"Clothing, ceilings, and submarines all use LEDs" November 2004 by Tim Whitaker Lighted clothing, flexible ceiling infrastructures and illumination on nuclear submarines were just some of the many applications discussed at the recent Intertech LEDS 2004 conference. Ask anyone who attended the 2004 Intertech LEDs conference what they remember most about the event, and the most frequent answer is likely to be the moment when one of the speakers revealed she was wearing a bra decorated with LE ...

"Getting Lit - The illuminated outerwear of a bioengineer dropout" December 1, 2004 by Joanne B. Cachapero Janet Hansen has made a career out of getting lit. “I was at a resort in Mexico recently,” she recounts, “and some of the people were just horrified and offended. Maybe it was the way my girlfriends and I were behaving—we had a few drinks in us. “But most people love it. They want to pose for pictures with you.” What kind of drunken Girls Gone Wild behavior would prompt such a reac ...

"Wearable Computers Make for Funky Fashion" November 2004 Smart technology will lead to clothing and accessories that are functional and fun By Alex Lightman Fashion is about to get a lot more high-tech - and smarter. The first 50 years of the computer revolution was all about divergent devices, which is why you have more gadgets than you can carry at once. The next 50 will be about convergent devices. Within the next three years, we're going to start building technology into your apparel a ...

$20 Billion Spent on Homeland Security Upgrades Creates New Technological Innovations, Business Opportuinities Yahoo Financial News Tuesday June 1, 10:30 am ET NEW YORK, June 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- With over $20 billion distributed to states and localities to help them upgrade their security efforts, and another $1 billion earmarked by the interagency Technical Support Working Group as seed funding for technology projects around the country, the homeland security effort has fostered a n ...

Issue date: Tuesday 12th April 2005 New research by UK scientists that enables people to interact safely with mobile computers while walking, running or driving, could help to prevent users from putting themselves in danger. Walking and texting is dangerous. While your eyes are glued to the tiny, hard-to-see display and your thumb is stabbing buttons, you might easily walk into an innocent bystander, a lamppost or under a bus. Those carrying mobile computers find it just as hard to operate a ...

Unique AOS Video and Mapping System has Homeland Security, Military and Commercial Uses FAIRFAX, VA, TOKYO, JAPAN, December 17, 2003 -- Live geo-coded location view images that allow a viewer to "see" images as if he or she were actually in a vehicle being tracked is now available for both commercial and military use, thanks to the solution developed by Xybernaut Corporation (NASDAQ: XYBR) that features Tokyo-based AOS Technologies, Inc. (AOS) proprietary Location View System (LVS) technology. ...

3M Introduces Thinner Embedded Capacitance Material for High-Performance Circuit Boards Feb. 15, 2005 AUSTIN, Texas --(Business Wire)--3M announced today that it has developed an improved embedded capacitance material that has a dielectric thickness of 8 microns and a capacitance density over 11 nanofarads per square inch, which makes it among the thinnest and highest capacitance density materials available for embedding planar capacitance in circuit boards. Fabricators and OEMs worldwide can ...

August 10, 2004 07:30 AM US Eastern Timezone 5DT Features eMagin OLED Microdisplays in 5 New VR Training Products; New VR Training Solutions Unveiled at SIGGRAPH 2004 SIGGRAPH 2004 LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 10, 2004--eMagin Corporation (AMEX: EMA), the leading manufacturer of active matrix OLED-on-silicon displays, and Fifth Dimension Technologies (5DT), the leading developer of virtual reality solutions, today announced that five new products from 5DT are equipped with eMagi ...

A hypermedia authoring tool for augmented and virtual reality January 2003 Sinem Güven and Steven Feiner, A1 Department of Computer Science Columbia University Mail Code: 0401 New York NY 10027 USA New Review of Hypermedia and Multimedia, Volume 9, Number 1 / January 2003 You can view the abstract online. A subscription is required to view the full text or it can be purchased online. Abstract: In this paper we describe a new research initiative, 'A New Sense of Place?', which involves t ...

Xybernaut May 14, 2004 AccessPt. and Xybernaut Allow Physicians to Access Clinical Info via Mobile/Wearable Computers JACKSON, Miss. & FAIRFAX, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 14, 2004--AccessPt.(TM), Inc., a leading developer of Internet technology-based software solutions serving the healthcare field, announced today a strategic partnership with Xybernaut(R) Corporation (NASDAQ:XYBR), an industry leader in the development and commercialization of mobile/wearable computer technologies. Under t ...

ADVANCE NANOTECH DISCUSSES VISION FOR NANOTECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY May 10, 2005 Advance Nanotech Company Sees Bright Future for Evolution of Global Nanotechnology New York City, May 10, 2005 — Advance Nanotech, Inc., the premier provider of services, support and financing to drive the commercialization of nanotechnology discoveries, used the NSTI Conference as a backdrop for discussing its view of the near term potential of nanotechnology in the US and abroad. The company sees faster adoption of ...

May 18, 2004 09:30 AM US Eastern Timezone FAIRFAX, Va. and DUBLIN, Ireland--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 18, 2004--Xybernaut(R) Corporation (Nasdaq:XYBR) today announced that Adwalker plc (Ofex:ADW) has purchased and is deploying more than 130 Xybernaut wearable computers for its unique mobile advertising, marketing and promotional media organization. Adwalker plc, a Dublin, Ireland based media firm, has created a brand new media platform for its clients. The Adwalker system works by equipping highl ...

VENTURA, Calif. - February 14, 2002 - VivoMetrics, Inc. has signed a cooperative research and development agreement (CRADA) with the United States Air Force Institute of Technology (AFIT). Under the terms of the agreement, the Air Force will integrate a space-based radio navigation system (also known as global positioning system, or GPS) and long-range wireless capabilities into the company's LifeShirt™ System in order to create an advanced method for real-time location and physiological monitor ...

July 06, 2004 03:39 PM US Eastern Timezone Aliph's Jawbone Headset is Recipient of BusinessWeek 2004 Industrial Design Excellence Award BRISBANE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 6, 2004--Aliph, the developer of a next-generation headset for mobile phones, today announced that BusinessWeek, the world's most widely read business magazine, has recognized Jawbone as a recipient of the 2004 Silver High-tech Annual Design Award. Jawbone was designed by Yves Behar of Fuseproject - this award marks on ...

American Eagle Outfitters and NBC's ``The Apprentice' Merge Fashion with Function to Design Wearable Technology WARRENDALE, Pa.--(CCNMatthews - Apr 4, 2005) - Tune In on April 7th (9-10 pm ET) as Teams "Magna" and "Net Worth" Pair AE's Spring Collection with Today's Latest Gadgets Leading lifestyle retailer American Eagle Outfitters, Inc. (AE) today announced that it is a sponsor for season three of NBC's hit reality show "The Apprentice". The task on AE's episode will focus on combini ...

2004-02-26: Antimicrobial fabrics help fight war against germs Demand for antimicrobial-treated clothing is surging as consumers become increasingly aware of hygiene and of the potentially harmful effects of micro-organisms, according to the latest issue of Performance Apparel Markets, published by Textiles Intelligence. Antimicrobials in apparel play an important role in preventing the psychological discomfort associated with odour-producing bacteria and in reducing the risk of skin inf ...

June 2, 2004 PITTSBURGH, PA - BodyMedia, Inc., a leading developer and provider of body monitoring applications for clinical and consumer healthcare markets, announced today a multi-year strategic alliance and distribution arrangement with Apex Fitness Group, the health club industry’s leading provider of programs for weight loss and fitness. Under the terms of the agreement, Apex will have world-wide exclusive rights to sell BodyMedia’s fitness and weight loss products in health clubs. The f ...

Applied Digital's VeriChip Selected for Prestigious Technology Award in Italy; Well-Tech Award Recognizes Innovative Technologies Improving Quality of Life March 23, 2005 VeriChip Applied Digital ADSX, a provider of Security Through Innovation(TM), announced today that it has been awarded the 2005 Well-Tech Award, recognizing VeriChip(TM) for its role in improving the quality of life. The Award, given annually by Italian-based Well-Tech, goes to the invention that scores the highest in three ...

APPLIED DNA SCIENCES ENTERS AGREEMENT TO ACQUIRE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY OF BIOWELL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. Los Angeles, CA February 8, 2005 Applied DNA Sciences Inc. (OTCBB:APDN)announced today that it has entered into an agreement to acquire all rights, title and interest in the proprietary intellectual property of Biowell Technologies Inc.(Taiwan), including the DNA technology used by Biowell in its global security and anti-counterfeiting applications. Under the terms of the agreement, Biowell ...

August 02, 2004 12:24 PM US Eastern Timezone Applied Radar Introduces New Line of Textile Antennas N. KINGSTOWN, R.I.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 2, 2004--Applied Radar announced today the introduction of a new line of electronic textile (or E-textile) antennas that enable higher performance and lower cost OEM wireless and radar products. This technology will also help the US textile industry, which has recently suffered from off-shore competition. "Electronic textiles promise novel methods of ...

Source: Applied Science Laboratories BEDFORD, Mass., April 26 /PRNewswire/ -- Applied Science Laboratories (ASL), the world's leading eye tracking technology developer, announces the introduction of a revolutionary new lightweight, tether-free wearable eye tracking system that could change the way sports and physical performance are analyzed. ASL's Mobile Eye(TM) is a truly tether-less eye tracking system designed to be used when total freedom of movement is required and video with cursor overl ...

AValon RF and Blackfin Provide “Land Warriors” with Essential Survival Tools - Wearable Computers with Integrated Wireless Links AValonRF and Blackfin Provide “Land Warriors” with Wearable Computers with Integrated Miniature Wireless Links that Transfer Audio/Video/Data with Minimal Interference, to be presented at AFCEA WEST 2005, San Diego San Diego, CA (PRWEB) January 20, 2005 -- AValonRF presents its Wearable Computer solutions and Wearable computers with integrated digital wireless lin ...

AValonRF, Inc., Will present it’s “no moving part”, Tracking Antenna receivers , Tuning Range - 460MHz-2.5GHz, C Band, KU Band , at AFCEA West Expo 2005 February 1-3, 2005, San Diego, CA, USA, Booth 1451 San Diego, CA (PRWEB) January 12, 2005 -- The TA04, TA08 and TA16 are a family of passive tracking antenna systems designed for video links to/from moving platforms that are tuned to any frequency band in the spectrum from 300MHz to 2.5GHz. Higher frequencies are available using external up/do ...

San Diego, CA (PRWEB) January 18, 2005 -- AValonRF presents Rugged PDA with Wireless Link at AFCEA WEST 2005, San Diego, California, February 1-3, 2005, San Diego, California, Booth 1451. The V38R Rugged PDA with the TR430-2G integrated Wireless link is running Windows CE. Includes a daylight readable 3.5” display, biometrics, bar code reader, camera/flash with a 2GB SD card storage, microphone and speaker, USB, RS232, IRDT, 802.11g, Bluetooth and GPS. Has a Replaceable battery that lasts for ...

AValonRF Presents its Wearable Computer Solutions and Wireless Wearable Computers at AFCEA West 2005 AValonRF presents its Wearable Computer solutions and integrated digital wireless links at AFCEA WEST 2005, San Diego, California, February 1-3, 2005, San Diego, California, Booth 1451. San Diego, CA (PRWEB) January 19, 2005 -- AValonRF presents its Wearable Computer solutions and integrated digital wireless links at AFCEA WEST 2005, San Diego, California, February 1-3, 2005, San Diego, Califor ...

Avexus Partners With Xybernaut to Bring the Power of Mobile Computing to MRO PRNewswire Sept. 13 Operations - Integrating Xybernaut's Mobile Computing Technologies and Avexus' MRO Solutions Boosts Efficiencies and Productivity at Point-of-Work - SAN DIEGO, Sept. 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Avexus Inc., a leading provider of software solutions for the management of aviation and aerospace operations, and Xybernaut Corporation (Nasdaq: XYBR) today announced a partnership to combine the ...

Award-Winning Key Ring Camcorder 10th June , 2004 US : Kopin Corp., the largest U.S. manufacturer of microdisplays for consumer, military and industrial applications, on June 2 announced that its 0.16-inch CyberDisplay™-equipped CyberView™ 113K EVF is featured in the new key019 Key Ring Camcorder introduced by Royal Philips Electronics. The key019 features an ultra-cool design, which, at 3.5 inches tall, 1.2 inches wide, less than 1 inch thick and weighing a mere 1.6 ounces, is the size of a ...

BCP Leads the Way With Voice Technology Business Computer Projects Ltd (BCP), one of the UK's top suppliers of specialist Supply Chain solutions, is leading the way in introducing Voice Technology to the UK Distribution market with three key clients now implementing Accord Voice Technology on a major scale. James Hall & Co (Southport) Ltd, Pedigree Wholesale Ltd and CJ Lang & Son Ltd have all invested in this exciting new technology which will enable them to improve productivity, accuracy and s ...

May 4, 2004 ChinaTechNews.com. US-based Xybernaut Corporation and Beijing CyberNet Institute (CyberNet) yesterday announced completion of an agreement to combine Xybernaut mobile/wearable computing solutions with CyberNet applications for the media, entertainment and government sectors. In addition, the two companies are to go ahead with plans for a research and development institute that will concentrate on wearable computing solutions. Research efforts will focus on strategies, methodologi ...

BGF INDUSTRIES ANNOUNCES EXPANSION Greensboro , NC BGF Industries announces the expansion of its Nonwovens facility located in Altavista , Virginia . This new addition will house the die-cutting parts and assembly operations for the Industrial Nonwovens Division in support of the transportation and industrial sectors. The 253,000 sq. ft. addition increases the total manufacturing and warehousing space for the Industrial Nonwovens facility to over 300,000 sq. ft. BGF Industries is a worldwide leader in the manufacture of technical textiles for the automotive, marine, electronics, filtration, insulation, commercial and aerospace industries.

Bio-Warm Corp. Introduces Breakthrough Greenhouse Warming System Capable of Saving Farmers 80% Energy April 25, 2005 LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 25, 2005--Bio-Warm Corp. (OTCBB:BOWC - News; Frankfurt Stock Exchange: A0DN3T) (www.bwarm.net) today announces that it has introduced a breakthrough greenhouse warming system that can save farmers up to 80% energy. By using an innovative patented technology, the Company's conductive fabrics are buried into the ground to warm the roots of the ...

November 20, 2002 Pittsburgh, PA BodyMedia, Inc. announced today a long-term strategic alliance and distribution arrangement with Cardio Theater and ClubCom, the fitness industry's two leading entertainment companies. Under the terms of the agreement, Cardio Theater and ClubCom will have exclusive use of BodyMedia's SenseWearä Transceiver chip. The programmable transceiver is being integrated into Cardio Theater's wireless entertainment systems and ClubCom's entertainment server technologies ...

May 26, 2004 PITTSBURGH, PA - BodyMedia and the University of Maryland have partnered to implement a powerful new genetic technology for distinguishing those individuals with certain health conditions who can most benefit from exercise. Through the partnership BodyMedia - which today provides innovative health programs through its unobtrusive wearable body monitoring products and services - will integrate genetics-based guidance to its suite of health monitoring and management solutions. Dr. J ...

BodyMedia Unveils Advance in Continuous Long-Term Heart Monitoring at Arrhythmia Technologies Retreat PR Newswire November 9, 2004 PITTSBURGH, Nov. 9 /PRNewswire/ -- BodyMedia, Inc., a leading developer and provider of body monitoring applications for clinical and consumer healthcare markets, announced today that it has developed a new patent-pending technology that can accurately monitor electrical activity of the heart (ECG) from the upper arm, continuously for extended periods of time. ...

BodyMedia® Receives Distinguished International Medical Design Award For Weight Management System April 12, 2004 PITTSBURGH, PA -- BodyMedia Inc. received one of only 28 awards in this year's 2004 international Medical Design Excellence Awards (MDEA), recognized as the premier awards program for the health and medical technology community. Sponsored by Medical Device & Diagnostics Industry magazine, the awards honor the world's most innovative products changing the face of healthcare. MDEA aw ...

Press Release Network June 9, 2004 First shown in the famous CHI conference in Vienna, a group of researchers from the Mixed Reality Lab of National University of Singapore has redefined the classic arcade game Pacman, into a breakthrough gaming system called "Human Pacman". A player can now actually interactively role-play the character of Pacman or Ghost in the real life world such as the city streets. By donning a special backpack and a goggle’s, the players see virtual cookies in the stree ...

Brillian to Demonstrate SVGA Optical Module in Prototype Binocular Headmounted Display at CES LAS VEGAS, Jan. 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- To showcase the incredibly bright, full-color, and high-resolution images delivered by its BR86M30-1 SVGA turnkey optical module, Brillian Corporation (Nasdaq: BRLC) will demonstrate a prototype binocular headset for video applications at the Consumer Electronics Show. "In addition to our UltraContrast(TM) Gen II liquid-crystal-on-silicon (LCoS(TM)) HDTVs, B ...

7/10/02 Burlington, VT Headphones and an MD player are just as essential to some riders as their snowboard and season pass. With the introduction of Burton’s breakthrough Analog Clone MD jacket, riders will get two things they want in one a killer jacket and MD player integrated into a single system. Burton Snowboards is the first and only company to introduce a jacket with a built-in sound system. With only 100 jackets produced worldwide, snowboarders around the globe will be searching hard t ...

Field Applications Include Tracking Wildlife, Tracking Storm Water, Mapping Public Water Supplies, Collecting Tax Data, Asset and Facility Inventory Management FAIRFAX, VA and CAPE MAY, NJ, October 30, 2002 – Cape May County (NJ) officials have begun using wearable computers from Xybernaut Corporation (Nasdaq: XYBR) to do everything from tracking wildlife, to monitoring water supplies, to mapping road signs and buildings. Although many federal, state and local governments employ Xybernaut weara ...

Carnegie Mellon to seal research deal with telecommunications giant August 25, 2004 Contact: Chriss Swaney Carnegie Mellon University Carnegie Mellon to seal deal with French Telecom PITTSBURGH--Carnegie Mellon University's Institute For Complex Engineered Systems will sign a research agreement today with French Telecom that could revolutionize the future of mobile phone devices. The technology, developed by Carnegie Mellon professors Asim Smailagic and Dan Siewiorek, is a state-of-the-a ...

CASEMA SELECTS XYBERNAUT® ATIGO® MOBILE/WEARABLE COMPUTERS FOR CUSTOMER SERVICE AND FIELD TECHNICIAN APPLICATIONS January 26, 2005 Xybernaut Corporation Leading Cable Television Network Operator in Netherlands Purchases 120 Atigo Computers FAIRFAX, VA and AMSTERDAN, NETHERLANDS, January 26, 2005 – Xybernaut Corporation (Nasdaq: XYBR), a leading developer of wearable/mobile computing solutions, today announced that Casema, one of the largest cable television network operators in the Netherl ...

CEA Announces Its Five Technologies to Watch in 2005 11/10/2004 Consumer Electronics Association: Press Room FOR RELEASE Contacts: Tara Dunion tel: 703 907-7419 email: tdunion@ce.org Leah Arnold tel: 703 907 7626 email: larnold@ce.org CEA Announces Its Five Technologies to Watch in 2005 Annual Publication Spotlights Up and Coming Technologies in the Consumer Electronics Industry -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Arlington, Virginia 11/ ...

Celebrity Motion Furniture Eleksen's award winning hazard sensing technology to be included in Celebrity's riser recliner chair 05 October 2004 Eleksen: News London, 5th October 2004 - Celebrity Motion Furniture Ltd. today launch a range of riser-recliner chairs featuring smart fabric hazard sensors. Riser-recliner chairs in the Woburn and Dorchester series can now come complete with cutting edge "Touch and Rise" hazard strips, developed by Eleksen Ltd. When the 1mm thick, virtually invis ...

For Immediate Release CG2 AWARDED SECOND ARMY RESEARCH CONTRACT TO ADVANCE MAN-WEARABLE EMBEDDED TRAINING April 26, 2005 CG2, Inc. Research to Focus on Man-Wearable Embedded Combined Arms Team Training and Mission Rehearsal Objectives AMSTERDAM, THE NETHERLANDS — April 26, 2005 — CG2®, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Quantum3D®, Inc., announced today at ITEC that the company has received a contract from the U.S. Army Research Development and Engineering Command (RDECOM) for the Embed ...

Charmed Technology - Nanix Charmed Technology announced the development of their new computer operating system NANIX™, designed to bring the Internet to small wireless devices. Charmed Technology, poised to become a world leader in affordable, miniature, wireless Internet connected products, services, and technologies, is developing prototypes using NANIX™ which will open standards for inexpensive infrastructure development in an effort to bring the wireless Internet to people across the world. ...

Cisco Systems, Inc. Extends Massachusetts Institute of Technology Relationship via Sponsorship of Media Lab November 3, 2004 TMCnet.com CAMBRIDGE, Mass. --(Business Wire)-- Nov. 3, 2004 -- Cisco Scientists Will Work Collaboratively with MIT Researchers Cisco Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:CSCO) today announced a sponsorship of MIT Media Lab's Digital Life Consortium, further expanding its strategic relationship with MIT. Through this sponsorship, Cisco gains access to the Media Lab's unique environm ...

