen viewing experience from a very small package. Their solution: a head-mounted device with a...
[October 7, 2008, 0:00]
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]
Fifteen years of ThinkPad highs and lows
News Wearable ThinkPads, Transmeta-based ThinkPads, methane-powered ThinkPads, flaming ThinkPads, butterfly ThinkPads and even — briefly — coloured ThinkPads. A year later, IBM was showing off its prototype of a wearable ThinkPad, "shrunk to the...
[July 20, 2007, 14:56]
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. However, new markets such as wearable electronics show great promise for additional revenue outside of...
[April 27, 2002, 7:31]
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]
