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ice jewelry box display body at icewes.net

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Welcome to icewes.net Ice Jewelry Jewelry Box Jewelry Display Body Jewelry Jewelry Store Bidz.com Pandora Jewelry Fashion Jewelry Jewelry Armoire Fine Jewelry Beauty Products and Services Education Flowers and Candy Books Movies Toys and Hobbies Read More
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GORIX CLOTHING PRODUCTS

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CLOTHING The snowy slopes of a Swiss alpine glacier way above the tourist Piste may not seem the most hospitable place in the world, but it proved to be the ideal location for testing out the performance of newly designed Climbing Boots and Ski Gloves heated with Gorix E-CT. On the Fee Glacier high above the Swiss village of Sas Fee, the 12,000 foot high altitude testing got underway. With specially adapted ASOLO climbing boots and EXTREME ski gloves, inventor Robert Rix stood motionless in the January snow whilst colleagues measured his hand and foot temperatures. The only draw back for Robert was that only one boot and one glove were heated. The temperature of the Gorix heated glove maintained an elevated differential above the un-heated glove of 6 degrees Celsius, whilst the Gorix heate Read More
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GORIX HEATED DIVESUIT

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Gorix Ltd have pioneered the use of Electro-Conductive textiles in clothing and over the years have developed the most advanced temperature control system for clothing. The well known Dive Suit Manufacturers, Typhoon International Ltd of Redcar England, have recently successfully negotiated for the world wide licence rights to use the XCM (eXtreme Climate Management) technology in dive suit products. The Gorix heating system is a major breakthrough in sub-aqua technology where, until the XCM, suits heated by piped hot water pumped down from a support vessel have been the only real means of enhancing diver comfort in hostile and cold sea conditions. The patented heating system employed in the Typhoon XCM Dive Suit is comprised of a series of heater pads located in strategic anatomical areas Read More
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GORIX SMART MATERIALS

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SENSORY FABRICS Much of the development work that has been carried out on Gorix E-CT has concentrated on heating, there are however numerous other areas where Gorix Ltd have collaborated with academic institutions and offered Gorix E-CT to be experimented with in an attempt to move the frontier of science that little bit further on. One such pioneering effort has been carried out at the Design for Living Centre at Brunel University - Egham, Surrey where Dr Stan Swallow and Asha Peta have worked toward creating new and innovative products, the team has recently been complimented by appointment of Andy Wolfenden who's recent Gorix work has concentrated on innovative temperature controlled clothing. The Design for Life Centre, within the Department of Design at Brunel University, exercises hu Read More
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GORIX SPACE EXPLORATION

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The termination of a space walk by a British Astronaut due to him developing cold hands and losing dexterity, was a graphic illustration of the necessity for an effective heating system capable of being built into garments and supplied with energy from a variety of power sources. The David Clark Company in Worcester Massachusetts, having heard of the development of Gorix E-CT, contacted the Gorix R&D unit in Southport UK to ascertain if Gorix could be the answer that they were looking for in their search for a glove heating element. At the time of the initial enquiry, Gorix Ltd were unaware of the fact that the David Clark Company had been pioneers and industry leaders in the development of Space Exploration clothing and currently had the opportunity to submit a speculative solution to the Read More
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Kennedy & Violich Architecture

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FABRICATIONS GALLERY THEATER DISTRICT MOIRE RESEARCH 10 FARNHAM STREET BOSTON MA 02119 T : 617 442 0800 F : 617 442 0808 E : INFO@KVARCH.NET ?2007 MADDEN BCA Bathrooms, 1993 | Boston Center for the Arts, Boston, MA BCA Temporary Museum, 1990 | Boston Center for the Arts, Boston, MA Broadway Studio Arts Building, 2000 | Somerville, MA Canton Elementary School, 1997 | Canton Elementary School, Canton, Ohio Charles Wright Academy, 1997 | Charles Wright Academy Masterplan, Tacoma, WA CWA Lower School, 2003 | Charles Wright Academy Lower School, Tacoma, WA The Children's Science Playground, 1992 | The Children's Museum, Boston, MA Harkness Building, 2004 | Harvard Law School , Cambridge, MA Hope Building, 1998 | The Wheeler School, Providence, RI Madden Dance Theatre & Gym, 1998 | The Wheeler S Read More
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P A U L - Christian Schoch