CLARKSON SCIENTIST’S RESEARCH INTO “SMART” CLOTHING MATERIALS COULD LEAD TO NEW SYNTHETICS WITH BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS 11 February 2005 What makes a nanocomposite material “smart”? Consider clothing that can detect the presence of chemical weapons, automatically seal its own pores, and then clean and decontaminate itself. Today the U.S. Department of Defense is funding research for fabric materials that do all these things and are also stronger, more durable, and lighter than current uniforms ...

Press Release ComCam's C3 Now Available for Pocket PC Monday August 2, 9:50 am ET WEST CHESTER, Pa., Aug. 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- ComCam, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: CMCA - News) today announced the release of its Pocket C3 camera control center for CE and Pocket PC platforms. Pocket C3 is a derivative of the company's C3 software product that brings commercial control room video capability to a laptop computer. ComCam's Andy Finkel, former Commodore Business Machines Amiga Software Direc ...

Cornell student develops 'smart' jacket that warms, lights up at night and even monitors heart rate FOR RELEASE: Dec. 11, 2002 Contact: Susan S. Lang Office: 607-255-3613 E-Mail: SSL4@cornell.edu ITHACA, N.Y. -- There are smart houses, smart cars and smart computers. Now get ready for smart clothes. At Cornell University that means a jacket that automatically heats and lights up when it is cold and dark and also contains a pulse monitor to measure activity level for joggers and walkers. ...

Deja View Now Shipping Camwear 100, World's First Wearable Mini-Camcorder that Solves the Dogged 'I Missed That Shot' Problem BRICK, N.J., Oct. 18, 2004 -- The first wearable and hands-free camcorder to capture and save action that happened before the "record" button is pressed is now available from Deja View, Inc. The Camwear 100 solves the age-old dilemma of many photographers who have often uttered the words, "I missed that shot", according to Sid Reich, president, inventor and founder of t ...

Deja View Signs First Major Retailers, Distributor for Hands-Free Camcorder that Never Misses the Action November 24, 2004 MSNBC.com Camwear Model 100 Now Available Online, in Stores and Through Distribution BRICK, N.J., Nov. 24, 2004 (PRIMEZONE) -- Deja View, Inc. today announced that its innovative new wearable, hands-free Camwear Model 100 camcorder can be ordered online from seven of the Internet's most popular shopping sites. The retailers are Amazon.com, JandR.com, Neimanmarcus.com, ...

The DPX series of Single Board Computers has been designed to provide a very high level of on-board integration in a compact reliable board. These boards are easily interchangeable, allowing the designer to package a high end and a mid-range SBC in the same enclosure. All of the boards offer valuable features such as on-board touchscreen controller, LCD controller, SCSI, and solid state disk not commonly available on industrial single board computers.

Designer Data Links StarLink – Immune Digital Data Link System for mini-UAVs: StarLink enables data to be transmitted directly between a UAV and manned platform - helicopter gunship or fighter. The direct, continuous, real-time link to the end user supports fast, accurate action. Furthermore, StarLink offers immunity to interference, and jamming – meeting the requirements of battle in harsh terrain (urban centers, hills and valleys), characterized by the existence of several RF emitters, other ...

Display Evaluation Kit reduces time-to-market for Organic LED-based designs Mar 24, 2005 Anders Electronics OSRAM kit from Anders Electronics provides complete solution for prototyping, testing and implementing OLED applications Anders Electronics, the specialist supplier and designer of display solutions, is offering a reference design kit that will significantly reduce the time-to-market of applications based on OSRAM Opto Semiconductors’ Pictiva™ organic light emitting diode (OLED) flat p ...

For Immediate Release Lee Hart, 719.539.7788 Boulder, June 11th, 2004 — As NASA celebrates the 35th anniversary of the lunar landing this year, and successful exploration of Mars, the Dockers® brand will land closer to home, here on earth, with their new line of Thermal Adapt™ Khaki's using Smart Fabric Technology™ by Outlast®, originally developed for use by NASA. Designed to balance temperature for all day comfort in 100% cotton pants, this 'certified space technology' consists of microscopi ...

Doerksen announces funding for wireless e-health initiative February 4, 2004 Chiba, Japan…Imagine a watch that can monitor your life signs and transfer the information wirelessly through the Internet to your physician. That's the goal of the Wireless, Wearable Physiological Monitor (WWMP) project – a technology that has the possibility to improve a patient's quality of life, provide better diagnostic data and lower the cost of treatment. Victor Doerksen, Minister of Alberta Innovation and ...

E&TS designs mobile/wearable computers for kids with special needs System solution designed by IBM and Xybernaut deployed in Boston public schools IBM July 14, 2003 The Boston Public School District announced today that it has received seven unique mobile computers co-developed by IBM and Xybernaut Corporation. The district's Access Technology Center, located in Madison Park High School, has received seven of these special mobile/wearable computers, which are sold in a variety of industri ...

E-TEXTILES BELIEVED TO HAVE VARIETY OF USES Kimberly W. Land (Phone 757/864-9885, 757/344-8611 mobile) k.w.land@larc.nasa.gov July 8, 2004 Significant commercial and research efforts are currently underway to develop a wide array of electronic textiles (e-textiles) for application in health care, military and first-responder uniforms, and entertainment. Mark T. Jones, Associate Professor, Bradley Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State U ...

LinuxDevices Mar. 07, 2002 Redwood City, CA -- (press release excerpt) -- 'eightythree', the first computer you can use while walking that combines the portability of a handheld with the functionality and software compatibility of a Windows/Linux/UNIX PC, will be unveiled at the opening of CeBIT next week by Tiqit Computers. Tiqit has built a fully functioning x86 handheld device out of cutting-edge but available parts, designed specifically for enterprise use and immediate production. eight ...

Herald Journal, Nov. 29, 2004 By Darla Swanson Since June of this year, Korosensor.com Inc. has occupied the former clinic building on Sixth Street in Howard Lake. President and CEO Jeffrey Schoess, along with his director of engineering, Matt Rust, provide a medical service of another kind. Korosensor doesn’t offer face-to-face patient care as the clinic did, but through innovative technology it gives care to patients right in their homes. “We’re very pleased to be here,” Schoess said. “We’ ...

Electronic textiles to help battlefield medics By Karen Fleming-Michael April 21, 2005 FORT DETRICK, Md. (Army News Service, April 21, 2005) -- Medics on the not-so-distant battlefield may get assistance with the triage of injured Soldiers from a new system called Warfighter Physiological Status Monitoring. WPSM allows remote triage of injured Soldiers using leading-edge technology, like electronic textiles. "The medic will remotely know who's been injured and who he should go to first ver ...

Robin Shephard - New CEO Eleksen appoints BBC Vecta's Director of New Ventures as CEO 29 October 2004 ELEKSEN APPOINTS BBC VECTA’S DIRECTOR OF NEW VENTURES AS CEO New CEO to spearhead aggressive growth strategy at British smart textile innovator London, 28th October 2004: Eleksen today announces it has appointed BBC Vecta Chief Sales and Marketing Officer and New Ventures Director, Robin Shephard, as CEO to successfully commercialise the company’s patented technologies ...

Celebrity Motion Furniture Eleksen's award winning hazard sensing technology to be included in Celebrity's riser recliner chair London, 5th October 2004 - Celebrity Motion Furniture Ltd. today launch a range of riser-recliner chairs featuring smart fabric hazard sensors. Riser-recliner chairs in the Woburn and Dorchester series can now come complete with cutting edge "Touch and Rise" hazard strips, developed by Eleksen Ltd. When the 1mm thick, virtually invisible fabric strips sense obstr ...

EMA: To Showcase Z800 3D Visor with Wearable Computer At ITEC.. 2005/04/25 07:29:35 [delayed] Ridgeland, MS, APR 25, 2005 (EventX/Knobias.com via COMTEX) -- eMagin Corporation (EMA) will demonstrate its Z800 3D Visor in Quantum3D's Stand D17 at the ITEC Conference and Exhibition being held at the Amsterdam RAI International Exhibition & Congress Centre from April 26 to 28. ITEC is Europe's only conference dedicated to defense training, education and simulation. GET KNOBIAS IN REAL-TI ...

eMagin Advocates Virtually Large Screen OLED Microdisplays for Entertainment [July 28, 2004] HOPEWELL JUNCTION, N.Y. --(Business Wire)-- July 28, 2004 -- Affirms Commitment to Near-Eye Consumer Applications at Intertech Home Entertainment Display Conference eMagin Corporation (AMEX:EMA), the leading manufacturer of active matrix OLED microdisplays, announced that the company will present today at Intertech's Large Screen Displays for Home Entertainment Conference in San Diego, California. At ...

Elbit Systems Ltd. eMagin Displays Implemented by Elbit Systems; Night Vision Device Provides Clear View & Vital Information 7/20/04 HOPEWELL JCT., N.Y., Jul 20, 2004 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- eMagin Corporation (AMEX: EMA), the leading manufacturer of active matrix OLED-on-silicon microdisplays, announced that its SVGA+ microdisplays are being implemented in Elbit Systems' (NASDAQ:ESLT) next generation AN/AVS-7 (ANVIS-HUD) Head Unit Display. Mounted on a night vision goggle, the A ...

BusinessWire September 24 2004 HOPEWELL JUNCTION, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 24, 2004--eMagin Corporation's (AMEX:EMA) chief executive officer and president, Gary Jones, and chief financial officer, John Atherly, addressed the Display Technology Investment Conference, co-sponsored by WR Hambrecht and Co. and the United States Display Consortium, in San Francisco on September 23. eMagin, the leader in OLED microdisplays, provides displays and modules for more than 30 products used for militar ...

eMagin Showcases Virtual Imaging Solutions at SPIE Defense Security Conference; Featuring OLED-Equipped Products by Quantum3D, Liteye, and Total Fire Group March 29, 2005 BUSINESS WIRE ORLANDO, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 29, 2005--eMagin Corporation (AMEX: EMA), a leader in virtual imaging technology, is showcasing its displays, subsystems, and recently announced Z800 3D Visor in Booth 638 at the SPIE Security and Defense Conference being held through March 31 in Orlando. Currently used in ...

eMagin Updates AMEX Compliance and Other Corporate Matters December 20, 2004 eMagin Corporation HOPEWELL JUNCTION, N.Y., December 20, 2004 – eMagin Corporation (AMEX:EMA), the leader in active matrix organic light-emitting diode (OLED) microdisplays, announced the following corporate updates. • AMEX Compliance The American Stock Exchange has informed eMagin Corporation that it has evidenced compliance with the requirements necessary for continued listing on the AMEX. In June 2004 the AMEX ...

Tuesday, May 18 2004 @ 06:23 PM HOPEWELL JUNCTION, N.Y. -- eMagin Corporation (AMEX:EMA) has received notification from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office of patent issuance for the invention of its 3D OLED device, U.S. Patent No. 10,017,769, "Three dimensional display emulation method and system." The patent describes a stereoscopic display device incorporating a pair of OLED microdisplays in a near-eye display. The device processes an emulation video signal providing alternate frames of le ...

Empowering patients to lead fully mobile lives Clickpress Mar 02 2005] High risk and chronically ill patients in Europe may soon find themselves able to lead independent and fully mobile lives thanks to the work of a project that has developed a Body Area Network of wireless sensors to remotely monitor vital signs. Since this IST-funded project MobiHealth ended in February 2004, the project partners have gone on to further develop the mobile healthcare system and expect to have a commercial ...

Released: Thu 10-Feb-2005, 09:10 ET Source: University of Texas at Austin Newswise — A sensing device tailored for mass production of highly sensitive and stable nerve-gas detectors has been developed by a research group led by a mechanical engineer at The University of Texas at Austin. The new sensor technology, which was more sensitive and much more stable than its predecessors, was featured on this week’s cover of Applied Physics Letters. The researchers’ highlighted study demonstrated th ...

Epson Develops the World's First Flexible 8-Bit Asynchronous Microprocessor Epson February 9, 2005 Seiko Epson Corp. ("Epson") has announced that it has developed the world's first*1 flexible 8-bit asynchronous microprocessor using low-temperature polysilicon thin-film transistors (LTPS-TFTs) on a plastic substrate. With energy consumption reduced by 70% compared to the synchronous microprocessors now in everyday use, Epson is now researching potential applications for its invention. The res ...

ESPRE Solutions Announces the Full Release of eViewLink, the First Wearable and Wireless Video Collaboration Solution Business Wire; 3/14/2005 NEW ORLEANS -- From the CTIA Wireless 2005 Convention in New Orleans, Louisiana, ESPRE Solutions, Inc., announces the full release of eViewLink(TM), a breakthrough in mobile video communications allowing office-based specialists to use their PCs to communicate interactively with remote, "in-the-field" technicians equipped with wireless PDA-like devices. Today at the CTIA Wireless 2005 held in New Orleans, Louisiana, ESPRE Solutions, Inc., announced the full release of its revolutionary eViewLink technology. Last year, ESPRE Solutions acquired Wireless Peripherals, Inc., the ... Read the Full Article, Get a FREE Trial for instant access »

ESPRE Solutions' Mobile Video Collaboration Solution, eViewLink, Selected for the CTIA WIRELESS Widgets Showcase at the CTIA WIRELESS 2005 Show in New Orleans TMC.Net March 15, 2005 NEW ORLEANS, March 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- ESPRE Solutions, Inc. is a Dallas-based media solutions and technology company with a revolutionary and patented video compression technology. Today, ESPRE received notification from the nominating committee at the CTIA WIRELESS 2005 tradeshow being held in New Orlea ...

Exideas Released V. 3.0 of MessagEase Onscreen Keyboard and Announced Support for Asian Languages BELMONT, Calif., July 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Exideas, a California software company specializing in Computer-Human Interface (http://www.Exideas.com), today released version 3.0 of its Windows Onscreen Keyboard, a tool to enhance text entry on Tablet PCs and touchscreen-based computers, as well as a variety of other mobile devices. Exideas also announced that the next version of MessagEase Onscre ...

Eyetop DVD - The World's First Portable, Personal, Private Wearable DVD Entertainment System October 7, 2004 Press Release PARIS, October 7 /PRNewswire/ -- You're a video fan and you want to watch your favorite DVD even while commuting to work on the morning train, waiting for a plane or relaxing in your easy chair? Want to watch a movie without disturbing others? You can do all that and more with the brand new Eyetop DVD - The world's first personal, portable, private video entertainment sys ...

FEDEX EXPRESS AND XYBERNAUT CORPORATION STAGE BRAZIL’S FIRST EVER MOBILE WEARABLE COMPUTING DEMONSTRATION January 24, 2005 Xybernaut Corporation High-Tech Garments Complement High Fashion at São Paulo Fashion Week SAO PAULO, BRAZIL, January 24, 2005 – High Tech and High Fashion meet on the catwalk when FedEx Express, a subsidiary of FedEx Corp. (NYSE: FDX), and mobile wearable computing maker Xybernaut Corporation (NASDAQ: XYBR) present the first-ever demonstration of mobile and wearable c ...

FEDEX EXPRESS AND XYBERNAUT CORPORATION STAGE BRAZIL’S FIRST EVER MOBILE WEARABLE COMPUTING DEMONSTRATION Xybernaut.com January 24, 2005 SAO PAULO, BRAZIL, January 24, 2005 – High Tech and High Fashion meet on the catwalk when FedEx Express, a subsidiary of FedEx Corp. (NYSE: FDX), and mobile wearable computing maker Xybernaut Corporation (NASDAQ: XYBR) present the first-ever demonstration of mobile and wearable computers January 24 during Sao Paulo Fashion Week, Latin America’s largest fashi ...

FIRA for furniture FIRA Innovation Award 2004 12 August 2004 The FIRA Innovation Award recognises the commitment of the furniture industry to bring innovation and unique products to the market. Not only does the Award reward the efforts of the furniture designers, but is also a valuable marketing tool, backed by FIRA International Ltd - the world renowned centre for excellence in the furniture industry. Eleksen is proud to be the winner of the Furniture Industry Research Associations (FIRA ...

Flexpoint's Bend Sensor Recommended in Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation for Medical Application May 3, 2005 Genetic Engineering News Flexpoint Sensor Systems, Inc. (OTCBB: FLXT) today announced its patented Bend Sensor(R) technology was chosen among competing sensors for a medical glove by scientists in a research report published in the March edition of the Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation. Scientists from The Kessler Medical Rehabilitation Research and Educatio ...

Computing Solution Enables Flight Crews Access to Critical digitized Flight Navigational Data and Flight Deck/Cabin Management Documentation, in the Cockpit, Plane-side or in the Airport Terminal FAIRFAX, VA and IRVINE, CA, May 20, 2004 Xybernaut Corporation (NASDAQ: XYBR) and Flight Deck Resources Inc. today announced a partnership agreement under which Xybernaut mobile/wearable computing technologies and Flight Deck Resources hardware and software solutions have been combined into a single ...

For the record 19 July Monday, July 19 2004 by Deirdre McArdle Microsoft says more than one million people have joined Xbox Live | Chinese government issues content ultimatum to Web sites Virgin Electronics, funded by The Virgin Group, has re-located to Silicon Valley from New York. The company aims to focus on developing digital consumer products that are simple, portable and connected. In a separate announcement the company launched the compact Virgin Electronics Wearable 128MB MP3 Play ...

Founder Jeff Wolf Steps Down as Director of Sensatex, Inc. BETHESDA, MARYLAND (October 15, 2004): Sensatex, Inc., the leading developer and provider of smart textile materials and applications announced today announced that Jeff Wolf, one of the company’s original founders, stepped down as a director to pursue other business interests. Mr. Wolf retains significant ownership in the company. Mr. Wolf founded Sensatex in 2000, securing a license for the “wearable motherboard” technology which ...

frog design and Motorola Launch Prototypes of Next Generation Wearable Wireless Solutions March 12, 2003 Mobilemag.com, Inc. frog design inc., the legendary international digital and product design firm, has teamed with Motorola, Inc. (NYSE:MOT), a global leader in providing integrated communications and embedded electronics solutions, to create a family of fashionable wearable devices representing the next generation of personal computing and wireless communications. Combining the results ...

FrogPad™ Data Entry Device Leaps Into Education Market with Keyboarding Tutorial for Educators Houston, TX (PRWEB) January 11, 2005 -- FrogPad, an innovator in data entry methods for mobile computing, is capturing the hearts, minds and digits of the growing educational market by bundling the FrogPad data interface device with an intuitive online tutorial, developed with its strategic partner DeMarque. DeMarque creates educational content and tools using computer-based training. This partnership ...

FrogPad™/Ekeksen™ Introduce the First Wearable Frog, the Industry’s First One Handed Fabric Keyboard with Bluetooth Wireless Technology eMediaWire January 7, 2005 New Wearable Eleksen FrogPad Opens World of Data Entry Opportunities Houston – January 6, 2005 -- FrogPad, an innovator in data entry methods for mobile computing, and soft sensing and interface device manufacturer Eleksen, joined forces to introduce its latest innovation: the wearable Frog, the latest in mobile computing data inter ...

PRESS RELEASE Date Released: Thursday, March 24, 2005 Source: Space Foundation Colorado Springs, Colo. (March 24, 2005) The Space Foundation and NASA today announced the selection of four "down to Earth" technologies for induction into the Space Technology Hall of Fame. The 2005 winners range from temperature regulating "phase change" fabrics to advanced water filtration technology that can provide safe drinking water to people around the world. The result of successful NASA and private ind ...

Futuristic 'smart' yarns on the horizon Media Release - Ref 2004/208 - Nov 19 , 2004 CSIRO In a collaborative effort, scientists at CSIRO Textile and Fibre Technology (CTFT) have achieved a major technological breakthrough that should soon lead to the production of futuristic strong, light and flexible 'smart' clothing materials. In partnership with the world-renowned NanoTech Institute at the University of Texas at Dallas, CTFT has adapted textile technologies used to spin wool and other ...

Gartner Announces Wireless & Mobile Summit 2005 Business Wire; 3/16/2005 What: Wireless & Mobile Summit 2005 When: April 11-13, 2005 Where: Hyatt Regency Grand Cypress, Lake Buena Vista, Florida Details: -- Gartner Wireless & Mobile Summit 2005 will offer participants new concepts and best practices to increase ROI on wireless investment, insights on the future of wireless, and unbiased perspectives on devices, systems, integration and the latest trends. Attendees will have access to the information necessary for them to reduce costs, while maximizing their mobile initiatives. Read the Full Article, Get a FREE Trial for instant access »

General Dynamics C4 Systems to Develop Wearable, Fuel-Cell Driven Tablet Computers for U.S. Air Force August 23, 2004 Fuel cell technology to reduce Air Force reliance on batteries and battery chargers SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. – General Dynamics C4 Systems, a business unit of General Dynamics (NYSE: GD), announced today it has been awarded a contract by the United States Air Force (USAF) to develop and deliver 10 prototype tablet computers powered by direct liquid fuel cells for evaluation as a pot ...

General Dynamics Selects InHand's Technology for 'Future Force Warrior' Monday August 9, 12:32 pm ET Fundamental US Army Program Aims to Radically Increase Soldiers' Effectiveness ROCKVILLE, Md., Aug. 9 /PRNewswire/ -- InHand Electronics, Inc., a leading provider of low-power system technologies for wireless devices, today announced that it has received a multi-year contract from General Dynamics' (NYSE: GD - News) Eagle Enterprise unit (GDEE) to incorporate its BatterySmart dynamic power ...

Get ready for next generation surround sound 24.01.2005 EPSRC Press Release Ultra-realistic surround sound is a step closer for everyone thanks to a new method that will cheaply and efficiently compute the way individuals hear things. Currently, creating accurate ‘virtual sound fields’ through headphones is almost exclusively the domain of high-budget military technologies and involves lengthy and awkward acoustic measurements. The new approach eliminates the acoustic measurement step altog ...

GLOBAL LEADER IN WEARABLE COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY ESTABLISHES ASIA-PACIFIC REGIONAL BASE IN HONG KONG February 28, 2005 Xybernaut Corporation Economic Development Group Welcomes Xybernaut to Hong Kong FAIRFAX, VA, February 28, 2005 — Invest Hong Kong, an economic development group based in Hong Kong, formally welcomed Xybernaut Corporation (Nasdaq: XYBR) as the Company opened its Asia-Pacific regional office in Hong Kong today (28 Feb). Xybernaut is a US-based provider of mobile/wearable compu ...

Ventura, Calif., December 2, 2002 --- Guidant Corporation has signed a contract to use VivoMetrics' LifeShirt System to help develop new diagnostic and therapeutic features for future generations of heart failure devices. Under the agreement, Guidant will purchase LifeShirt System monitoring over the next four years, and has licensed use of VivoLogic® software for processing and analyzing the collected data. According to John Hatlestad, Guidant's managing scientist for the project, the company ...

Headphones For Your Eyes January 9, 2005 The Innovations Plus booth--actually a gigantic tent across from the Central Hall--was the venue for the more experimental side of CES. It was the place to find bold breakthroughs, creative concepts, and maybe even next year's hottest new product. One of those cutting-edge technologies was the Icuiti Video Eyewear system--a wearable audio/video system. At first glance, Icuiti’s V920 Eyewear (shown) looks like it belongs on the face some fashion-dam ...

Dataweek 10 MARCH 2004 Advanced textile firm, Gorix, has become a well-known name thanks to its namesake product - the Gorix Electro-Conductive Textile (E-CT), a woven textile which through specific spinning, weaving and carbonisation, results in a material with a number of differing and exploitable applications. Beginning 1991, inventors John Gordon and Robert Rix developed a conductive cloth as an alternative type of electrical conductor. The base material, unusually for a conductive mediu ...

HYNIX SEMICONDUCTOR AND XYBERNAUT KOREA LTD. BEGIN INITIAL IMPLEMENTATION December 15, 2004 Xybernaut Leading Korean CPU Chip Manufacturer to Deploy Xybernaut Systems and Solutions within Manufacturing Operations SEOUL, KOREA and FAIRFAX, VA, December 15, 2004 -- Xybernaut Korea Ltd., the wholly-owned Korean subsidiary of Xybernaut® Corporation (NASDAQ: XYBR), today announced an initial purchase order from Hynix Semiconductor to deploy Xybernaut systems and solutions in support of its manufa ...

Hypertronics’ Medical applications to benefit from coax and power contact capability on popular circular connector series March 31, 2005 Hypertronics Corporation Hudson, MA (March 31, 2005)— Hypertronics’ D series of cost effective, high reliability circular plastic connectors is now available with coax and power contacts. This D02 offering is available with a combination of 1 coaxial contact (rated at frequencies to 18GHz) and up to 9 signal contacts (rated at 2.5A). Alternatively, the coax ...

iband:a wearable device for handshake-augmented interpersonal information exchange Media Lab Europe Marije Kanis, Cian Cullinan, Anna Gavin, Stefan Agamanolis (Media Lab Europe); Niall Winters (London Knowledge Lab) Initial meetings and introductions mark the first moments of building new relationships. Yet these important moments are often awkward or forgotten, sometimes because of the natural failings of human memory (not being able to recall someone's name) or because there is a lack of ...

ROCHESTER, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 2, 2005--Icuiti Corporation, a world leader in personal display solutions, today announced the formal introduction of the M920 line of low cost, lightweight, wearable display systems. The M920 line are breakthrough products in the wearable category, delivering high resolution, wide field of view imaging, using the Company's patented Quantum Optics(TM) technology. The M920 is the second generation of the Icuiti's Video Eyewear for vertical market and Milita ...

April 18, 2005 Icuiti Corp. of Brighton has received a $1.5 million federal grant to develop a microdisplay for military use. The display screen is small enough to fit in a pair of sunglasses. The screen should prove useful to the military, the FBI and the CIA, said Rep Thomas Reynolds, R-Clarence, Erie County, who helped secure the funding and toured Icuiti on Monday.

Rochester, NY— January 5, 2005 - Icuiti Corporation, a world leader in personal display solutions, today announced the North American introduction of the World’s first “Video Eyewear” at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas. The Icuiti V920 Video Eyewear was developed as the perfect display solution for the coming mobile video and information era. This revolutionary device overcomes the limitations of traditional direct view displays and creates BIG screen images from micro disp ...

Press Release of July 1, 2004 In a bid to develop a new prototype for communicating clothing. France Telecom develops an integrated flexible screen to display animated graphics on the wearer Researchers at France Telecom have recently developed operational prototypes of flexible colour screens integrated into clothing, opening up new horizons for services that let users display images on the clothes they wear. An initial range of purpose-built garments has been created by the designer Elis ...

2003-07-15 Munich, July 15, 2003 Carpets with woven-in intelligence could soon be produced on the looms of Vorwerk. The company’s carpet plant in Hameln has signed a cooperation agreement with Infineon Technologies. The two companies are joining forces on the development of a marketable solution and plan to present an initial prototype by the end of 2004. In May of this year, Infineon first presented the concept for the integration of microelectronics in textile surfaces, which makes it poss ...

Infineon Delivers Technology for 21st Century Textiles Munich, 26 April, 2002 Integrated microelectronics for a wide variety of uses in entertainment, healthcare, nursing and logistics Today, Infineon Technologies presented its first solutions for wearable electronics and smart textiles. A Munich-based research team has developed the enabling technologies that are required for smart textiles. For its outstanding work in this area, Infineon will receive two innovation awards at the Avantex hig ...

Wearable electronics broad semiconductor manufacturing and interconnection expertise enables robust and reliable chip integration Munich, 26 April, 2002 Infineon Technologies today presented prototypes of functional and robust implementations of microelectronic devices that are suitable for everyday use in smart textiles and clothing. In first time ever demonstrations, that lay the groundwork for seamless and reliable integration of electronic functionality in clothing, highly-integration chi ...

The Guardian Mark Milner Tuesday July 27, 2004 The smart jacket is being redefined. Forget chic and think chip; Bluetooth rather than houndstooth. The latest designer-special plays music and hooks up to your mobile phone. Want to change the track on the built-in mp3 player? Simply press the appropriate button on the textile touch pad on the left sleeve. The earphones are built into the collar - so is a hands-free microphone for the mobile phone. Cleaning? Simply slip out the tiny electron ...

InfoLogix Introduces 1GHz ViA(TM) Computer Wednesday July 21, 5:17 pm ET The Industry Leading Wearable ViA IICT(TM) Computer is More Powerful With a Faster CPU and More Memory for Processor Intensive Computing, and With New Package Options to Increase the Breadth and Versatility of Mobile Computing Applications BENSALEM, Pa., July 21 /PRNewswire/ -- InfoLogix today announced important upgrades to its industry proven ViA brand wearable computer. The ViA IICT(TM) is now available with a 1GHz ...

US Navy Project Developing Intelligent Power Module for Wireless Sensors Rockville, MD, November 29th, 2004— InHand Electronics, Inc., a leader in handheld and wireless device platforms for OEMs, today announced that it has received a contract from the United States Navy for the second phase of a project to develop an intelligent power module for wireless smart sensors. Under the first phase of this contract, InHand has been developing new methodologies to optimize energy delivery for future s ...

InHand Introduces Advanced Platform for Wireless Device Development Yahoo! Finance Wednesday September 22, 9:29 am ET ATP-27X Platform Incorporates the Latest Low-Power Technologies for New Devices BOSTON, Sept. 22 /PRNewswire/ -- InHand Electronics, Inc., a leader in handheld and wireless device platforms for OEMs, today announced at the Embedded Systems Conference its new Advanced Technology Platform, a hardware/software reference platform for showcasing the future of low-power wireless ...

Innovative Cardiovascular, Oncology, Diabetes and Surgical Visualization Technologies to Be Featured at Medtech Insight's 'Investment In Innovation' Conference, June 14-15, 2005, San Francisco Medtech Insight 2005 In3 San Francisco Conference NEWPORT BEACH, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 6, 2005-- More Than 50 Early-Stage Medical Technology Companies to Be Showcased at This Event Medtech Insight has announced that over 30 promising young medical technology companies are confirmed thus far t ...

For Immediate Release – Oct. 27, 2004 Denver – An innovative approach to helping diagnose a child’s sleep problem is keeping patients home for these important tests rather than having them spend an anxious night at a sleep lab. Kaiser Permanente is the first health organization in Colorado to use the Vivometrics LifeShirt, the first non-invasive, ambulatory monitoring system that continuously collects, records and analyzes a broad range of cardiopulmonary parameters that will help physicians d ...

Innova®, Polartec® Provide Severe Weather Protection December 2002 Textile World Innova®, a polyolefin yarn manufactured by American Fibers and Yarns Co. (AF&Y), Chapel Hill, N.C., and Polartec® fabric, manufactured by Malden Mills Industries Inc., Lawrence, Mass., are being used in the military's Extended Cold Weather Clothing System (ECWCS), a five-layer clothing system for use in extreme environments such as those in Afghanistan, Alaska and Bosnia. "Innova yarn is used in the base layer o ...

InterSense Awarded Army Phase II SBIR Contract for Miniature Inertial-Optical Cockpit Helmet Tracking System March 4, 2005 InterSense Inc. The Federal Aviation Administration plans to support the Army’s Aviation Engineering Directorate with funds for InterSense to deploy a precision helmet mounted tracking system. Bedford, Massachusetts – March 4, 2005 InterSense Inc., a market leader in precision motion tracking for flight simulation and training, was recently awarded a follow-on Phase II ...

InterSense Delivers Cockpit Helmet Tracking System to Lockheed Martin's F-16 Mission Training Center April 25, 2005 InterSense Inc. Dean Wormell (781) 541 7607 tracker@intersense.com Bedford, Massachusetts – April 25, 2005 InterSense, Inc., a market leader in precision helmet tracking systems for flight simulation and training, has delivered to Lockheed Martin a helmet tracking system for use with the night vision goggle (NVG) capability on the U.S. Air Force's F-16 Mission Training ...

InterSense Delivers Tracking Technology to Quantum3D for Man-Wearable Expedition(TM) Embedded Training Platform May 13, 2005 BEDFORD, Mass., May 13 /PRNewswire/ -- InterSense, Inc., a market leader in inertial-based, simulation and training tracking technology, is providing three tracking sensors for Quantum3D's new COTS, Man-Wearable, Embedded Training Platform. The Expedition(TM) is the first integrated, open- architecture, platform designed to host training software for infantry synthetic e ...

InterSense InterSense delivers Helmet Tracking Solution for Boeing's F-15E Flight Simulator Program May 19, 2005 InterSense Boeing and InterSense integrate the IS-900 inertial-acoustic helmet tracking system to support F-15E Flight Simulators. Bedford, Massachusetts – May 19, 2005 InterSense, Inc., a market leader in precision helmet tracking systems for flight simulation and training, worked closely with Boeing engineers to complete the integration of an IS-900 tracking system into the F- ...

INTRODUCING THE WORLD’S FIRST INTEGRATED SOLAR BACKPACK BY O’NEILL 03/05/2005 O’Neill Europe are stoked to announce the arrival of the H2 series, another milestone in boardsport orientated wearable electronics. The new line for 2005/06 consists of 3 technologically advanced items of snow apparel. The world’s first Integrated Solar Backpack with communication and entertainment functionalities, an Entertainment Backpack and the second-generation Communication & Entertainment Jacket (formerly ...

iSECUREtrac Signs Contract With Department of Homeland Security September 27, 2004 Secure Wireless GPS Monitoring Technologies to Be Used OMAHA, Neb., Sept. 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- iSECUREtrac(TM) Corp. (OTC Bulletin Board: ISRE - News), an industry leader in secure electronic wireless GPS tracking and monitoring solutions, announced today that the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), the largest investigative arm of the United States Department Homeland Security, has signed ...

IST project helps Parkinson's sufferers to walk again CORDIS 2005-02-25 Around one in twenty people that are currently paralysed as a result of Parkinson's disease could walk again, thanks to a device developed during an EU funded Fifth Framework Programme (FP5) project. Currently, there are around 700,000 Parkinson's sufferers in the European Union, and that number is expected to rise as the general population ages. The condition is caused by the loss of dopamine-producing cells that trans ...

VENTURA, Calif. — November 30, 2004 — In a new study conducted at Kaiser Permanente in San Diego, researchers using the VivoMetrics® LifeShirt, a light weight lycra garment used to monitor respiratory and cardiopulmonary function, have discovered biofeedback techniques that can help treat recurrent abdominal pain (RAP) in children, a condition that affects 10­20% of the population. Conducted by pediatric gastroenterologist, Warren Shapiro, MD, in collaboration with clinical health psychologist ...

Konarka Expands Presence in Europe Company Opens New European Headquarters and Laboratories in Germany April 27, 2005 Lowell, Mass., and Nuremberg, Germany - Konarka Technologies, Inc., an innovator in developing and commercializing power plastics that convert light to energy, today announced the Company opened a new center of European operations in Nuremberg, Germany. The new facility, which includes research and development laboratories, enables Konarka to expand its efforts to bring light- ...

Konarka to Develop Photovoltaic Fabric With Leading Swiss University Lowell, Mass. - February 16, 2005 Konarka New Collaboration Expands Relationship With Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne Konarka Technologies, Inc., an innovator in developing and commercializing power plastics that convert light to energy, today announced it is developing photovoltaic fabric with Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL). The Photovoltaic Fibers and Textiles Based on Nanotechnology program is ...

Kontron Enters ATCA Market with Comprehensive Telecom Platform Offering [June 21, 2004] CHICAGO --(Business Wire)-- June 21, 2004 -- Kontron Partners with Leading Applications Software, Operating Systems and Middleware Vendors to Offer Turnkey Platform Solution Kontron, a market leader in embedded computing technology, today unveiled its Advanced Telecom Computing Architecture platform, signaling its intention of taking a leadership role in the adoption and deployment of the new carrier grad ...

Kopin announces CyberDisplay SVGA, world's highest-resolution color-filter AMLCD microdisplay Kopin March 22, 2005 TAUNTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 22, 2005-- Kopin(R) Corp. (Nasdaq: KOPN), the leading provider of microdisplays for mobile consumer electronics, today announced the Kopin CyberDisplay(R) SVGA, which offers 800-x-600-x-3 color-dot resolution in a 0.59-inch diagonal package. Like the other members of the CyberDisplay product family based on Kopin's scalable color filter micr ...

Laser Technique Used To Build Micro-polymeric Structure On A Human Hair, Without Harming It Science Daily Date: 2004-05-04 CHESTNUT HILL, MA (5-3-04) -- Researchers in the laboratory of Boston College Chemistry Professor John T. Fourkas have demonstrated the fabrication of microscopic polymeric structures on top of a human hair. Fourkas, in collaboration with Boston College Physics Professor Michael J. Naughton and Professors Malvin C. Teich and Bahaa E. A. Saleh of the Department of Elec ...

March 26, 2003 Pittsburgh, PA BodyMedia, Inc., a leading developer and provider of continuous body monitoring applications for clinical and consumer healthcare markets, announced today, that it has been awarded United States Patent No. 6,527,711, entitled "Wearable Human Physiological Data Sensors and Reporting System Therefor." The patent covers the design and application of wearable computers containing physiological sensors, shaped for user comfort and mobility. The patent is extensive and ...

PITTSBURGH, PA (May 16, 2002) -- The National Inventors Hall of Fame announced today that Dr. M. Stephen Heilman, founder of LIFECOR®, Inc., is to be inducted into its ranks, joining such prestigious inventors as Thomas Edison, Louis Pasteur, and Alexander Graham Bell. The National Inventors Hall of Fame honors the women and men responsible for the great technological advances that make human, social and economic progress possible. "It is beyond words to receive such an honor. I have deep grat ...

PITTSBURGH, PA (October 9, 2002) -- LIFECOR, Inc., a privately owned, medical equipment design and manufacturing company, today announced that it received Pre-Market Approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its third generation LifeVest™ wearable defibrillator. FDA approval of the second generation LifeVest, the world's first wearable defibrillator, was granted in December 2001 after the successful conclusion of a three-year, multi-center clinical trial. "The LifeVest is a ...

PITTSBURGH, PA (March 13, 2002) -- LIFECOR, Inc., a medical equipment designer and manufacturer, will showcase its breakthrough LifeVest system -- the world's first wearable defibrillator, recently approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) after extensive U.S. and European clinical trials -- at the American College of Cardiology (ACC) 51st Annual Scientific Session being held in Atlanta next week. LIFECOR also said that Dr. Arthur Feldman, professor and chief, Division of Cardiol ...

VENTURA, Calif., June 23 -- Researchers at Children's Hospital of Los Angeles commenced a study using VivoMetrics' LifeShirt(TM) System to examine the interplay between episodes of nocturnal hypoxia and sickle cell crisis. One of the long-term goals of the study will be to develop objective, physiologic indicators of crisis that can be used to evaluate the efficacy of new sickle cell therapies. Current methods for assessing the severity of sickle cell crisis rely on self reported patient pain, ...

System Performs With 99 Percent Accuracy in Identifying Cough in Patients With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Ventura, CA, November 18, 2003 -- VivoMetrics today announced the completion of a study, funded by GlaxoSmithKline, which found the LifeShirt System measured cough with 99 percent accuracy when compared to video analysis, the current gold standard for cough measurement. The study offers validation for the use of the LifeShirt System as the preferred testing model for cough measur ...

VENTURA, Calif. — September 14, 2004 — For the first time, researchers, using the LifeShirt continuous ambulatory monitoring system from VivoMetrics ®, have been able to study the affects of stress in college students in their real world learning environment. The study, conducted at the Washington State University Intercollegiate College of Nursing, used the LifeShirt System to understand how stress and anxiety affect students during the learning process. The research focused on two test group ...

VENTURA, Calif. — August 12, 2004 — The LifeShirt System for first responders was used in training exercises by Elk River, Minn., and Fairfield, Conn., firefighters and hazardous materials (HazMat) workers to monitor life-signs during training exercises. This comfortable undershirt is worn under fire retardant clothing and level-A HazMat gear and wirelessly transmits a first responder's breath rate, heart rate, blood oxygen saturation, motion, posture, and body temperature wirelessly to an incid ...

VENTURA, Calif. — September 30, 2004 — The unique movement patterns of patients with bipolar disorder (also known as manic depression) will be tracked and evaluated by psychiatric researchers at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) School of Medicine using the LifeShirt System from VivoMetrics ®. The sometimes chaotic movement of bipolar patients during their "manic" phase indicates specific changes in brain function. Increased knowledge in this area could lead to new therapies. The ...

By Rachel Harris staff writer November 4, 2003 When Gary Acevedo awoke on Aug. 24, he found himself in a Miami hospital with pink-tinged fingertips and knew his heart transplant had been a success. The day before, he went bowling. That he wasn't in a hospital bed, attached to a heart monitor and an intravenous drip, he credits to a special vest. The Port St. Lucie resident calls it his "G.I. Joe gig." The first wearable defibrillator, the LifeVest is a tangle of wires and Velcro that Ace ...

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LinuxDevices Mar. 05, 2002 Delta, BC -- (press release excerpt) -- Techsol is proud to announce the availability of its first development kit based on Techsol's tiny (4 square inch), low-power Medallion CPU modules. The Thin-Client Device / Mini-Development Kit is targeted at developers of thin-client desktop devices and also wearable computing devices. It features a 60 MHz ARM-720T-based RISC computer with Techsol's proprietary boot-loader/debugger in Flash, Lineo's Embedix Linux distribution ...

Royal Philips' Award-Winning Key Ring Camcorder Features Kopin's 0.16-inch CyberDisplay 113K TAUNTON, Mass. -- Kopin Corp. (NASDAQ: KOPN), the largest U.S. manufacturer of microdisplays for consumer, military and industrial applications, today announced that its 0.16-inch CyberDisplay™-equipped CyberView™ 113K EVF is featured in the new key019 Key Ring Camcorder introduced by Royal Philips Electronics. The key019 features an ultra-cool design, which, at 3.5 inches tall, 1.2 inches wide, less t ...