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you need Macromedia Flash Player 6 contact: Christian Schoch Read More
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About Mudras

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About Mudras Spirituality as a Desire What does it mean to be a spiritual person? Is it something that you stive for? Although it is a complex and very personal subject, there are also rich cultural traditions that provide inspiration for a modern expression of spirituality. For example, practices such as Tai Chi and Hatha Yoga promote cultivation of the physical body through exercising movements as a part of Taoism and Buddhism. Recognizing the effects of physical stress on our day-to-day mental outlook, Mudras (Hindi for a meditative "pose") attempts to bring some elements of those traditions to our modern and often sedentary lifestyles in the hopes that alleviating such physical impairments might lead to a more reflective and self-aware state of mind. Mudras Mudras promotes reflection a Read More
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AIMS - The WetPC Technologies

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AIMS home About AIMS Research Facilities News Search Site map Site index Topics index THE WETPC ? TECHNOLOGIES In 1993 AIMS scientist, Bruce Macdonald, developed what is considered to be the world’s first general purpose underwater computer Figure 1: The wearable WetPC ? underwater computer being trialled on the Great Barrier Reef Called the WetPC ? (Figure 1), it comprised a miniature personal computer with a mask-mounted virtual display and a novel one-handed controller - called a Kord ? pad. The computer was mounted in a waterproof housing on the diver’s air tank. A cable from it connected to the waterproof virtual display which presented the diver with a high contrast display “floating” in the field of view. A second cable was connected to the Kord ? Pad, a 5-key de Read More
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Banff New Media Institute at The Banff Centre, Code Zebra Co-production

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Search & Index About The Banff Centre Events Programs Facilities Departments BNMI Home About BNMI Alumni Awards Festival Events News Sponsors Training Creative Learning Workshops Training Partnerships Work Study Opportunities Production Co-Production Residencies Self-Directed Co-productions Research Advanced Research Technology Labs Research Partnerships Summits Accelerator Archives Contact BNMI Current Co-production Programs Artist: Sara Diamond (Banff, Canada) Project Title: CodeZebra January 5, 2004 to April 12, 2005 CodeZebra is a visual chat and threaded discussion software, performance events, and responsive fabric fashion designs. The software/website enables participants to see and organize conversation themes and histories meet other participants and track emotional and social dyn Read More
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Bekaert BFT - Conductive and heat resistant textiles.

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| Bekaert home | contacts | language... | sitemap | search English FIBRE TECHNOLOGIES Loading the navigation bar... Please wait. Show contact persons Key applications Shielding textiles Anti-static textiles Heat-resistant separation material Gas burner cloth Heatable textiles Intelligent textiles Bekaert > Home > products > Innovative textiles > Key applications > Intelligent textiles Intelligent textiles by the courtesy of Philips BEKAERT BEKINOX ? fibres and filaments are used in intelligent textiles to provide power transfer, signal transfer, ? Products : BEKAERT BEKINOX ? VN , BEKAERT BEKINOX ? VN/HT , BEKAERT BEKINOX ? BK 50 Advantages : very flexible durable highly electrically conductive washable Last reviewed on 19-oct-2006 ©2004 - Disclaimer Read More
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Bekaert BFT - Heating wires and heat resistant textiles.