Wireless News 02-14-2005 Lusora Launches Wireless Security Products for Aging Americans WIRELESS NEWS-14 February 2005-Lusora Launches Wireless Security Products for Aging Americans (C)2005 10Meters - http:// www.10meters.com San Francisco-based Lusora launched its suite of wireless personal security products for older adults at the DEMO@15! in Scottsdale, Ariz. The company's Lusora Intelligent Sensory Architecture (LISA) allows seniors to stay in constant contact with relatives or care- providers via a Web interface that delivers data gathered from Lusora's patent-pending wireless sensor ... Read the Full Article, Get a FREE Trial for instant access »

Manufacturing and Marketing Agreement for Retail Point-of-Purchase Displays CAMBRIDGE, Mass., and SEOUL, Korea, July 29 /PRNewswire/ -- E Ink Corporation, the world's leading developer and marketer of electronic paper display technology and Neolux Corporation, a major manufacturer and distributor of advertising and promotional displays, today announced an agreement for Neolux to manufacture and market Ink-In-Motion(TM) electronic paper displays for the retail point-of-purchase (POP) marke ...

07 April 2003 MARKS & SPENCER DEVELOPS INTELLIGENT CLOTHING Marks & Spencer announces today that it is developing Radio Frequency Identification ("RFID") tagging for a trial on individual garments in Autumn 2003. This follows the success of trials on RFID tagging on 3.5 million produce delivery trays in Marks & Spencer's food supply chain. Marks & Spencer is the largest retailer of clothing in the U.K and has pioneered many innovations in technology, such as Lycra and the machine Washable Su ...

Medis Tech Unit Gets Fuel Cell Order 08.30.2004, 09:51 AM Fuel cell technology developer Medis Technologies Ltd. said Monday that its More Energy unit will receive $425,000 in milestone payments to develop wearable fuel-cell power sources for General Dynamics Corp.'s Air Force supply contract. Medis will develop five fuel-cell power packs and associated cartridges as power sources for 10 tablet computers in support of the Air Force's wearable computer power program. The prototypes may also ...

Medtech Insight Announces ``Investment In Innovation: A Preview of Early-Stage Medical Technology Companies' Investment and Partnering Conference, to be held June 13-14 in San Francisco, California Investment In Innovation (In3): A Preview of Early-Stage Medical Technology Companies NEWPORT BEACH, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 14, 2005--Medtech Insight has announced that it will host its upcoming "Investment In Innovation (In3): A Preview of Early-Stage Medical Technology Companies" confere ...

Fort Lauderdale, Fla.May 17, 2004—GMP Companies, Inc., a company that acquires, develops and commercializes pharmaceutical, diagnostic and medical device technologies, today announced that Mercy Hospital in Miami, Fla. has adopted the LifeSync® Wireless ECG System. The technology has been deployed in the hospital’s Intensive Care Unit (ICU) and Cardiac Care Unit (CCU). "We are very pleased to be the first hospital in the nation to adopt the latest breakthrough in ECG monitoring, said Raul Moas, ...

The Portland Business Journal October 26, 2004 Hillsboro battery systems company Micro Power Electronics Inc. has received $5 million in a second round of venture capital investment. In May, Micro Power received $9 million in venture funding, bringing total venture investment to $14 million in the last six months. Palisades Ventures of Los Angeles was lead investor in the second round, and was joined by Sierra Ventures, of Menlo Park, Calif., which was the lead investor in the May roun ...

Approximately 1,500 to 1,800 Honda service technicians are trained annually in 12 U.S. training centers BOTHELL, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 7, 2004--Microvision Inc. (Nasdaq:MVIS) announced today that American Honda Motor Company has ordered 14 Nomad Expert Technician Systems to be deployed in its 12 U.S. training centers. The centers provide training for service technicians with a wide range of skills, from entry level technicians to experienced technicians needing to keep current with repa ...

BOTHELL, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 6, 2004--Microvision Inc. (Nasdaq:MVIS) today announced the U.S. Army Reserve has purchased 37 units of the commercial Nomad Expert Technician System for immediate fielding in U.S. based Army Reserve maintenance facilities. The system implementation is planned to take place in over 10 locations and has the potential to lead to follow-on orders. "The Army's interest in our commercial off the shelf (COTS) Nomad Expert Technician System is a result of our auto ...

2004-10-25 09:35 ET - News Release BOTHELL, Wash. -- (Business Wire) -- Oct. 25, 2004 Microvision, Inc. (Nasdaq:MVIS) announced today the addition of Suttle Motors of Newport News, Virginia to the Reference Account Program for the Nomad(TM) Expert Technician System. Suttle Motors is one of the largest auto dealers in the mid-Atlantic region of the U.S. With over 100 service bays and 76 technicians, Suttle dealerships include Pontiac, GMC, Saab and Cadillac. Suttle joins Classic Chevrolet, the ...

Microvision Announces New Light Scanning Display Architecture for Simulating Wide Screen March 28, 2005 Microvision Inc. BOTHELL, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 28, 2005--Microvision (Nasdaq:MVIS), the leader in light scanning technologies for displays and imaging, announced today that it has filed for patent protection relating to a novel display system architecture that would use an array of low-cost LEDs to enable very high resolution displays with extremely wide fields of view. Field of v ...

Microvision Awarded $1.2 Million Contract to Supply 165 Nomad Systems for the U.S. Army's 'Mounted Warrior' Soldier System May 5, 2005 MicroVision BOTHELL, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 5, 2005--Microvision (NASDAQ:MVIS), the leader in light scanning technologies for display and imaging, announced today that it has been awarded a $1.2 million subcontract by General Dynamics C4 Systems to supply 165 Nomad ND 2500 Systems as part of the initial phase of the U.S. Army's 'Mounted Warrior' soldier s ...

Microvision Awarded $730,000 Contract from U.S. Army to Develop Full-Color, See-Through, Head Worn Display Prototype Microvision Feb. 28, 2005 BOTHELL, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 28, 2005--Microvision (Nasdaq:MVIS), the leader in light scanning technologies for displays and imaging, announced today that it has been awarded a Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) contract of approximately $730,000, from the U.S. Army Tank-automotive and Armaments Command (TACOM). Microvision will design ...

Company Continues to Prepare Pilot-Worn Full-Color See-Through HMD for Rugged Military Flight Use BOTHELL, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 27, 2004-- Microvision (Nasdaq:MVIS), a leader in light scanning technologies, announced today that it has received a contract modification for an additional $3.85 million from the U.S. Army Product Manager, Air Warrior, awarded through the U.S. Army's Aviation Applied Technology Directorate (AATD), located at Ft. Eustis, VA. The one-year contract is for advan ...

Microvision Extends Market Footprint of the Nomad System into Eastern U.S. Region NEW ORLEANS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 1, 2005--From the National Automobile Dealers Association (NADA) Convention and Exposition, Microvision Inc. (Nasdaq:MVIS), announced today the addition of five automobile dealers in the Eastern United States to its Reference Account Program for the Nomad Expert Technician System. The five new dealerships are: Steve Rayman Chrysler/Jeep, Atlanta, GA; Majestic Honda, West Warwick, ...

Microvision Features Nomad Expert Technician System At North America's Premier Trucking Association Conference BUSINESS WIRE Sept. 14, 2004 TMC BOTHELL, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 14, 2004-- Company expands automotive marketing efforts into trucking industry for its unique wireless computer with head-worn, see-through display Microvision, Inc. (Nasdaq:MVIS), today announced that it will showcase the Nomad Expert Technician System to the American Trucking Association at their ann ...

Microvision Lands Largest U.S. Lexus Dealer for Nomad Expert Technician System Technology Marketing Corporation September 21, 2004 BOTHELL, Wash. --(Business Wire)-- Sept. 21, 2004 -- Wireless Computer With Head-Worn See-Through Display is driving increased service productivity and superior customer service at JM Lexus in Margate, FL Microvision Inc. (Nasdaq:MVIS) announced today that its Nomad Expert Technician System is in use at JM Lexus, Margate, FL, the largest Lexus auto dealer in the ...

BOTHELL, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 30, 2004--Microvision, Inc., (Nasdaq:MVIS), a leader in light scanning technology, announced today the first sale of the Nomad Expert Technician System to the fleet management segment of the automotive maintenance, repair and overhaul market. The initial sale of three units was made to a Florida county which has the need to attract and keep good service technicians to maintain a very diverse fleet of 4,000 vehicles. According to the Automotive Fleet Fact Bo ...

(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 30, 2004 BOTHELL, Wash. Microvision, Inc. (Nasdaq:MVIS) today announced the launch of the Nomad Expert Technician System, the first wireless wearable computer with a head-worn, head-up display. Scheduled for first commercial shipments in the first quarter of 2004, the Nomad Expert Technician System allows automotive service technicians to superimpose text and diagrams from electronic service manuals directly over their workspace, so that they can stay focused on their ta ...

BOTHELL, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 3, 2005--Microvision Inc. (Nasdaq:MVIS), a leader in light scanning technologies, today announced that it has entered into a multi-phase, exclusive license and product development agreement with Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc., a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson, whereby Microvision and Ethicon Endo-Surgery will collaborate to integrate Microvision's proprietary technology into certain medical products, and Ethicon Endo-Surgery will receive an option for an exclus ...

The Auto Channel BOTHELL, Wash.--May 20, 2004 Microvision, Inc. , a leader in light scanning technology, will exhibit a prototype of its new automotive head-up display, MicroHUD(TM), and a variety of head-worn and hand-held scanned beam displays at the Society for Information Display (SID) International Symposium 2004 in Seattle, Wash., May 25, 2004-27. The SID event is the premier annual international meeting of leading display industry experts, where all aspects of information display are pr ...

BOTHELL, Wash., Sep 16, 2004 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Microvision, Inc. (Nasdaq:MVIS) today announced that it will feature the company's Nomad Augmented Vision System to over 1,000 American Honda Dealership Owners and General Managers at Honda's annual dealer meeting held in Orlando, Florida, September 21 - 23. The showcase is part of Honda's recently launched national direct marketing campaign of the Nomad System to its dealer network that offers Honda dealers a special purchase bundle and pricing fo ...

Microvision to Unveil Breakthrough Display System at Society for Information Display Annual Conference; Spectrum Color, Daylight Readable, See-Through Helmet-Mounted Display is Intended for Military Helicopters and Armored Vehicles May 18, 2005 Microvision, Inc. BOTHELL, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 18, 2005--Microvision, Inc. (Nasdaq:MVIS) of Bothell, WA, the world leader in the development of scanned beam displays and imaging products, announced today that it will reveal its latest version o ...

Business Wire Oct 22, 2003 Use of Nomad System Aimed at Improving Service Quality Microvision, Inc. (Nasdaq:MVIS) today announced that in a field trial of the Nomad Augmented Vision System at Volvo Trucks North America's Technical Support Center in Greensboro, NC, Microvision and Volvo measured average increases of 31% in the efficiency of skilled service technicians performing complex diagnostic procedures. The trials were conducted as part of an evaluation by Volvo Trucks to measure the ef ...

Motor Magazine Names Microvision's Nomad Expert Technician System a 'Top 20 Tool' BOTHELL, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 7, 2004-- Innovative wearable computer and see-through display system for productivity and service quality among automotive industry's best for 2004 Microvision, Inc. (Nasdaq:MVIS), a leader in light scanning technologies, announced today that the Nomad Expert Technician System has been named a Top 20 Tool by the leading automotive aftermarket publication, Motor Magazi ...

Motorola and Burton Snowboards Announce Relationship and Unveil State-of-the-Art Snowboarding Products Motorola January 5, 2005 LAS VEGAS – 5 January 2005 – Next winter, the world’s snowboarders will add another “trick” to their repertoire with the ability to switch between their iPOD playlist and incoming calls in mid-air thanks to three new products from Motorola and Burton Snowboards. Launched today at the 2005 Consumer Electronics Show, these Bluetooth-enabled jackets, helmets and beanies ...

Motorola and Oakley Join Forces on Product Development for Communication Devices January 14, 2004 Motorola Mediacenter LIBERTYVILLE, IL and FOOTHILL RANCH, CA – January 14, 2004 – Motorola, Inc. (NYSE:MOT) and Oakley, Inc. (NYSE:OO) today announced a joint venture to introduce new and exciting Bluetooth™-enabled wearable wireless communications devices. Motorola is collaborating with Oakley – the leader in eyewear design, technology and innovation – to fuse Motorola’s latest Bluetooth techn ...

NA-OR Advanced Integrated Soldier System "Sees" Through eMagin OLED Displays NA-OR to Demonstrate System at Soldier Technology 2004 ( EMAILWIRE.COM, June 21, 2004 ) HOPEWELL JUNCTION, N.Y., and RISHON-LEZION, Israel -- eMagin Corporation (AMEX: EMA), the leading manufacturer of active matrix OLED-on-silicon displays, will provide its award-winning SVGA microdisplay for the Advanced Integrated Soldier System (AISS) being developed by NA-OR, a subsidiary of International Technologies Lasers, L ...

NA-OR Advanced Integrated Soldier System 'Sees' Through eMagin OLED Displays; NA-OR to Demonstrate System at Soldier Technology 2004 Soldier Technology 2004 HOPEWELL JUNCTION, N.Y. & RISHON-LEZION, Israel--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 21, 2004--eMagin Corporation (AMEX: EMA), the leading manufacturer of active matrix OLED-on-silicon displays, will provide its award-winning SVGA+ microdisplay for the Advanced Integrated Soldier System (AISS) being developed by NA-OR, a subsidiary of International Tech ...

EMERYVILLE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 16, 2005--Nano-Tex, a leading fabric innovation company providing textile enhancements to the apparel and interior furnishings markets, today introduced the industry's first permanent anti-static treatment for synthetic fabrics. The company also rolled out the market's best-performing stain repel-and-release treatment and a moisture-wicking product custom-designed for wrinkle-free cotton garments. Nano-Tex designed these products to address consumer di ...

Nanosonic has developed "Metal Rubber" Nanosonic January 17, 2005 NanoSonic has developed and studied “metal rubber” materials that are both highly elastic and highly electrically conductive. The non-toxic materials are produced using an automated wet chemistry manufacturing process that is both low-cost and easily scalable. In quantity the produced materials are potentially inexpensive. The materials are specifically not “conducting polymers” that have been researched and developed for ...

NewsRelease Aeronautics and Space Administration Langley Research Center Hampton, Virginia 23681-2199 Kimberly W. Land July 8, 2004 (Phone 757/864-9885, 757/344-8611 mobile) k.w.land@larc.nasa.gov RELEASE: 04-042 NOTE TO EDITORS E-TEXTILES BELIEVED TO HAVE VARIETY OF USES Significant commercial and research efforts are currently underway to develop a wide array of electronic textiles (e-textiles) for application in health care, military and first-responder uniforms, and entertainment ...

AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 29, 2005-- New Postage Stamp-Sized Device Turns Any PDA with a CompactFlash Slot into a Data Acquisition Tool Engineers and scientists now can turn standard PDAs into customized, portable measurement tools with the new National Instruments (Nasdaq:NATI) CompactFlash data acquisition (DAQ) device. The NI CF-6004 device -- which is slightly larger than a standard postage stamp -- plugs into any PDA with a CompactFlash slot to create a handheld instrument ...

National Quality Care, Inc. Announces Development of Artificial Kidney Prototype Nov. 15, 2004 Primezone MSNBC.com Preparing to Apply to FDA for Human Trials for Wearable Device LOS ANGELES, Nov. 15, 2004 (PRIMEZONE) -- National Quality Care, Inc. (Pink Sheets:NQCI) today announced it has developed a working prototype of a wearable artificial kidney designed to be powered by a battery and to operate continuously. The device has been successfully tested in bench studies and performed safel ...

Vocera solution improves workflow, cost savings and productivity in health care facilities RANCHO CORDOVA, Calif. - Feb. 7, 2005 - NEC Solutions (America) Inc., a premier provider of integrated solutions for the Connected Enterprise in North America, today announced an instant, wearable voice communication solution for health care facilities in North America, extending its efforts to provide hospital systems and health care payers with tools, solutions and services to improve security, safety a ...

NetworkAnatomy Joins Team of Search & Rescue and Communications Experts for Deployment to Argentina to Rescue Trapped Miners June 17, 2004 10:31 PM US Eastern Timezone PLEASANTON, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 17, 2004-- California-based NetworkAnatomy Joins Elite Unit to Provide Advanced Communications Support as Hopes Dwindle for Safe Rescue of Survivors in a Fire-Ravaged Patagonian Coal Mine At the request of Argentine Military and Government leaders, NetworkAnatomy Founder and CEO, ...

NEW FABRICS Gorix NEW FABRICS There's a new fabric development in the UK that keeps you warm, and just warm enough, because it regulates its own temperature. Gorix a new electro conductive fabric, not only heats the wearer but reacts to body heat to maintain a desired temperature without overheating. It was developed by Robert Rix and is produced as heater pads and temperature sensors by his company Gorix Ltd. Rix, reached by phone at his Rotherham, Yorkshire office, told us, "There is no ...

New Molecule Heralds Breakthrough in Electronic Plastics New material could mean easier manufacture of paper-thin TVs and "smart" cloth NSF PR 04-047 - April 12, 2004 Media contact: Josh Chamot, NSF (703) 292-7730 jchamot@nsf.gov Program contact: Winslow Sargeant, NSF (703) 292-7313 wsargean@nsf.gov ARLINGTON, Va.Researchers have developed a new plastic that conducts electricity, may be simpler to manufacture than industry counterparts and easily accommodates chemical attachments to cre ...

Victoria, B.C., Canada, July 23, 2003 Tactex Controls Inc., (www.tactex.com, TSX Venture:TTX), the developer of patented fiber optic based Kinotex® controller and sensor products announced a new patent issued by the U.S. Patent Office. U.S. Patent 6,556,149 was issued to Dr. Ernie Reimer and Dr. Robert Inkster for ‘Switches and Joysticks using a non-electrical deformable pressure sensor’. “This is an important addition to the Tactex portfolio of patents” according to Inkster, President of T ...

New Sony Memory Stick Media Pricing Monday July 19, 8:07 am ET SAN DIEGO, July 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Sony Electronics is making it easier and less expensive to capture and store high-quality digital video and high-resolution digital images by lowering the suggested retail price of Memory Stick PRO(TM) and Memory Stick PRO Duo(TM) flash media. Beginning today the 512MB full-size Memory Stick PRO media will be priced around $180. The 256MB Memory Stick PRO card will be available for about $90. Me ...

New technology could make TV more exciting 03.02.2005 EPSRC Press Release Live TV outside broadcasts that combine real action and computer-generated images could become possible for the first time, thanks to camera navigation technology now under development. The work is opening up the prospect of outdoor sporting, musical or other TV coverage that blends the excitement of being live with the spectacular visual impact that computer graphics can create. It can also be applied at the consumer ...

New Watch Innovation Delivers Information at Your Fingertips SWATCH GROUP U.S. LOGO Swatch Group U.S. logo. (PRNewsFoto)[JL] NEW YORK, NY USA 10/09/2001 Tissot Tactile Technology Offers MSN Direct at Touch of Watch Dial LE LOCLE, Switzerland, July 26 /PRNewswire/ -- Swiss watchmaker Tissot introduces the latest innovation in watch technology: The Tissot High-T with MSN Direct. The Tissot High-T Smart Watch, with exclusive tactile technology, enables wearers of the chic timepiece ...

Next Generation Plastic and Nanotube Based Displays will Generate $3.4 Billion by 2009 April 18, 005 Nanomarkets Sterling Virginia: According to a new report from NanoMarkets LC, a market research and consulting firm based here, new materials such as carbon nanotubes and organic molecules with conducting/semiconducting properties will enable a new generation of displays that will generate $3.4 billion in annual revenues by 2009. Additional information about the new report, "The Market for Fle ...

Extreme computing in a small footprint Mobile Unix Computing and Mission Critical Unix Systems Consolidation are relevant issues for commercial, Homeland Security, and Mil-Aerospace applications. Open standards, smaller form factors, and lower cost of ownership enable the deployment of mission critical and entrerprise applications. Our mission is to be the leading manufacturer, integrator, and provider of world class Unix mobility and Unix consolidation solutions with a particular focus on Solaris (Sun Microsystems), Linux, and heterogeneous OS based portable graphics workstation and server platforms.

MobileMag Thursday September 25, 2003 10:13 AM EDT Nokia today unveiled a completely new product group - Nokia Imagewear. Combining style, design and wearability with easy to use technology these products provide unique and new ways for users to express themselves. The first products in the series are the Nokia Medallion I & II and the Nokia Kaleidoscope I. These products will be available in Europe, US and selected markets in Asia Pacific with shipments planned to begin during the first qua ...

NOVEL FABRICS SEE THE LIGHT 31 October 2004 - Massachusetts Institute of Technology In work on smart fabrics and new computer interfaces that could lead to applications including multifunctional textile fabrics and all-optical computer interfaces, MIT researchers report the creation of flexible fibres and fabrics that can not only sense light, but also analyse its colours. In work on smart fabrics and new computer interfaces that could lead to applications including multifunctional textile ...

Novel textile antennas open new frontiers to system designers RFDESIGN Aug 5, 2004 3:37 PM N. Kingstown, R.I.-based high-tech research and development company Applied Radar has developed a new line of electronic textile (or E-textile) antennas that promises lightweight, flexible antennas for OEM wireless and radar products. "Electronic textiles promise novel methods of producing lightweight, flexible antennas with performance surpassing current solutions to address a wide variety of applica ...

NRC Brings Infrastructure to New Brunswick Technology Cluster with Opening of New Research Laboratories in Fredericton National Research Council Canada January 27, 2005 (January 27, 2005 – Fredericton, N.B.) – The Honourable David L. Emerson, Minister of Industry and Minister responsible for the National Research Council (NRC), today opened new research labs at the NRC Institute for Information Technology (NRC-IIT) in Fredericton. The labs will be used to investigate, develop, and test new te ...

NTT DoCoMo to Market "WRISTOMO," Wristwatch-style PHS Mobile Phone March 26, 2003 Mobilemag.com, Inc. NTT DoCoMo, Inc. announced today that it will soon begin marketing the WRISTOMO™, the world's first commercial wristwatch-style Personal Handyphone System (PHS) mobile phone. Marketing will be handled exclusively through the Internet at www.wristomo.com., which will be opened today at 3 PM (Japan Standard Time). Customers can begin placing orders on the product launch day (to be announced). ...

Nyx illuminated clothing offers built-in flexible display screens gizmag November 9, 2004 There is nothing as powerful as an idea whose time has come, and the response to this article has made it the most popular article on the site this week. Similarly, regardless of the trade show at which NYX illuminated clothing is shown, it becomes the talking point of show attendees and the catalyst for vivid imaginations as they seek to project what might happen with this technology over the next few y ...

InfoSync World News By Jørgen Sundgot 21 January 2004 A new snowboarding jacket from O'Neill features integrated Bluetooth and MP3 playback capabilities for the technologically prone snowboarder. Infineon Technologies and O'Neill Europe has unveiled the first result of a joint product development project conducted by the two companies: a snowboard jacket dubbed 'The Hub'. Based on O'Neill's specifications, Infineon has developed a chip module suitable for integration into a jacket adapted t ...

TAUNTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 25, 2005-- Stylish, high-performance VGA-quality microdisplay provides private cinema experience on the go Kopin Corp. (NASDAQ: KOPN), the leading provider of microdisplays for mobile consumer electronics, today announced that Shenzhen Oriscape Electronic Co., Ltd. of China has incorporated the Kopin CyberDisplay(TM) 922k color filter VGA display into its latest and highest-end CyberMan video eyewear line. The lightweight, portable CyberMan creates ...

July 13, 2004 08:02 AM US Eastern Timezone OSRAM Expands Graphic Display Product Line; New Addition to Pictiva Portfolio Ideal for Hand-held and Miniaturized Applications SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 13, 2004--OSRAM Opto Semiconductors today announced the newest addition to its Pictiva(TM) line of graphic display products. The new 80x48 pixel graphics Pictiva display rounds out the company's portfolio of organic light-emitting diode (OLED) products for flat-screen display applicat ...

SAN JOSE, Calif. -- OSRAM Opto Semiconductors today announced the newest addition to its Pictiva(TM) line of graphic display products. The new Pictiva User Kit is a flexible assessment platform used to simulate and test the use of OSRAM's flagship Pictiva organic light-emitting diode (OLED) displays. DigiCharm Inc., a Canadian-based company that engineers, manufactures and integrates OLED display technologies into media-based sales applications, is the first to select OSRAM's Pictiva User Kit for use in its "wearable" products. These products include highly customizable name tags ... Read the Full Article, Get a FREE Trial for instant access »

Munich, Germany January 14, 2004 Infineon Technologies (FSE/NYSE: IFX) and O’Neill Europe - a leading provider of high-quality sportswear and sports gear - today unveiled the result of a joint product development project: their first ‘wearable electronics’-product. Based on O’Neill’s specifications, Infineon has developed a chip module suitable for integration into a pioneering snowboard jacket. Adapted to withstand raw snowboarding environments, functions such as mobile telephony by Bluetooth ...

PacketHop and Xybernaut Combine Secure Mobile Broadband Communications With Wearable Computers [July 28, 2004] BELMONT, Calif. & FAIRFAX, Va. --(Business Wire)-- July 28, 2004 -- Integrated Solution Delivers Survivable Broadband Communications for Homeland Security and Many Other Industry Sectors PacketHop, Inc., a leader in secure mobile mesh broadband communications, and Xybernaut Corporation (NASDAQ:XYBR) today announced joint efforts to combine wireless broadband communications with mobi ...

RCR Wireless News July 28, 2004 BELMONT, Calif.—PacketHop Inc. and Xybernaut Corp. said they have partnered to combine wireless broadband communication technologies with wearable mobile computing technology to meet the needs of first responders and homeland security personnel. For the companies’ integrated solution, PacketHop’s software is loaded onto radio-equipped computers, including laptops, personal digital assistants, tablets, wearable computers and smart Web devices, creating a mobile mesh network that requires no fixed infrastructure. “The key element of our joint solution is the ability to provide critical information when and where it is needed in the field,” said Steven Newman, president and chief executive officer of Xybernaut.

FAIRFAX, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 4, 2005--Xybernaut Corporation (NASDAQ:XYBR) today reported that PC Magazine has published a product review of the Company's Atigo(R) T/HB wireless mobile computing device, available for viewing online and in PC Magazine's upcoming print edition. The publication's Editor rates the Atigo T/HB with three stars and notes that, "The Atigo T/HB is not your typical mobile PC. With its bright touch-screen display, wireless functionality, and lightweight chassis, the Atigo is well suited for users who spend the majority of their work time in the great outdoors." To view the online product review: http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1759,1756593,00.asp?kc=PCRSS02129TX1K0

Press Release Rochester, MN. - February 10, 2003 PEMSTAR Pacific Consultants Inc., and its parent company PEMSTAR Inc. (Nasdaq: PMTR), announced today that they are part of the team, led by General Dynamics (NYSE: GD), that has been awarded a $59.9 million cost-plus-fixed-fee contract to enhance the current version of the U.S.Army's Land Warrior system, a wearable electronics suite of integrated components that intertwines high-tech firearms with computer, communications and navigation gear. ...

Boston, MA, June 12, 2003 -- Perceptive Informatics, Inc. (Perceptive), a subsidiary of PAREXEL International Corporation (Nasdaq: PRXL), today announced that it has entered into an agreement to market the LifeShirt System developed by VivoMetrics. The LifeShirt System is the first non-invasive, continuous ambulatory monitoring system that can collect data on ventilation, ECG, posture and physical activity as well as other physiological parameters and correlate them over time. It also includes ...

October 8, 2003 Royal Phillips Electronics Philips invents intelligent biomedical clothing for personal healthcare Leveraging their world-renowned expertise in wearable electronics, scientists at Philips Research in Aachen, Germany, have developed a wearable, wireless monitoring system that can warn patients with underlying health problems, assist clinicians in the diagnosis and monitoring of patients at risk, and automatically alert emergency services in the event of and acute medical event. ...

PHILIPS LAUNCH iPOD CHALLENGER Published: 14-07-2004-07-30 PHILIPS are the latest electronics giant aiming to rival the iPOD's dominance of the digital music market. Last month, Sony unveiled a digital model of its legendary Walkman series in an attempt to challenge Apple. Now, Philips have unveiled their Micro Jukebox hdd070. The new model weighs just 95g and can be worn around the neck, yet also carries a 2.0BG hard disc drive. Due out in September, the model's most attractive feature cou ...

Philips rollable displays to offer paper-like reading experience in mobile applications Polymer Vision March 01, 2005 Eindhoven, the Netherlands - Philips Polymer Vision, a line of business within Philips Electronics, announced today that it has made significant progress in strengthening its leadership position in the area of rollable displays for the mobile-device industry. The new 5-inch PV-QML5 rollable display has a decreased radius of curvature, improved operational and mechanical lifeti ...

Plant to spin out new fibers SSC-Natick Press Release U.S. Army Soldier Systems Center-Natick Public Affairs Office Kansas Street Natick, MA 01760-5012 Contact: Jerry Whitaker -- Chief, Public Affairs Office (508) 233-5340 Jerry.Whitaker@natick.army.mil Date: December 6, 2004 No: 04-48 NATICK, Mass. -- High-performance synthetic fibers for military textiles and other applications are beginning to spin out of the expanded Fiber Plant at the U.S. Army Soldier Systems Center here. T ...

Put Your Shirt On Sensor Technology 8 December 2004 "Smart clothes" containing sensing systems which can remotely monitor vital health signs, new tracking devices to enable anxious parents to keep tabs on their children are among the technological innovations being showcased next weekat a major international event, organised by the University and sponsored by Invest Northern Ireland - just as the European Union announces a massive multi-million Euro investment programme in the eHealth sector. ...

FT. LAUDERDALE, FL - Feb. 15, 2004 - Quantum3D®, Inc., a leading provider of open architecture, realtime visual computing solutions for the Visual and Sensor Simulation Training (VSST) and Embedded Visual Computing (EVC) markets, announced Expedition™, a wireless, immersive, self-contained, man-wearable, open-architecture COTS platform that enables training system providers and researchers to quickly and economically develop and deploy embedded training and mission rehearsal capabilities for dis ...

Quantum3D Announces Volume Production of THERMITE Tactical Visual Computer Wednesday July 14, 8:04 am ET THERMITE Brings Workstation Computing Power With Realtime 2D/3D Graphics and Video Capture and Display to Man-Wearable and Vehicle-Based Embedded Training, Deployed C4ISR, Mission Planning and Rehearsal Applications SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., July 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Quantum3D®, Inc., a leading provider of open architecture, realtime 3D visual computing solutions for the Visual and Sensor Simula ...

Quantum3D Demonstrates America's Army on Expedition at E3 May 18, 20905 Quantum3D LOS ANGELES, CA - May 18, 2004 - Quantum3D®, Inc., a leading provider of COTS, open-architecture, realtime visual computing solutions for the Visual and Sensor Simulation Training (VSST) and Embedded Visual Computing (EVC) markets is demonstrating the America's Army™ video game at the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) on Expedition™, the Quantum3D wireless, immersive, self-contained, man-wearable, open-archit ...

Report Sees Smart Textiles Topping $64.4 Million in 2004 LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 3, 2005--A new study from Businessinfo.ws puts the U.S. market for smart and interactive textiles at some $64.4 million in 2004 and is expected to rise at an AAGR (average annual growth rate) of 36% to $299.3 million in 2009. 'The SMIT Report' shows that consumer products accounted for the bulk of U.S. SMIT sales in 2003 and 2004. The SMIT Report notes that in some circles this might be considered overstate ...

VENTURA, Calif. — October 27, 2004 — Dynamic hyperinflation, an important clinical characteristic of many diseases of the respiratory system including Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) and asthma, is the likely cause of breathlessness and functional limitation in patients. The VivoMetrics' LifeShirt is the first and only medical device being used to identify mechanical patterns and changing variables in breathing patterns that may lead to the treatment of COPD and asthma. Professor ...

March 23, 2005 Portable technology applied to everything from understanding deaf cognition to improving LCD display monitors How do we use our eyes to perceive the world? Could eye movements be windows into human cognition? Scientist Jeff Pelz thinks so. The director of the Visual Perception Laboratory at Rochester Institute of Technology studies the link between eye movements and cognition. His latest research, in collaboration with the National Technical Institute for the Deaf (NTID), foc ...

Rosner Introduces Jacket with Integrated Infineon Electronics - Concept of Wearable Electronics Gains Momentum Infineon Technologies AG 2004-07-26 Munich, Germany ¨C July 26, 2004 ¨C The German clothing manufacturer rosner from the Bavarian city of Ingolstadt and Infineon Technologies AG today presented a jointly developed product: A men¡¯s jacket called ¡°mp3blue¡± that features built-in functions such as ¡°mobile telephony via Bluetooth¡± and ¡°MP3 player¡±. The electronics are an integral ...

Saint Francis University's Cermusa and BodyMedia collaborate on telemedicine solution for patients with diabetes and obesity March 30, 2004 VIrtual Medical Worlds BodyMedia and Saint Francis University's Center of Excellence for Remote and Medically Under-Served Areas (CERMUSA) have entered into a research arrangement that will extend BodyMedia's wearable body monitoring technologies to patients in remote areas suffering from chronic diabetes and obesity. As part of this project clinical re ...

SCOTTEVEST (SeV), Global Solar Prepare Solar Vest For Holidays September 2004 Ketchum, Idaho SCOTTeVEST INC. (SeV) maker of Technology Enabled Clothing®, and Global Solar Energy, developer and manufacturer of flexible solar cells, announced that the first solar-powered jacket designed to carry, connect and charge portable devices will be available in time for the holidays. The solar panels are attached to SeV’s signature jacket, Version Three.0 Finetex, an all-weather jacket with removable s ...

Bill includes $13.85 million in funding for projects at North Carolina textile companies July 23rd, 2004 - Washington, D.C. - Senator Elizabeth Dole announced the Senate passage of the Defense Appropriations bill (H.R. 4613). The bill provides $416.2 billion to the Department of Defense for Fiscal Year 2005, including $13.85 million for projects at North Carolina textile companies. “The North Carolina textile industry has a prominent position in the growing field of high-tech military cl ...

Sensatex, Inc. Names New Chief Executive Officer BETHESDA, MARYLAND (October 15, 2004): Sensatex, Inc., the leading developer and provider of smart textile materials and applications today announced that its new management team will be led by Robert G. Kalik as the permanent Chief Executive Officer of the company. Mr. Kalik has been the Secretary/Treasurer of the company for the past 11 months. He replaces Chairman of the Board Frank Young, M.D., Ph.D. who was interim CEO since July 2004. D ...

Sensatex, Inc. Recognizes Dr. Sundaresan Jayaraman for His Service BETHESDA, MARYLAND (October 25, 2004): Sensatex, Inc., the leading developer and provider of smart textile materials and applications announced today that its new management team has concluded the first phase of a review of all company operations in an effort to move towards the commercialization of the company’s “Smart Shirt” technology. As part of that review, management and the Company wishes to recognize Dr. Sundaresan J ...

July 24, 2001 Pittsburgh, PA, USA BodyMedia, Inc., a Pittsburgh-based wellness solutions provider, announces the availability of its first body-monitoring products, the SenseWear Pro Armband, and the SenseWear Pro Development Kit (SDK). The SenseWear Pro Armband is the first economical, wearable, wireless body monitor capable of monitoring multiple body parameters outside of a lab environment. The SDK software application allows for the manipulation of the data collection process as well as an ...

Onlypunjab.com October 27, 2004 ScotteVest Inc.(SeV) maker of Technology Enabled Clothing, and Global Solar Energy, developer and manufacturer of flexible solar cells, announced that the first solar-powered jacket designed to carry, connect and charge portable devices will be available in time for the holidays Solar panels are attached to SeV’s signature jacket, Version Three.0 Finetex, an all-weather jacket with removable sleeves and over 30 hidden pockets. The jacket features SeV’s pa ...

According to Rick Barnard, Electronic Components/Advanced Materials Practice Director at VDC, "Sensor-based triggering of electrical response in garments - starting with military use for soldiers uniforms - is expected to transform from a $3 million segment to about a $6 million segment by 2008." Natick, MA (PRWEB) May 1, 2004--According to a report by Venture Development Corporation (VDC), "Smart Fabrics and Interactive Textiles: Global Market Opportunity Assessment," Actuation and Response ap ...

Sony introduces latest music players Firm to launch Hi-MD in September, has not decided on retail price 2004-07-23 / Taiwan News, Staff Reporter / By Taijing Wu Sony announced yesterday the launch of its Network Walkman and Hi-MD, its two newest products that it says have the potential to compete with any of the existing "wearable" music players on the Taiwanese market. The compact music-storing devices feature the new file compressing technology, Atrac3Plus (Adaptive Transform Acoustic C ...

Stanford researchers go from heaven to Earth in 'lifeguard' test June 15, 2004 By Rosanne Spector Stanford University Medical Center What happened in Vegas didn't stay in Vegas for device's inventors STANFORD, Calif. - Back in 2002, Stanford University engineers Kevin Montgomery, PhD, and Carsten Mundt, PhD, found themselves bored at a conference in Las Vegas. So they did what you'd expect from any researchers stuck in Sin City with frequent thoughts about life in outer space: They headed ...

Still Going: New Technology Saves Battery Life on Mobile Devices March 2005 Hewlett Packard Mar. 2005 — You're on a long-distance flight with a two-hour DVD to watch but only 90 minutes of battery power left on your laptop. You're unexpectedly detained out of town without the charger for your mobile phone. Your MP3 player runs out of steam just when you locate that rare song to download. We're more reliant than ever on our mobile devices, but battery life remains a problem. Improvements in b ...

SANTA CLARA, Calif., April 18, 2005 -- Sun Microsystems, Inc. (Nasdaq: SUNW), today announced the availability of Sun Java System RFID Software 2.0, a key component of its RFID system strategy. Sun Java System RFID Software enhances core infrastructure technologies like Sun Java Enterprise System and Solaris 10 Operating System (OS) and simplifies the integration of RFID data from the edge of the network to enterprise application systems. "GTSI is one of the largest technology suppliers to the ...

Patient in long term heart failure receives new hope through C-Pulse heart failure device A 56-year old New Zealand man has become the first person to be implanted with the C-Pulse heart device developed by Australian company Sunshine Heart, Inc. The world first operation took place at Auckland City Hospital on 4th May 2005 with doctors today releasing details of the successful implantation. The operation went smoothly, the device is working well, and the patient is recovering with improvemen ...

US global ski brand Spyder teams up with British smart textiles company Eleksen 05 April 2005 London, XXth March5th April 2005 – Spyder, the largest specialty ski brand in the world, today announces the launch of its Limited Edition ski jacket with an integrated iPod. Using Eleksen’s smart textile technology, 100% fabric controls have been woven into the sleeve of the jacket – so wearers can easily control their MP3 playlist while skiing. The jacket, which was first demonstrated at ISPO 2005 i ...

Symbionics and Icuiti Team to Deliver Next Generation Wearable Computer Systems for the United States Marine Corps Cost-Effective, Modular Units Will Improve Accuracy of Unmanned Vehicles Chantilly, VA and Rochester, NY — March 24, 2005— Symbionics Inc., and Icuiti Corporation announced today that the United States Marine Corps has awarded the two companies a contract to develop and deliver Modular Wearable Computers (MOWC) for use with the Corps’ Unmanned Vehicle programs. The first phase ...

Symbol Technologies Expands Wireless Security and Management Portfolio May 3, 2005 Symbol Technologies Wireless LAN Switch Market Leader Introduces New Wireless Security and Management Offerings to Further Enterprise Mobility LAS VEGAS, May 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- NETWORLD+INTEROP 2005, BOOTH #2049 -- Symbol Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: SBL - News), The Enterprise Mobility Company(TM), today announced a suite of products that enable a higher level of security for wireless networks and cont ...

Victoria, B.C., Canada, July 13, 2004 Tactex Controls Inc., (www.tactex.com, TSX Venture:TTX) today announced that Austco Marketing & Service (Canada) Ltd., a leading supplier of emergency call systems, will distribute it’s innovative bed occupancy sensor in the Canadian long-term care market. The Tactex bed occupancy sensor is based on the patented Kinotex® smart sensing technology and is a long-life, under the mattress sensor that alerts a caregiver when a resident is out of bed. “The Ta ...

Victoria, Tuesday, February 24, 2004 Tactex Controls Inc. (www.tactex.com; TSX Venture:TTX) and Mercurial Innovations Group (MIG) today announced they had signed a 3 year exclusive distribution agreement for the STC 1000 line of touch controller products. The STC 1000 includes a touch controller manufactured by Tactex plus software and middleware developed by MIG. Under the terms of the agreement, Mercurial will distribute the product through its web-based distribution network. Gil Namur, T ...

Victoria, B.C., Canada, November 4, 2004 Tactex Controls Inc., (www.tactex.com, TSX Venture:TTX) announced today that REDy Corp will distribute its new bed occupancy sensor in the U.S. long-term care market. The Tactex bed occupancy sensor is based on Kinotex® pressure sensing technology, and is a long-life, under- themattress sensor that alerts a caregiver when a resident is out of bed. "The Tactex bed occupancy sensor is a logical choice for affordable sensing and delivers functionality ...

Victoria, B.C., Canada, October 12, 2004 Tactex Controls Inc. (www.tactex.com, CDNX:TTX), the developers of a patented fiber optic based pressure sensor, Kinotex ™, has successfully completed a US field trial of its “under the mattress” bed occupancy sensor. The trial, in two nursing homes and one hospital in Boulder County, Colorado, was commissioned to give front line caregivers the opportunity to critically assess the new technology. It concluded with praise for its unprecedented alarm a ...