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| Bekaert home | contacts | language... | sitemap | search English FIBRE TECHNOLOGIES Loading the navigation bar... Please wait. Show contact persons Key applications Shielding textiles Anti-static textiles Heat-resistant separation material Gas burner cloth Heatable textiles Intelligent textiles Bekaert > Home > products > Innovative textiles > Key applications > Heatable textiles Heatable textiles create reliable comfort BEKAERT BEKINOX ? filament yarns are integrated in heatable textiles, providing safe, comfortable heating. E.g. : heatable blankets, heatable jackets Products : BEKAERT BEKINOX ? VN/HT Advantages : very flexible durable highly electrically conductive washable Last reviewed on 19-oct-2006 ©2004 - Disclaimer Read More
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blazer 01.2

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designer vincent leclerc advisor joey berzowska developed for second skin and softwear blazer 01.2 is a light emitting bracelet. it is the first of several intended prototypes using different kinds of technologies. it is used to display text in space by moving the part of the body - or the whole body - wearing it. it consists of an opened cone of synthetic silver-looking fabric and a column of 5 snap buttons. it is powered by a 9V battery and is controlled by a Basic Stamp II. when the buttons are snapped, they start to emit flashing light that appears to have a random behavior. for this prototype, the displayed text says: computer games dont affect kids. if pacman affected us as kids we would all be running around in darkened rooms munching pills and listening to repetitive music it is a Read More
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BlazerJet

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home | wearables | applications | papers | pressroom | (members only) CyberJacket | BlazerJet | e-Gilet | eSleeve BlazerJet For the busy man (or woman) about town, BlazerJet is equipped with CardPC, GPS, GSM 'phone, a novel Pinger receiver and both the audio interface and a Jornada 420 palmtop. Wearable Technology Net Ring [ Join | Previous | Next | List Sites ] For problems or questions regarding this website contact Cliff Randell . Last updated: June 06, 2002. Read More
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buddy

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Buddy A personal interactive daily assistant. designed by Jui Lin Dai Read More
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bYOB [ build your own bag ]

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bYOB [build your own bag] {photo: Kate Kunath} DESCRIPTION What is a conversation like between a handbag and a scarf? How can you mediate their conversation and when is your skirt allowed in on the discussion? As a woman is about to leave her house, her handbag may solicit the weather forecast from the humidity sensor on its fellow smart curtain. It might deliver the news of an impending downpour by saying "I think it might rain. Go get your umbrella." And after deliberating with her coat pocket, the handbag may use ambient light to caution the user if she's forgotten her cell phone. PRESS September/October 2005: ID Magazine August 8th, 2005: New York News Day August 5th, 2005: WIRED March 8th, 2005: Business Week February 5th, 2005: Technology Review November 5th, 2004: Focus magazine Nov Read More
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Charmed Technology

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home | contact us Charmed Technology - CharmBadge The next generation conference badge — The CharmBadge is the solution you have been waiting for - a way to share your contact information with others without having to carry a box of business cards with you or type in the information of your contacts. General Information Details Conference/Events Links General Information The CharmBadge is a computerized conference badge about the size of a business card. Users simply wear the badge and it records the contact information of other CharmBadge users as they come into range. Back at the office, a user accesses his or her contact list from the conference or event via the CharmBadge Information Access Center. Here, the attendee can sort contacts, view in the order the contact was recorded, Read More
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Closer: Wearables for a Distant Society

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Alison Lewis :: MFADT 2004 Thesis Explore Closer: NAVIGATE Main Abstract Journal Writings Image/Video Bibliography Supplier List Quotations Artist Bio Feedback A Title: Closer: Wearables for a distant society aaa Email: alison [at] parsons [dot] edu alison [at] alisonlewis [dot] com aaa Phone: 646.894.0809 aaa Thesis Studio: Fall 03: Scott Paterson/Louisa Campbell Spring 04: Sven Travis/Barbara Morris aaa Thesis Advisor: Despina Papadopolous [ http://www.5050ltd.com ] aaa Concept The Closer projects' goals are to create wearable interactive art which reinforces values of kindness, fun and play through the action of positive touch. Closers goals are manifested in two technological garments, which inspire playful real-time real-space contact to accentuate the nature of positive touch experie Read More
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Collaborative Data Visualization and Manipulation for Wearable Computers