Victoria, B.C., Canada, June 12, 2003 Tactex Controls Inc., (www.tactex.com, TSX Venture:TTX), the developer of patented fiber optic based Kinotex® products today announced that it has been awarded a contract to develop a manufacturing line for Nitta Corporation. The line will be based on the current Tactex manufacturing line, with modifications for the prototyping and manufacture of bed sensors and “digital skins” used for humanoid robots now under development in Japan. The hardware will b ...

Victoria, B.C., Canada, June 29, 2004 Tactex Controls Inc., (www.tactex.com, TSX Venture:TTX) today announced that it has contracted with Rich Kurczak, formerly of RN+ and Tactilitics in Boulder, CO to run field trials in the US for its innovative bed occupancy sensor. The Tactex bed occupancy sensor is based on the patented fiber optic Kinotex® technology and is a long-life, under the mattress sensor that alerts a caregiver when a fragile resident at risk of falling is out of bed. “Mr. Ku ...

Tokyo, Japan, December 3, 2002 - Tactex Controls Inc. (www.tactex.com, TSX Venture:TTX), Canpolar East Inc. and the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) jointly announced today at a Symposium on Canadian/Japanese Industrial Space Cooperation, the ratification of a letter of intent toward a technology sub-licensing deal between Tactex and Nitta Corporation. The two companies intend to establish a long-term strategic relationship based on a technology licence granted to Nitta by Tactex for Kinotex™ te ...

“Touch controller will ship in Q3 to music and PC markets” Victoria, Canada, March 25, 2003 Tactex Controls Inc., (www.tactex.com, TSX Venture: TTX), the developer of patented fibre optic based products, and Mercurial Communications Inc. today announced that Mercurial is developing a new touch controller based on a Tactex-supplied control surface. The new product will ship with PC based middleware and applications software developed by Mercurial. The controller will operate with a PC, all ...

Victoria, B.C., Canada, February 22, 2005 Tactex Controls Inc., (www.tactex.com, TSX-Venture:TTX), the developer of patented, advanced fiber optic based Kinotex ® sensor products, is pleased to announce that it has received two purchase orders, totaling $148,340 USD from a large global producer of healthcare products. The orders are expected to be filled in 2005. Further to its press release of November 24, 2004, the Corporation has determined not to proceed with the financing announced t ...

2003-01-23: Technical Fibre Innovations May Be the Key to Survival for Companies in High Cost Countries A new wave of technical fibre innovations is helping fibre companies in higher cost economies carve out a strategy for survival. The new fibres satisfy consumer needs for "natural" materials and, at the same time, address performance and environmental concerns. Their success is critical, according to a new report in Textile Outlook International, as Chinese producers continue to tighten ...

2003-04-28: Technical textiles take a leap into the future Natural fibre production was perfected in the Industrial Age (1775-1850). Synthetic fibre production fuelled developments in the textile industry during the Chemical Age (1870-1980). Now, barely a decade into the Information Age, some equally momentous shifts look to be on the horizon, according to a new report published in Technical Textile Markets. According to Technical Textile Markets, these shifts will result from the conver ...

TECHNOLOGY ENABLED CLOTHING® (TEC) GRANTED PATENT FOR PERSONAL AREA NETWORK (PAN) SYSTEM TEC presents a Viable Alternative to Bluetooth® January 5, 2005 Las Vegas, NV -- Ketchum, ID Technology Enabled Clothing® (TEC) was granted a patent for its Personal Area Network (PAN) system. (Patent No. 6,826,782, can be viewed here). The PAN is an internal conduit system that enables you to wire third party devices inside garments. It will be marketed under the registered trade name TEC®, which is the ...

TeleSym and Xybernaut Combine Secure Internet Telephony --VoIP-- With Mobile/Wearable Computers August 23, 2004 Integrated Solution Delivers High Quality Yet Cost Effective Internet Telephony Services for Mobile Users -- Even on Broadband WiFi Networks TeleSym, a leading US-based provider of mobile Internet telephony (VoIP) for corporate and public sector customers, and Xybernaut Corporation (NASDAQ:XYBR) today announced the two companies have combined VoIP solutions with mobile/wearable com ...

Thales MobileMapper Beacon Brings Bluetooth-Enabled Wireless DGPS Corrections for MobileMapper; CE Belt-Mounted Unit Offers Wireless Sub-Meter Solution in Real-Time SANTA CLARA, Calif. --(Business Wire)-- Aug. 10, 2004 -- Thales today introduced MobileMapper(TM) Beacon, a fully integrated wearable beacon module. MobileMapper Beacon delivers reliable real-time DGPS corrections for Thales' MobileMapper line of handheld GPS receivers for GIS data collection. MobileMapper Beacon provides access t ...

The Cyborgization Of Humans And What This Means For Our Lives In The Future And Today The National Capital Region World Future Society and the American Society for Technical Innovation (ASTI) on July 15,2004 will host a dinner discussion, and demonstration, of wearable computer technology, available now with new products that will be on the market soon, that has the potential to link man with machine in new ways drastically changing and improving peoples lives via information technology. Mark ...

PITTSBURGH, PA (July 10, 2002) -- LIFECOR®, Inc. is pleased to announce that its LifeVest™ wearable defibrillator saved two people's lives over the fourth of July, proving once again the effectiveness of this innovation in cardiac care. The LifeVest is a wearable device that protects at-risk patients against sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) and sudden cardiac death. On the night of the 4th, William E. Forrest Jr., 68, a patient of the National Naval Medical Center in Annapolis, discovered the life ...

PITTSBURGH, PA (August 14, 2002) -- LIFECOR®, Inc. is pleased to announce that its LifeVest™ wearable defibrillator saved another life on August 6th, proving for the fourth time in a month the effectiveness of this innovation in cardiac care. Grady Foster, 56, of Clemmons, NC, suffered a potentially fatal arrhythmia at 4 a.m. when the LifeVest administered a defibrillating shock that restored a normal rhythm. Foster did not feel the shock because he was unconscious at the time. This latest eve ...

PITTSBURGH, June 7 /PRNewswire/ -- The Millennia Group (TMG) http://www.the-millennia-group.com announces that it has been named a key supplier by BodyMedia, Inc. ( http://www.bodymedia.com ) for its HealthWear(R) weight-loss system. BodyMedia was recently selected as a winner of the 2004 Medical Design Excellence Award (MDEA) for the HealthWear system. During the entry process for the awards program, BodyMedia specifically named Millennia Technology (a division of The Millennia Group) as ...

May 7, 2002 Thermosoft International Corporation won the top award from the state of Illinois in the 2001 National Mail Order Association's (NMOA) "Made in America" Product Contest. Each year, the NMOA contest searches for the most unique and interesting products made in America. Thermosoft submitted the Soft Heat® warming blanket made with Thermosoft's FiberThermics™ technology. FiberThermics is the trade name for Thermosoft's new generation of gentle wireless heaters. The patented and patent ...

BUFFALO GROVE, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 22, 2004-- Thermosoft International Corporation introduced its FiberThermics® technology to the tile floor heating market with a new, electronic, floor heating system that is easy-to-install, safe and durable. Do-it-yourselfers and professional installers will appreciate the simplicity and commercial grade quality of this radiant floor heating mat. Thermosoft's tile floor heaters are installed in a thin layer of cement before laying the tile and con ...

Computers Used in Process Management at Food Plants and in Food Supply Networks Atlanta, Georgia and Fairfax, Virginia -- March 18, 2004 Xybernaut Corporation (NASDAQ: XYBR) and Thinkage LLC have expanded their relationship to combine Xybernaut Atigo® mobile/wearable computing technologies with Thinkage process management solutions into a single solution for various food processing and food service applications. Thinkage is one of several food ventures established by Murray Hill, New Jersey-b ...

TIAX Awarded Contracts Totaling $2 Million By Department Of Defense October 21, 2004 TMCnet.com CAMBRIDGE, Mass. --(Business Wire)-- Oct. 21, 2004 -- Funding will continue development of novel medical devices and technologies to help soldiers in the field TIAX, a leading collaborative product and technology development firm, announced today that it has been awarded three Phase II contracts by the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program. The contr ...

TIAX Developing Power Source for U.S. Military Exoskeleton Prototype BUSINESS WIRE Sept. 13, 2004 CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 13, 2004-- Technology and innovation firm completes Phase II of DARPA-funded project; exoskeleton could enhance performance of soldiers TIAX LLC, a leading collaborative product and technology development firm, today announced it has completed the second phase of a project to develop an advanced power source for a prototype military exoskeleton. T ...

TIAX to Create Wearable System to Detect Stress Levels of Soldiers in Combat; Project to be funded by the U.S. Department of Defense's Small Business Innovation Research program Jan 14, 2004 Business Wire TIAX, a leading collaborative product and technology development firm, announced today that it has been awarded a contract by the U.S. Department of Defense Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program to explore the development of a medical data collection and processing system that ...

Toeristiek, European Market Leader in Tourism Data, Arms Field Employees with Xybernaut Mobile Computers; Improves Employee Productivity and Data Quality FAIRFAX, VA and THE NETHERLANDS, February 7, 2005 – Reed Business Information, one of the largest business-to-business information and publishing companies, and Xybernaut Corporation (Nasdaq: XYBR), a leading developer of wearable/mobile computing solutions, today announced that the Reed Business Information Tourism unit Toeristiek in the Neth ...

WirelessNewsFactor.com June 24, 2004 3:28PM Japanese electronics giant Toshiba Corp. said Thursday it has developed the world's smallest methanol fuel cell for use in wireless headsets and other wearable electronics devices. The prototype direct methanol fuel cell (DMFC) is roughly thumb-size, measuring 22 millimetres by 45 millimetres (0.88 inches by 1.80 inches) and weighs 8.5 grammes (0.29 ounces). It is "small enough for integration into a wireless headset for mobile phones , but sti ...

InfoWorld September 28, 2004 By Martyn Williams Toshiba Corp. plans to begin commercial production of its 0.85-inch hard disk drive before the end of this year, the company said on Tuesday. The drive, which was first unveiled earlier this year, is about the same size as an SD (Secure Digital) memory card and target applications include a new generation of smaller digital music players and other portable multimedia devices such as cellular telephones. Specifications of the first produc ...

TEMPE, Ariz., May 19 PRNewswire-FirstCall Brillian Corporation Brillian Corporation (Nasdaq: BRLC), a designer and developer of rear-projection, high-definition televisions and microdisplay components, today announced that Trivisio GmbH has developed a line of new and second-generation head-mounted display (HMD) and nightvision products leveraging Brillian's liquid-crystal-on-silicon (LCoS(TM)) near-to-eye microdisplay imagers and application specific ICs (ASICs). Brillian's Z86D-3 mic ...

Brillian Technology Featured in Four Innovative and Affordable Head-Mounted Display and Nightvision Devices TEMPE, Ariz., May 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Brillian Corporation (Nasdaq: BRLC), a designer and developer of rear-projection, high-definition televisions and microdisplay components, today announced that Trivisio GmbH has developed a line of new and second-generation head-mounted display (HMD) and nightvision products leveraging Brillian's liquid-crystal-on-si ...

Tuning in GADGETS Our Bureau / New Delhi June 25,2004 Philips India Ltd and Nike Inc have brought a range of new generation portable sports audio to India. Targeted at the fashion conscious, the stylish Philips-Nike range includes digital radio, MP3-CD players, digital audio players and sport headphones. The prices range between Rs 900 (headphone) and Rs 8,500 (MP3 Player). Philips had introduced wearable electronics way back in 1995 and is a subsidiary of The Netherlands-based Royal Philips Electronics. The products will be sold at Nike and Philips stores.

U.S. Armed Forces Expand Wearable Computer Initiatives Military & Aerospace Electronics DECEMBER 10, 2002, 11:00EST FAIRFAX, Va. Xybernaut Corporation confirmed its participation in various wearable computing initiatives within major branches of the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD). In its recently issued FY 2003 budget, the Department of Defense appropriated a $3.4 million line-item for efforts associated with deploying wearable computing technologies for field automation applications. ...

U.S. Army adds $1,6 million to Microvision development contract providing wearable displays for mobile medics May 5, 2003 Virtual Medical Worlds Microvision Inc., an expert in light scanning technologies, has been awarded a $1,6 million addition to an existing development contract from the U.S. Army's Medical Research and Material Command (USAMRMC), Telemedicine and Advanced Technology Research Center (TATRC). The contract funds the continued development of a mobile, personal display system f ...

Advanced Respiratory Technology a Critical Component of the Warfighter Physiological Status Monitor System VENTURA, Calif. - May 25, 2004 - VivoMetrics Government Services, Inc. has signed a contract with the United States Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine (USARIEM) to deliver respiratory components of the LifeShirt® technology for integration into the Army’s Warfighter Physiological Status Monitor - Initial Capability (WPSM-IC) Program. The WPSM-IC will be worn by Soldiers in ...

FAIRFAX, Va. & CAMP DODGE, IA --(Business Wire)-- April 28, 2004 -- MA V, Atigo and Body Armor Technologies Used by Special Operations Response Teams (SORT) from BOP North Central Region During Penitentiary Crisis Exercises Xybernaut(R) Corporation (NASDAQ:XYBR) today announced its involvement in a joint effort to incorporate mobile/wearable computing technologies into crisis situation response programs for U.S. federal penitentiaries. The Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) Crisis Management ...

MA V, Atigo and Body Armor Technologies Used by Special Operations Response Teams (SORT) from BOP North Central Region During Penitentiary Crisis Exercises FAIRFAX, VA and CAMP DODGE, IA April 28, 2004 Xybernaut Corporation (NASDAQ: XYBR) today announced its involvement in a joint effort to incorporate mobile/wearable computing technologies into crisis situation response programs for U.S. federal penitentiaries. The Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) Crisis Management Training initiative is a w ...

UBISENSE EXPANDS CUTOMER BASE IN ASIA February 14th , 2005 Ubisense Top-ranked National University of Singapore becomes newest user of Smart Space technology DENVER – February 14th , 2005 – Ubisense, developer of the world's first sense-driven computing platform, has added National University of Singapore (NUS) to its network of global users, further expanding the location-based technology company's presence in Asia. Ubisense already has customers in Korea and Japan. Ranked among the to ...

Wireless News 02-23-2005 Ubisense Expands Reach in Asia WIRELESS NEWS-23 February 2005-Ubisense Expands Reach in Asia (C)2005 10Meters - http://www.10meters.com Ubisense, maker of a sense-driven computing platform, has added National University of Singapore (NUS) to its network of global users, expanding the location-based technology company's presence in Asia. The National University of Singapore is a leader in pervasive computing research, which is the creation of environments saturated with computing and wireless communication, yet integrated with human users. Many key building blocks ... Read the Full Article, Get a FREE Trial for instant access »

Universal Display Corporation Wins DOE SBIR Contract for Lighting Applications. July 28, 2004 Advances Using Universal Display's Phosphorescent OLED Technology Can Provide Additional Power Efficiency Gains for White Lighting Ewing, NJ – Universal Display Corporation (NASDAQ:PANL, PHLX: PNL), a leading developer of organic light emitting device (OLED)technologies for flat panel displays, lighting and other opto-electronics, has been awarded a $100,000 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR ...

US Army Taps Konarka for $1.6 Million Renewable Energy Program May 4, 2005 Kanarka Lowell, Mass. – May 4, 2005 – Konarka Technologies, Inc., an innovator in developing and commercializing power plastics that convert light to energy, today announced the Company has signed a $1.6 million contract with the United States Army. As part of this new program, Konarka's light-activated power plastic will provide critical power supply to soldier systems and Army support infrastructure. Electric power ...

USA: GameFit To Use Outlast’s Smart Fabric Technology Just-style.com 08 Nov 2004 Luxury performance apparel brand GameFit has signed an exclusive deal to use Outlast’s Smart Fabric Technology in the GameFit I 0 I Series of sport suits. The Smart Fabric Technology contains patented micro encapsulated phase change materials designed to balance temperature so the wearer won’t be too hot or too cold, and will be used in the sport suits’ linings. The GameFit I 0 I Sports Suit starts at $800 and there are plans to make them available at select high end specialty retailers in the US in 2005.

USA: Outlast, Bernette Spin Sweaters With A Technical Twist 12 Aug 2004 Bernette Textiles is working to incorporate Outlast’s Smart Fabric Technology into a range of sweaters for autumn 2005 that will adjust to keep the wearer at the optimum temperature. “Temperature control is the major issue when a consumer chooses to wear or purchase a sweater,” said Jeff Siskind, Outlast president/COO. “With Smart Fabric Technology people will suddenly have many more uses for sweaters.” Bernette initi ...

V Introduces the V Sentinel Wearable Truth Detection Unit for Security Screening at Mass Transit Stations and Airports September 27, 2004 WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 27, 2004-- Mobile Technology Identifies Suspicious Individuals with a Single Voice Utterance V, the exclusive North American provider of Nemesysco's layered voice analysis technology (LVA) for use in homeland security, law enforcement and risk management, today introduced the V Sentinel, a wearable device that identif ...

VENETIAN® RESORT HOTEL CASINO SELECTS XYBERNAUT® WEARABLE COMPUTERS FOR GUEST SERVICES AND EMPLOYEE SECURITY FAIRFAX, VA and LAS VEGAS, NV -- December 13, 2004 — Xybernaut Corporation (Nasdaq: XYBR) today announced that The Venetian® Resort Hotel Casino has purchased and deployed Xybernaut solutions services and mobile/wearable computing technologies for a variety of guest services and employee security applications. The Venetian Resort Hotel Casino, which is an anchor property on the renowne ...

DELRAY BEACH, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 3, 2005--VeriChip Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of Applied Digital (NASDAQ: ADSX - News), announced today that CareGroup Healthcare Systems, the parent company of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, a Harvard Medical School affiliate, will install a VeriChip(TM) System in the Emergency Department of the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) for clinical use. The facility will now be able to access VeriChip identification numbers and re ...

DELRAY BEACH, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 19, 2005-- VeriChip Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of Applied Digital (NASDAQ:ADSX), today announced that its recent acquisition, eXI Wireless, now VeriChip Corporation, has been added to the U.S. General Services Administration schedule, GSA# GS-35-F-0144L. eXI is working in cooperation with Information Access Solutions, Inc. (IAS) of Woodbridge, VA, a leading provider of IT solutions for both commercial and government sectors. IAS is a Service-D ...

VeriChip Expands Hospital Infrastructure: Hackensack University Medical Center Becomes the Second Major Medical Center to Adopt the VeriChip System March 14, 2005 VeriChip DELRAY BEACH, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 14, 2005--VeriChip Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of Applied Digital (NASDAQ: ADSX - News) announced today that Hackensack University Medical University (HUMC), Hackensack, New Jersey will initiate a clinical evaluation program of the VeriChip System in its Emergency Depart ...

BY TAMMIE SMITH TIMES-DISPATCH STAFF WRITER Thursday, October 23, 2003 LINDY KEAST RODMAN (TIMES-DISPATCH) Sometime in the past, he doesn't know when, 41-year-old Michael V. Edwards had a heart attack. Edwards found out about the heart attack a month ago - when he had a minor stroke. In late September, still without electricity from Hurricane Isabel, Edwards was cooking on the grill. "I just felt a strange feeling come over me," he said. "It felt like I had been drinking." When t ...

July 19, 2004 09:00 AM US Eastern Timezone Virgin Electronics Unveils ``Silver-Dollar'' Size Wearable MP3 Player, Comfortable and Stylish Noise Canceling Headphones SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 19, 2004-- New $99 Music Player Ideal for Music on the Go, So Small It's Meant to be Worn Today, Virgin Electronics (formerly Virgin Pulse) unveiled a MP3 player that's so small it can fit any pocket. The silver-dollar size Virgin Electronics Wearable 128MB MP3 Player weighs just ha ...

CHESHIRE, UK, April 28, 2005 - VIRTALIS subsidiary, VP Defense, has been asked to join the UK-wide search to find the country's most promising future developers of virtual or synthetic environments. This competition is coordinated by The University of Birmingham who was given this mission by the US Interservice/Industry Training, Simulation and Education Conference (I/ITSEC) Organization. Other judges include the UK's Human Factors Integration Defense Technology Centre and Blitz Games, with spon ...

VENTURA, Calif. – June 30, 2004 – British researchers have commenced a first-of-its kind study using VivoMetrics' LifeShirt System to examine incidence of cough among the Great Britain Cycling Team. The 18-month study will seek to differentiate "pursuiter's cough" (or "strong cough"), which occurs after short, high intensity exercise, from asthma. "Pursuiter's cough," often mistaken for asthma, has historically been difficult to diagnose and treat. Respiratory function data collected by the Li ...

Ventura, Calif., April 23, 2003 -- Following the FDA clearance and successful market launch of its adult-size LifeShirt System one year ago, VivoMetrics has introduced a new, pediatric version for children ages 5 to 17. The first monitoring device for children of its kind, the pediatric LifeShirt System allows researchers and clinicians to view real-world physiologic data on young patients in a variety of settings, including healthcare, academic research and pharmaceutical clinical trials. "As ...

VENTURA, Calif. — October 14, 2004 — Researchers at the Tom Baker Cancer Center and University of Calgary are using the LifeShirt System from VivoMetrics in combination with the Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction program (MBSR) to help identify how stress reducing activities can affect symptoms of fatigue, sleep, and autonomic parameters in breast cancer patients. A better understanding of how psychological and physiological factors combine to affect distressing symptoms associated with breast c ...

Vocollect boasts of revenue boost Pittsburgh Business Times February 15, 2005 Vocollect Inc. said revenue in 2004 exceeded $80 million, an 80-percent hike from 2003. The Wilkins-based designer and manufacturer of wearable computers for use in warehouse inventory services, such as grocery stores, said its growth rate the last four years was more than 75 percent and that it added more than 100 jobs. "Vocollect continued to gain momentum in 2004 as we expanded our offering and moved into ...

VOCOLLECT VOICE-DIRECTED DISTRIBUTION OFFERING EXTENDS ACROSS ENTIRE WAREHOUSE Vocollect February 28, 2005 PITTSBURGH—February 28, 2005—Vocollect, the global leader in voice-directed work, today announced that it is expanding the functionality delivered by its Vocollect Voice-Directed Distribution offering, to include a number of new distribution center applications, a new series of speech recognition headsets, and further functionality improvements to its industry leading Talkman® wearable c ...

Vocollect's Voice-Directed Distribution System Proves a Hot Solution for Refrigerated & Freezer Logistics; Burris Logistics Gains Accuracy, Productivity and Cost Savings [July 29, 2004] PITTSBURGH --(Business Wire)-- July 29, 2004 -- Burris Logistics, one of the largest and most technically sophisticated controlled-temperature third-party logistics providers on the East Coast, recognizes a hot idea when it sees one. After accuracy at its Federalsburg, Maryland, distribution center increased to ...

Xybernaut MA® V Wearable Computers Used for Check-in, Data Gathering and Variety of Customer Services NEW YORK, NY and FAIRFAX, VA, November 6, 2002 - Xybernaut Corporation (Nasdaq: XYBR) and The Waldorf=Astoria, a Hilton Hotels Corporation property, today announced the purchase and initial deployment of Xybernaut wearable computers for a variety of customer service functions. The technology enhancements at the Waldorf=Astoria are part of a previously announced relationship between Xybernaut ...

Wearable Biofeedback Device Scores An Ace at Tennis Pro Conference; New Training Technology Improves Performance, Reduces Injuries PR Newswire; 3/14/2005 HILTON HEAD, S.C., March 14 /PRNewswire/ -- At this year's Professional Tennis Registry (PTR) conference, some of the most influential individuals in the tennis industry experienced a revolutionary new concept. A tiny, wearable biofeedback device called The Ultimate Balance Trainer immediately created a stir by showing the assembled experts how to quickly and dramatically increase their students' performance on the court. The Ultimate Balance Trainer uses electronic motion sensors, software analysis and ... Read the Full Article, Get a FREE Trial for instant access »

By Donna Jackel Staff Writer November 6, 2003 WEBSTER — In February, Peter Woerner was a man running out of options. The wire connected to the defibrillator implanted in his chest was malfunctioning. There was so much scar tissue on his heart from various operations that his doctors did not think it was safe to risk going in to fix the wire. Without the implantable defibrillator, the 40-year-old, who was born with an irreparable heart defect, would be at risk of going into sudden cardiac ...

wearable systems Verhaert's capabilities in human engineering, sensor integration and autonomous systems are pushed to the limits in wearable applications. Driven by the human interest to increase mobility and flexibility more and more systems will be wearable in the future. Pioneered in space, Verhaert developed already in the eighties several wearable biomedical systems. Based on this experience Verhaert developed a track record in wearable commercial products. Verhaert keeps its knowledge ...

Wearable Warnings: snap crackle pop, back off! Engadget February 15, 2005 by Ryan Block Moral philosophers have historically abhored the easy-way-out concept of desiring to be a being of lesser cognizance than that of humans, with their knowledge of mortality and free-will. But in all reality, there is at least one proper bonus to being without such bothersome social indoctrinations and responsibilities: gestures and bodily reactions to unpleasant situations (the puffer fish inflates, the ra ...

Wearing more than a healthy smile 05 December 2003 European Commission If you put biomedical engineers, nanotechnologists, IT specialists, public health officials, researchers and designers in a room together, who would be the odd one out? None of them because the reason they will be together is to discuss the next generation of wearable health systems. Later this month, a ragtag of scientists, industrialists, policy-makers and designers will gather in the southern Italian city of Pisa to d ...

Wireless Point and Click for Camera Phones 19th February , 2004 Europe UK : Users of the latest camera phones can now point-and-click to mobile content with the launch of technology from Bango. A Bango Spot is a circular symbol that holds data like a two dimensional bar code. Users simply point the camera phone at the symbol, click and a mobile Internet site opens on their phone in a matter of seconds, providing a fast and simple way to reach content such as ringtones, games, videos an ...

Worcester Polytechnic Institute to develop wireless sensor technologies for real-time troop status monitoring March 10, 2003 Virtual Medical Worlds 2003The Bioengineering Institute (BEI) at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) in Massachusetts has landed its most significant research grant to date for a study in the field of telemedicine. The award, from the United States Army Medical Research and Material Command (USAMRMC) at Fort Detrick, Maryland, provides more than $800.000 to fund the f ...

Washington D.C., February 10, 2005 -- XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc. (Nasdaq: XMSR) today reported financial and operating results for the fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2004. XM added 1.8 million net subscribers in 2004, an increase of 137 percent over 2003, and finished the year with 3,229,124 subscribers, exceeding 2004 year-end subscriber guidance of 3.1 million by more than 125,000 subscribers. During the fourth quarter 2004, XM recorded net subscriber additions of 713,1 ...

Xybernaut Acquires 24.9% of One of China's Premier IT Companies November 10, 2004 09:40 AM US Eastern Timezone BusinessWire FAIRFAX, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 10, 2004-- Shenzhen Hi-Tech Partnership Includes Development and Manufacturing Initiatives in Addition to Worldwide Rights for Operating System Xybernaut(R) Corporation (NASDAQ:XYBR) today announced that it has completed negotiations to acquire the largest shareholder position in Sunshine Hi-Tech company, a Shenzhen, China-ba ...

Xybernaut adds Linux as an OS option The new OS will allow users to easily customize the devices Todd R. Weiss Computerworld SEPTEMBER 01, 2004 (COMPUTERWORLD) - Customer demand, particularly from Europe, has prompted Xybernaut Corp. to introduce its own customized version of Linux as an option in its Atigo T line of wearable computers. In an announcement Monday, Fairfax, Va.-based Xybernaut, which builds hands-free, wearable computers aimed at business and government users, said custo ...

Xybernaut Adds TeleType GPS to Mobile/Wearable Computers October 7, 2003 Space Daily Xybernaut Corporation is now offering GPS receivers from TeleType Company Inc. as a value-add component for its mobile/wearable computers. The joint Xybernaut and TeleType solution will be targeted to the land, air and marine navigation and tracking markets. Initial deployments will be focused on government, military, commercial/enterprise and individual/consumer markets. TeleType's primary GPS receiver, th ...

Knowledge Management, "Point of Task" Performance, Field Force Automation Improvements are Primary Focus FAIRFAX, VA and FREDERICK, MD February 25, 2004 Xybernaut Corporation (NASDAQ: XYBR) and Engineering Systems Solutions, Inc. (ESS) today announced that Xybernaut mobile/wearable computing technologies and ESS solutions service are being integrated to enhance enterprise operations for government, military and commercial organizations. The companies' initial efforts are concentrating on mil ...

September 27, 2004 09:35 AM US Eastern Timezone Xybernaut(R) will be joining FiRST Responder Systems and Technology, LLC (FiRST), a Team Xybernaut(TM) partner, at the 2004 TECHNOLOGIES FOR PUBLIC SAFETY IN CRITICAL INCIDENT RESPONSE Conference and Exposition. Hosted jointly by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and the U.S. Department for Homeland Security and Defense (HSD), the event is one of the leading gatherings for evaluating technologies and best practices for emergency preparedness a ...

Xybernaut Corporation Xybernaut and IBM Complete Business Development Agreement; Agreement Expands Existing Relationship in the Areas of Sales and Marketing and Joint Business Development 7/19/04 FAIRFAX, Va., Jul 19, 2004 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Xybernaut(R) Corporation (NASDAQ:XYBR) today announced completion of an expanded Technical Services Agreement (TSA) with IBM Corporation (NYSE:IBM) whereby the two companies will continue to work closely on a variety of sales, marketing and busine ...

Wearable Computers and Acoustical Triangulation Technology Create Solution for Military and Law-enforcement Applications FAIRFAX, VA and MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA – June 15, 2004 – Xybernaut® Corporation (NASDAQ: XYBR) and ShotSpotter, Inc. today announced a wearable computer system that allows military and law enforcement personnel to detect gunshots and their location in the field within seconds of the weapon discharging. ShotSpotter Gunshot Location Systems are currently deployed across the country ...

Xybernaut Awarded Add-on Hardware Contract from U.S. DOD for J-STARS Program BUSINESS WIRE Sept. 20, 2004- FAIRFAX, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 20, 2004-- Company Expands Program for Aircraft Inspection, Maintenance and Repair Applications With Initial $160,000 Order for Atigo Computers Xybernaut(R) Corporation (NASDAQ:XYBR) announced today that the Company has been awarded an approximately $160,000 add-on task order from the U.S. Department of Defense as part of an expansion of prog ...

Xybernaut Awarded Hardware and Services Contracts for Armed Forces Technology Marketing Corporation October 06, 2004 FAIRFAX, Va. --(Business Wire)-- Oct. 6, 2004 -- Xybernaut(R) Currently being used in all Branches of U.S. Military; Wearable/Mobile Computing Technologies Support Variety of Active-Duty Activities Xybernaut Corporation (NASDAQ:XYBR), a leader in mobile/wearable computing technologies and solutions, today announced add-on contract awards totaling approximately $200,000 in har ...

Xybernaut Awarded Hardware and Services Contracts for Armed Forces; Ft. Hood added to List of U.S. Military Bases Deploying Xybernaut Technologies and Solutions November 04, 2004 09:40 AM US Eastern Timezone Business Wire FAIRFAX, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 4, 2004--Xybernaut(R) Corporation (NASDAQ:XYBR), a leader in mobile/wearable computing technologies and solutions, today announced multiple contract awards totaling more than $300,000 in hardware and integration services for the deployme ...

June 08, 2004 11:16 AM US Eastern Timezone Xybernaut Awarded Patent for Convergent Wearable/Mobile Computing; Patent in Canada Is For a Cell Phone, Wearable Computer and Pager in One Device FAIRFAX, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 8, 2004--Xybernaut(R) Corporation (Nasdaq:XYBR) today announced the Company has been granted a patent in Canada for a mobile personal communication device that combines the functionality of a cell phone, wearable computer and pager. The Canadian patent, similar to the ...

Xybernaut Chairman to Discuss the Integration of Wearable Computers with Tech-Ware Clothing; Technology and Textiles Focal Topics for Taipei International Apparel Show 2004 Business Wire September 22, 2004 10:09 AM US Eastern Timezone Taipei International Apparel Show 2004 WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 22, 2004--Mobile/wearable computing is quickly becoming an attractive technology for integration with textiles -- garments, apparel, furniture, housing materials and many other types o ...

August 12, 2004 09:30 AM US Eastern Timezone Xybernaut Corporation and FiRST Responder Systems & Technology Provide Powerful Technology Solutions to the Nation's First Responders BATON ROUGE, La. & FAIRFAX, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 12, 2004-- Wearable Computers and Critical Incident Response Technologies Create Solution for Firefighters, Emergency Technicians and Public Health Officials at Local Level Xybernaut Corporation (NASDAQ:XYBR) and FiRST Responder Systems & Technology (FiRST ...

Xybernaut Corporation and Roaming Messenger Announce Signed Agreement to Market Integrated Mobile Solutions Xybernaut.com February 1, 2005 Wearable Computers and Secure Interoperable Mobile Messaging Platform Extend Active Functionality of Government and Enterprise Applications to Personnel in the Field FAIRFAX, VA and SANTA BARBARA, CA, February 1, 2005 — Xybernaut Corporation (NASDAQ: XYBR) and Roaming Messenger (OTCBB: RMSG) announced today that they have formed a business alliance to del ...

XYBERNAUT CORPORATION FORMS HOMELAND SECURITY DIVISION January 6, 2005 Xybernaut Newly Created Unit Developed to Respond to Growing Demand from Government and Private Sector for Xybernaut Security Solutions FAIRFAX, VA – January 6, 2005-- Xybernaut Corporation (NASDAQ: XYBR) today announced the formation of a Homeland Security division. The unit was created as a result of strong demand from both government and private sector customers for the company’s homeland security and emergency prepare ...

Xybernaut Delivers Wearable Computing to U.S. Armed Forces Military & Aerospace Electronics FAIRFAX, Va, August 5, 2003 Xybernaut announced a recent hardware deployment totaling approximately $600,000 related to wearable computing programs within the United States Armed Forces. Under the deployment, teams of military technicians will utilize the mobile/wearable computing equipment for a variety of inspection, maintenance and repair functions related to military equipment currently on "active- ...

Xybernaut fashions eye-catching mini-PC 01/21/2002 08:00 AM By Taylor Lincoln Mass High Tech For a decade now, Edward Newman, chief executive officer of Xybernaut Corp., has been predicting that one day people will wear his microprocessors as routinely as they wear a wristwatch. This month, the Fairfax, Va.-based maker of miniature portable computers released a model that incorporates a “monitor,” reminiscent of an eyeglass lens, that Newman believes will presage an era of wearable compu ...

Xybernaut get patent for garment collar integrated Wearable Computer System October 23, 2004 Onlypunjab.com Xybernaut Corporation today announced that the Company has been granted a patent by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) related to wearable computing as integrated with the collar of a garment. War fighters, first responders, technicians and mechanics will benefit from this innovative hands free access to computing and communications US Patent No. 6,798,391 assigned t ...

Xybernaut Granted 'Transferable Core' Patent in Israel; Coverage Extends Mobile/Wearable Computing Intellectual Property [June 21, 2004] FAIRFAX, Va. --(Business Wire)-- June 21, 2004 -- Xybernaut(R) Corporation (Nasdaq:XYBR) today announced the Company has been granted a patent by the State of Israel's Patent Office related to the Company's Transferable Core computer intellectual property (IP). The Transferable Core computer patent describes a device which is smaller than the size of a cell ...

Xybernaut Granted Key Way Point Patents in Taiwan October 21, 2003 Space Daily Xybernaut Corporation has been granted a patent by the Taiwan Patent Office (JPO) for leaving and retrieving messages and data of all types at specific locations -- such as coordinate way points -- within a commercial mobile radio service (CMRS) provider network or other networks. The Taiwan patent, which relates to the Xybernaut U.S. patent No. 6,377,793 entitled, "System and Method of Accessing and Recording Mes ...

FAIRFAX, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 11, 2005--Xybernaut(R) Corporation (Nasdaq:XYBR) today announced that the Company has been granted a new patent by the Korean Intellectual Property Office. The patent, called "Core Computer Unit," is related to the Company's Transferable Core intellectual property and describes a computing system consisting of two separate but compatible structures. The first structure, the core computer, includes components such as a processor, volatile and non-volatile s ...

FAIRFAX, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 29, 2004--Xybernaut(R) Corporation (Nasdaq:XYBR) today announced the Company has been granted a patent by the State of Israel's Patent Office (Patent # 134,781) related to the Company's Core Computer intellectual property (IP). The Core Computer patent describes a device which is smaller than the size of a cell phone containing the "brains" of a PC - processor, memory, storage and I/O circuitry, desktop, software applications and information - everything bu ...

Xybernaut Granted Two More U.S. Patents; 'Ergonomic Hand Held Display' and 'Personal Communicator' Expand Mobile/Wearable Computing Intellectual Property Portfolio FAIRFAX, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 7, 2004--Xybernaut(R) Corporation (NASDAQ:XYBR), today announced that the Company has been granted two patents by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) that will make mobile computing and communicating more comfortable and more flexible. Additionally, Xybernaut restated that the mo ...

July 07, 2004 09:30 AM US Eastern Timezone Xybernaut Granted Two More U.S. Patents; 'Ergonomic Hand Held Display' and 'Personal Communicator' Expand Mobile/Wearable Computing Intellectual Property Portfolio FAIRFAX, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 7, 2004--Xybernaut(R) Corporation (NASDAQ:XYBR), today announced that the Company has been granted two patents by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) that will make mobile computing and communicating more comfortable and more flexible. ...

Xybernaut Introduces 'High Bright' Version of Atigo T Dual Purpose Flat Panel Computer BUSINESS WIRE Sept. 16, 2004 Xybernaut Introduces 'High Bright' Version of Atigo T Dual Purpose Flat Panel Computer FAIRFAX, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 16, 2004-- Rugged, Lightweight Atigo T/HB Enhances Mobile Computing in Daylight and Other Tough Lighting Conditions; Shipments to Begin This Month on Orders Already Taken Xybernaut(R) Corporation (Nasdaq:XYBR) today announced a "High Bright" vers ...

Xybernaut Introduces Mobile Emergency Vital Signs Kit October 5, 2004 Press Release Atigo Mobile Computer Bundled With Physiological Testing Devices to Help First Responders During Emergency Medical Situations FAIRFAX, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 5, 2004--Xybernaut® Corporation (Nasdaq:XYBR - News) today announced a Mobile Emergency Vital Signs Kit(TM), which consists of the Company's Atigo® mobile/wearable computer and QRS Diagnostic emergency sensors/technologies that measure vital signs s ...

Xybernaut Issues Operational Update; Company President and COO Reports On Fundamental Successes And Areas of Concentrated Growth BUSINESS WIRE October 27, 2004 FAIRFAX, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 27, 2004--Steve Newman, president and chief operating officer (COO) of Xybernaut(R) Corporation (Nasdaq:XYBR), today issued the following corporate update relating to general corporate operations, fundamental successes and areas of concentrated growth for the Company: "As we fast approach the ...

Revenue Opportunities and Technology Advancements To Take Center Stage FAIRFAX, VA and LAS VEGAS, NV January 6, 2004 Carrying around your mobile computing power is quickly becoming passé. Wearable computing technology, similar but different from PDAs and laptops, is poised to take center stage this year, states Steven A. Newman, president of Xybernaut Corporation (Nasdaq: XYBR). Newman is one of four technology industry leaders invited to lead discussions on the ET2 Tech Couture panel during ...

Fairfax, VA, March 8, 2005 -- Xybernaut Corporation (NASDAQ: XYBR) today announced that Company chairman and CEO will be a keynote speaker on discussions related to wearable computing technologies during the Workshop on Wearable and Pervasive Computing at the Graz Series of technology discussions in Austria. WHAT: The symposium on Wearable and Pervasive Computing is part of a two-day program organized by the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, Graz University of Techno ...

AFCEA TechNet International FAIRFAX, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 27, 2004-- Real-World Applications of Xybernaut Technologies for Military and Homeland Security to be shown Xybernaut(R) Corporation (NASDAQ:XYBR) is joining its Team Xybernaut(TM) partner Innovative Technology Application, Inc. (ITA) at the Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association (AFCEA) 2004 TechNet International conference. Scheduled for May 11-13 at the Washington, DC Convention Center, TechNet Inter ...

FAIRFAX, Va. and STERLING, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 26, 2004-- Wearable Computers and Critical Incident Response Technologies Create Solution for Firefighters, Emergency Technicians and Public Health Officials at Local Level Xybernaut(R) Corporation (NASDAQ:XYBR) today announced that the Sterling (VA) Volunteer Fire Company (SVFC) has purchased and deployed Xybernaut Atigo(R) products to all three of its stations (Sterling Park, Sugarland and Cascades) in the northern Virginia communi ...

Xybernaut Mobile/Wearable Computers Combined with APEX Appraisal Software for Residential and Commercial Real Estate Applications FAIRFAX, Va. & SAN ANTONIO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 8, 2004-- Atigo(R) Serves as Flexible Computing Platform for Appraiser Data Collection in the Field; Expanded Joint Capabilities Also Meet Needs of Inspection and Insurance Industries Xybernaut Corporation (NASDAQ:XYBR) and APEX Software today announced the joint integration of Xybernaut mobile/wearable comput ...

Xybernaut Mobile/Wearble Computing Solutions Garner Attention of City, County Managers October 19, 2004 ICCMA National Conference Booth #1003 FAIRFAX, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 19, 2004-- Public Safety Officials, Emergency Workers and First Responders to See Immediately Deployable Solutions During ICCMA National Conference Xybernaut(R) Corporation (NASDAQ:XYBR) today announced the company will join several Team Xybernaut(TM) partners at the 90th annual convention of the Internation ...

$350,000 Hardware Order for MA V Systems to Manage and Track Cargo, Track Aircraft and Gather/Deliver Critical Data to Inspectors on the Tarmac FAIRFAX, VA, April 21, 2004 Xybernaut Corporation (NASDAQ: XYBR) today announced that the Company's mobile/wearable computers and solution services are being deployed in Europe for airport management, security and mobile employee productivity. An initial order for more than 100 Xybernaut Mobile Assistant® V (MA® V) computers is being deployed as th ...

Xybernaut Now Has Over 20 Research and Development Programs in Europe June 16, 2004 Xybernaut(R) Corporation (Nasdaq:XYBR) today announced that more than 20 research and development programs involving wearable computing are currently underway at universities and research centers throughout Europe covering applications ranging from military to homeland security to corporate solutions for mobile, hands-free computing. The research programs, which are directed by Dr. Edwin Vogt, Chief Research ...

Xybernaut Receives Order for Atigo Mobile Computers for Enterprise Operations at TESCO Grocery Stores in the UK - Contract Value Expected to Exceed $9 Million Business Wire 2004 November 02, 2004 09:20 AM US Eastern Timezone FAIRFAX, Va. & LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 2, 2004-- Leading International Grocer/Retailer Places Contract Order for Several Thousand Xybernaut Atigo Product; Xybernaut Takes Initial Order for 1,300 Units Xybernaut(R) Corporation (NASDAQ:XYBR) today announced t ...

Xybernaut Corporation Xybernaut Receives Patent Grants in China and Europe; Four New International Grants Recognize Specific Features That Define Mobile/Wearable Computers 7/20/04 FAIRFAX, Va., Jul 20, 2004 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Xybernaut Corporation (Nasdaq:XYBR) today announced new patent grants in China and Europe. These patents add to the value of the Company's intellectual property -- the monetization of which remains an important Company priority. In Europe, the European ...

Xybernaut sales soar but loss widens Jeff Clabaugh Staff Reporter Washington Business Journal 12:09 PM EDT Thursday Fairfax-based Xybernaut, which makes wearable computers, reports rising sales but wider losses for its latest quarter. The company logged second-quarter revenue of $3.4 million, up 21 percent from the same quarter a year ago. Losses grew 32 percent to $4.4 million. The company says revenue is up 70 percent so far this year. Xybernaut's wearable computers, used by folks who ...

August 16, 2004 09:30 AM US Eastern Timezone Xybernaut Technologies Thrive in the 'Underground' FAIRFAX, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 16, 2004-- Metro/Subway Operators in Spain, England and the Netherlands Use Mobile/Wearable Computers to Monitor Underground Transportation Facilities for Security, Safety and Operational Efficiency Xybernaut(R) Corporation (NASDAQ:XYBR) today confirmed that operators of three European underground transportation networks -- often referred to as metros, sub ...

Press Release July 8, 2004 Xybernaut to Co-Chair MECHROB 2004 Special Session; Conference Focuses on Industrial Applications for Wearable Computing FAIRFAX, Va. & AACHEN, Germany --(Business Wire)-- July 8, 2004 -- Xybernaut(R) Corporation (NASDAQ:XYBR) today announced that it will co-chair a conference on industrial applications for wearable computing to be held in September in Aachen, Germany. The conference will be co-chaired with the University of Bremen's Center for Computing Technologi ...

Xybernaut to Showcase Mobile/Wearable Computing Technologies During Tech Innovation Korea Event Tech Innovation Korea FAIRFAX, Va. & SEOUL, Korea--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 7, 2004-- Xybernaut(R) Chairman/CEO Edward Newman Invited to Show Technologies and Present Opportunities for Licensing of Xybernaut Intellectual Property September 07, 2004 09:30 AM US Eastern Timezone Xybernaut Corporation (Nasdaq:XYBR), and the Company's chairman/CEO Edward G. Newman, will be featured as leading tec ...

By Jeff Michalski iApplianceWeb (05/31/01, 02:14:16 PM EDT) Xybernaut Corporation gears up with its new Mobile Assistant V (MA V), an advanced wearable computer that provides lightweight, hands-free mobile computing. Designed with the combination of Texas Instruments digital signal processor (DSP) and the Intel Mobile Celeron 500 MHz processor, the MA V is produced by IBM Corporation. It provides processing speed, connectivity, mobility, and power efficiency in a package that is 30 percent ...

Xybernaut Wearable Computers Assist Individuals with Parkinson`s Disease; PARREHA Program Achieves Remarkable Gains in Walking, Situational Awareness and Coordination EE Times February 27, 2003 FAIRFAX, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 27, 2003--Xybernaut Corporation (NASDAQ:XYBR), a leader in the wearable computer industry, today announced that its wearable computing solutions are helping Parkinson's Disease sufferers gain significant improvements in coordination, mobility (particularly walking), ...

Xybernaut Wearable Computing Highlighted at 2004 Government Security Expo and Conference GOVSEC 2004 BOOTH # 3637 FAIRFAX, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 21, 2004-- Current Deployments for Homeland Security, Data Security/Privacy, Mobile Productivity and Support for the War-Fighter Key Themes for Xybernaut Demonstrations Xybernaut(R) Corporation (NASDAQ:XYBR) today announced that it would be joining Team Xybernaut partner Innovative Technology Application, Inc. (ITA) to demonstrate Xyber ...

Xybernaut Wireless, Mobile/Wearable Solutions Give Alex Job Porsche Racing Team a Competitive Edge Business Wire October 12, 2004 09:30 AM US Eastern Timezone MONTEREY, Calif. & FAIRFAX, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 12, 2004-- Measurable Benefits of Real-Time Computing and Communications Brought to the Track, Pit Area and to Media Covering American LeMans Series (ALMS) Races Xybernaut(R) Corporation (NASDAQ:XYBR) today announced a unique application of its Atigo(R) mobile/wearable comp ...

MONTEREY, Calif. & FAIRFAX, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 12, 2004-- Measurable Benefits of Real-Time Computing and Communications Brought to the Track, Pit Area and to Media Covering American LeMans Series (ALMS) Races Xybernaut(R) Corporation (NASDAQ:XYBR) today announced a unique application of its Atigo(R) mobile/wearable computers in the automotive and motorsports industry sectors. Working closely with Kinetic Racing Technologies, Alex Job Racing (AJR) and the AJR Porsche team competin ...

The Feature By Michael Grebb Jul 02 2003 As the world shifts priorities following the September 11th terrorist attacks, it's not just individuals reassessing their lives; it seems that some industries are doing the same thing when it comes to their products. One example is the area of wireless wearable computing, an industry that has struggled for years to generate widespread interest from commercial and government sectors as well as consumers. Of course, Sept. 11 is helping to change all of ...

Xybernaut Atigo® Mobile/Wearable Computers Deliver Flexible Platform for Variety of Critical Daily Business Operations FAIRFAX, VA and LAS VEGAS, NV -- December 13, 2004 — Xybernaut Corporation (Nasdaq: XYBR) today announced that The Venetian® Resort Hotel Casino has purchased and deployed Xybernaut solutions services and mobile/wearable computing technologies for a variety of guest services and employee security applications. The Venetian Resort Hotel Casino, which is an anchor property on t ...

Companies Also Set Up Beijing-based Wearable Computing Research Institute; Initial Markets include Media, Entertainment and Government FAIRFAX, VA, May 3, 2004 Xybernaut Corporation (NASDAQ: XYBR) and Beijing CyberNet Institute (CyberNet) today announced completion of an agreement to combine Xybernaut mobile/wearable computing solutions with CyberNet applications for the media, entertainment and government sectors. CyberNet joins Team Xybernaut as a value-added reseller (VAR) and both organi ...

Listing Streamlines Government -- Military, Federal and State/Local -- Purchases of Integrated RFID and Mobile/Wearable Computing Solutions FAIRFAX, VA -- May 19, 2004 -- Xybernaut Corporation (NASDAQ: XYBR) today announced it has been awarded a GSA Schedule listing by the General Services Administration (GSA) for radio-frequency identification (RFID) technologies. IBSS, a Team Xybernaut™ partner, is a leader in RFID technologies and applications that span both commercial and governmental ind ...

FAIRFAX, VA, January 3, 2005 -- Xybernaut Corporation (NASDAQ: XYBR) and Stargate Mobile LLC today announced a partnership relationship under which Xybernaut mobile/wireless computing technologies and Stargate integration and solution expertise will be combined into a single solution for a variety of original equipment manufacturer (OEM) and after-market applications within the automotive industry. Under the relationship, Stargate has joined Team Xybernaut™ as a systems integrator and solution ...

Press Release 12 November 2003 Field Force Automation, Knowledge Management and Data Availability Improvements Targeted for Technology Collaboration FAIRFAX, VA and SANTA CLARA, CA, November 12, 2003 -- Xybernaut Corporation (NASDAQ: XYBR) and Transmeta Corporation (NASDAQ: TMTA) today announced a collaboration in which both companies share their respective technology expertise to develop mobile/wearable computing technologies that meet the needs of a wide variety of industry sectors and end- ...

Mobile Employees Access Xora EnterpriseOne Mobility Platform on Xybernaut Wearable Computers, Enhancing Efficiency and Productivity FAIRFAX, VA — November 1, 2002 — Xybernaut Corporation (NASDAQ: XYBR), a leader in the mobile/wearable computer industry, today announced a joint marketing agreement with Xora, Inc., a leading provider of wireless, voice and alert extensions to enterprise applications. Solutions marketed under this agreement will allow field service engineers and technicians to re ...

XYBERNAUT® ANNOUNCES CREATION OF NEW OFFICE OF CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD AND ELECTION OF WILLIAM TUTTLE, HARRY E. SOYSTER, AND MARC GINSBERG AS CO-CHAIRMEN April 25, 2005 Xybernaut Corporation COMPANY ALSO ANNOUNCES COMMENCEMENT OF INVESTIGATION BY FEDERAL PROSECUTORS AND SEVERE LIQUIDITY CONCERNS FAIRFAX, VA – April 25, 2005 -- Xybernaut Corporation (NASDAQ: XYBRE) today announced that William Tuttle and two other outside directors, Harry E. Soyster and Marc Ginsberg, will serve as co-chairmen ...

XYBERNAUT® ANNOUNCES DATE FOR NASDAQ HEARING April 14, 2005 Xybernaut FAIRFAX, VA – April 14, 2005 -- Xybernaut Corporation (NASDAQ: XYBRE) updated its recent disclosures and announced that on Thursday, May 5, 2005, the Company will participate in a hearing before a Nasdaq Listing Qualifications Panel to request continued listing on Nasdaq until the Company files its annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2004. Due to the pendency of an Audit Committee investigatio ...

Intelligent Home Network Market Expected To Be $102.6 Billion By 2007 SEOUL,SOUTH KOREA, February 3, 2005 — Xybernaut Corporation (Nasdaq: XYBR) and the Ministry for Information and Communications (MIC) for the Republic of Korea today announced that Xybernaut has been chosen by the Korean Ministry to lead efforts for Korea’s industry/government sponsored wearable section of the “Ubiquitous Room” initiative which is located at the MIC HQ in Seoul, Korea. The “Ubiquitous Room” initiative is par ...

DT Research Granted Non-Exclusive License by Xybernaut to "Dual-Use FPD and Thin Client" Computing Device Patent; IP Monetization Strategy Builds Momentum FAIRFAX, VA, December 9, 2004 -- Xybernaut Corporation (NASDAQ: XYBR) today announced that DT Research Inc. has licensed Xybernaut intellectual property relating to U.S. Patent No. 6,421,232 B2, "Dual-Use FPD (Flat Panel Display) and Thin Client" computing device. Under an agreement announced today, DT Research has been granted a non-exclusiv ...

XYBERNAUT® EXHIBITS MOBILE/WEARBLE COMPUTING SOLUTIONS FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT November 17, 2004 Xybernaut Corporation Xybernaut Solutions For Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, Public Safety, Emergency Workers and First Responders Shown at International Association of Chiefs of Police Conference FAIRFAX, VA -- November 17, 2004 – Xybernaut Corporation (NASDAQ: XYBR) today announced it is exhibiting and demonstrating its mobile/wearable computing solutions to law enforcement communities in the ...

Coverage Extends Mobile/Wearable Computing Intellectual Property FAIRFAX, VA, June 21, 2004 Xybernaut Corporation (Nasdaq: XYBR) today announced the Company has been granted a patent by the State of Israel's Patent Office related to the Company's Transferable Core computer intellectual property (IP). The Transferable Core computer patent describes a device which is smaller than the size of a cell phone containing the brains of a PC processor, memory, storage and I/O circuitry, desktop, so ...

XYBERNAUT® GRANTED KOREAN PATENT FOR CORE COMPUTER UNIT February 11, 2005 Xybernaut Corporation Transferable Core and Related Intellectual Property Recognized in another Leading International Economy FAIRFAX, VA, February 11, 2005 -- Xybernaut Corporation (Nasdaq: XYBR) today announced that the Company has been granted a new patent by the Korean Intellectual Property Office. The patent, called "Core Computer Unit," is related to the Company’s Transferable Core intellectual property and de ...

Critical Inspection Process Utilizes Mobile/Wearable Computers; Maritime Security Presents New Opportunities for Canadian Patent FAIRFAX, VA, December 10, 2004 -- Xybernaut Corporation (Nasdaq: XYBR), today announced that the company has been granted a patent by the Canadian Intellectual Property Office for a system that detects metallic defects and corrosion on maritime vessels. Called “System for assessing metal deterioration on maritime vessels," the patent describes a system or apparatus ...

FAIRFAX, VA, November 12, 2002 Xybernaut Corporation (Nasdaq: XYBR), today announced that the company has been granted a patent by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office related to a smart weapon system with integrated computing capabilities. This patent, U.S. 6,449,892, covers a broad array of potential military, law enforcement and recreational applications and a wide variety of existing and potential weapons and weapon systems. Called "Smart Weapon," the patent essentially describes a weapo ...

Press release FAIRFAX, VA, February 10, 2004 Patent Describes Use of Sensors to Monitor and Adjust Internal Performance Settings FAIRFAX, VA, February 10, 2004 Xybernaut Corporation (Nasdaq: XYBR), today announced that the Company has been granted a U.S. patent that would optimize computer displays so that they can be used more effectively in many different environments, including the constantly changing conditions often faced by mobile/wearable computer users. The new patent applies to a ...

XYBERNAUT® GRANTED TWO KOREAN PATENTS FOR DUAL-USE FLAT PANEL DISPLAY AND THIN CLIENT COMPUTING DEVICE AND WIRELESS PEN INPUT DEVICE December 8, 2004 XYBERNAUT New Patents and Recently Formed Korean Subsidiary Part of Aggressive Asia Expansion and International IP Licensing Strategy FAIRFAX, VA, December 8, 2004 -- Xybernaut Corporation (Nasdaq: XYBR) today announced that the Company has been granted two patents by the Korean Intellectual Property Office related to dual-use flat panel displa ...

FAIRFAX, VA, December 8, 2004 -- Xybernaut Corporation (Nasdaq: XYBR) today announced that the Company has been granted two patents by the Korean Intellectual Property Office related to dual-use flat panel display (FPD) thin client computing devices in the first patent and wireless pen input devices in the second patent. Last week, Xybernaut announced the formation of Xybernaut Korea Ltd., a wholly-owned subsidiary. Both the recent patent grants and the Korean operations are part of the company ...

XYBERNAUT® GRANTED “VIDEO CAMERA SYSTEM” PATENT IN CHINA January 11, 2005 Xybernaut Corporation Invention Involves Body-Worn Mobile/Wearable Computer Combined with Video Camera; Wide Variety of Applications Possible FAIRFAX, VA, January 11, 2005 -- Xybernaut Corporation (Nasdaq: XYBR) today announced it has been granted a patent in China related to a system that combines a “body-worn” (mobile/wearable) computer and a video camera. The Chinese patent, called "Video Camera System," describe ...

XYBERNAUT® INTRODUCES "HIGH BRIGHT" VERSION OF ATIGO® T DUAL PURPOSE FLAT PANEL COMPUTER Rugged, Lightweight Atigo T/HB Enhances Mobile Computing in Daylight and Other Tough Lighting Conditions; Shipments to Begin this Month on Orders Already Taken FAIRFAX, VA, September 16, 2004 — Xybernaut Corporation (Nasdaq: XYBR) today announced a "High Bright" version of the Atigo® T platform of products -- a line of mobile/wearable computers designed for dual use as a wireless flat panel display (FPD) ...

XYBERNAUT® INTRODUCES ATIGO® S AND ANNOUNCES ENHANCEMENTS TO ATIGO PRODUCT PLATFORM Xybernaut February 14, 2005 FAIRFAX, VA, February 14, 2005 — Xybernaut Corporation (Nasdaq: XYBR) today introduced the Atigo® S -- a new addition to the Atigo platform of products. Atigo is a line of mobile/wearable computers designed for dual use as a wireless flat panel display (FPD) or a stand-alone wireless-enabled computing or communications device. With the introduction of the Atigo S and the announce ...

Wearable Computers Enhance Efficiency and Productivity for Aircraft Mechanics at Robins Air Force Base FAIRFAX, VA -- May 26, 2004 Xybernaut Corporation (NASDAQ: XYBR) today announced that the 116th Air Control Wing has completed 8 months of evaluating Xybernaut mobile/wearable computers for a wide variety of aircraft inspection, maintenance and repair applications. Based at Robins Air Force Base in Georgia, the 116th Air Control Wing is responsible for operations and maintenance of the Joi ...

Patent Lays Foundation For Selling Wearable Solutions In PRC and is Result of Years of Successful Relationship Building In Far East FAIRFAX, VA, December 16, 2002 -- Xybernaut Corporation (Nasdaq: XYBR), today announced the Company has been granted its first utility patent for mobile/wearable computing and related technologies in the People's Republic of China (PRC). "Due to the involved nature of the process, relatively few U.S. companies maintain regular efforts to secure patent coverage in ...

Advances Aggressive IP Strategy in Pacific Rim and Strengthens Global Growth Opportunities FAIRFAX, VA – November 22, 2004 – Xybernaut Corporation (Nasdaq: XYBR) today announced the award of two key patents issued to the Company for mobile/wearable computing and related technologies in Hong Kong and Taiwan (Republic of China). These Asian patents recognize specific features that define a wearable computer, such as core computing components and mobile computer applications. In Taiwan (Republic ...

XYBERNAUT® SHOWCASES NEXT-GENERATION GROCERY TECHNOLOGIES AT NRF BASED ON ATIGO® MOBILE COMPUTERS JANUARY 18, 2005 Xybernaut NEW YORK, NY, JANUARY 18, 2005 -- Xybernaut Corporation (NASDAQ: XYBR) today announced it will be showcasing next-generation grocery technologies at the National Retail Federation (NRF) annual conference and exposition this week in New York. The solutions, which are already being deployed at TESCO, the largest grocery supermarket company in the United Kingdom and the t ...

Healthcare, First Responder and Emergency Preparedness Applications For Atigo Focus for Joint Effort with medDV FAIRFAX, VA and DUSSELDORF, GERMANY – November 24, 2004 – Xybernaut Corporation (Nasdaq: XYBR) today announced that Xybernaut Atigo mobile/wearable computers will be demonstrated at MEDICA 2004, one of the largest medical technology conferences in Europe. The event, which is being held November 24 – 27 at the Düsseldorf Trade Fair Centre in Germany, concentrates on the latest hospital ...

XYBERNAUT® TO CO-CHAIR LINUX COMPETENCY GROUP Xybernaut January 13, 2005 FAIRFAX, Va. & BOBLINGEN, GERMANY--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 13, 2005--Xybernaut(R) Corporation (NASDAQ:XYBR) today announced that it will co-chair an international consortium focused on next-generation applications of the LINUX operating system (OS). The overarching mission of the consortium, called the Open Systems Competency Center (OSCC), is to address scientific research on the practical applications in industry for ...

BURLINGTON, MA and PITTSBURGH, PA, December 30, 2002 - ZOLL Medical Corporation (Nasdaq:ZOLL) and LIFECOR, Inc., jointly reported today they have reached an exclusive distribution agreement for sales of the LIFECOR LifeVest System to hospitals for inpatient use in the United States and Canada through ZOLL's direct sales force. The LifeVest is the world's first and only wearable cardioverter defibrillator, and has been approved by the FDA for patients at risk of sudden cardiac death who are not c ...

July 22, 2004 08:01 AM US Eastern Timezone ZOLL Medical Corporation Announces Record Third Quarter Revenues CHELMSFORD, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 22, 2004--ZOLL Medical Corporation (NASDAQ: ZOLL), a manufacturer of resuscitation devices and software solutions, today announced third quarter revenues of $54,454,000, an increase of 22% as compared to revenues of $44,716,000 in the third quarter of last year. Net income for the quarter was $2,572,000, or $0.28 per diluted share, compared to $ ...

Press Release July 09, 2004 09:30 AM US Eastern Timezone ZyDoc Selects Xybernaut as Wearable Computing Platform for Electronic Medical FAIRFAX, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 9, 2004-- HIPAA-Compliant Hardware-Software Solution Improves Medical Record Accuracy, Increases Physician Efficiency and Enhanced Knowledge Management Xybernaut(R) Corporation (NASDAQ:XYBR) and ZyDoc Corporation today announced a partnership relationship under which Xybernaut mobile/wearable computing technologies and ...