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Introduction Research laboratories Data & Web Eng. Security Lab. Health Inf. Information Systems Knowledge & SW. Eng. Strategic Inf. Mgmnt. Systems Arch. Wearable Comp. LiveSpace Seminars Publications Contact Information Advisory board School CIS Univ. of South Australia --> Wearable Computer Laboratory Collaborative Data Visualization and Manipulation for Wearable Computers This a study of user interface techniques and distributed application support required to allow multiple users of wearable computers to access, visualise and manipulate real time data. The motivation for this is to enable users to operate applications requiring these features while away from a traditional computer workstation. The study will include the re-implementation of an existing workstation based application on Read More
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communication jewels

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Communication Jewels Jewels that facilitate audio and video communication. designed by Alberto Capolino Read More
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coniscape - vincent leclerc, 2003

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conicScape conicScape consists of a finger ring and a color camera hooked to a color tracker. the ring is made of silicon. placed inside is a high brightness surface mount red LED and enough power to turn it on. the color camera constantly monitors the position of the red light emitted by the ring using a simple pattern recognition algorithm. the algorithm approximates a circle out of the acquired frames. it calculates the radius and the centre coordinates of the circle and uses them as input to determine the user's position in the 3D space. the code is available here . for this prototype, it uses MAX/MSP/JITTER to get the input and produce the output. the output is a simple boring sound. the closer the user is to the camera, the louder the sound, moving from left to right controls the ste Read More
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ConNex™

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c nnex™ COnnected fashion accessories The ConNex™ communications device consists of an embedded vibrating alert unit that notifies its owner when members of a predefined list of friends and family are nearby. The list of connected people is managed through a web-based interface, where the user can add connections and organize them into color groups which are associated with LEDs embedded in the device. The list server can also communicate with a mobile phone via SMS to supplement the minimal information available from the vibrarion/LED alert. Connections can also be added to the list on-the-go by touching 2 ConNex units together and pressing a button. Hardware: GPRS Internet connectivity and vibrating alert. LED indicators to identify classification of discovered connection. So Read More
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CyberJacket

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home | wearables | applications | papers | pressroom | (members only) CyberJacket | BlazerJet | e-Gilet | eSleeve CyberJacket A heavy duty Hein Gericke jacket for use in the field. Equipped with a CardPC, dGPS and GSM 'phone. User interface is audio (speech recognition & TTS) and/or a Jornada hand held display. Wearable Technology Net Ring [ Join | Previous | Next | List Sites ] For problems or questions regarding this website contact Cliff Randell . Last updated: June 06, 2002. Read More
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cycle-guide

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Cycle-Guide A bike messenger's assistant which receives and sends information concerning his or her parcels to a central service. designed by Sasha Braverman Read More
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Design of Nomadic Radio

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Nomadic Radio: Wearable Audio Messaging and Awareness Nomadic Radio is being developed as a unified messaging system that utilizes spatialized audio, speech synthesis and recognition, on a wearable audio platform. A client-server based messaging infrastructure is already in place, and we are adding support for communication and location awareness. Messages such as hourly news broadcasts, voice mail, and email are automatically downloaded to the device throughout the day. The current system operates primarily as a wearable audio-only interface, although a visual interface is used for development purposes. A combination of speech and button inputs are used to control the interface. Textual messages such as email, calendar reminders, weather forecasts, and stock reports are delivered via synt Read More
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Designing Desire

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STUDENT EXHIBITION DESIGNING FOR THE SENSES DESIGNING DESIRE Home Sweet Home Ambient Electricity Display Memory Box Monster Scanner RGB Messenger Wearables Accessory Nerve Cookie Factor F+R Hugs Flight Dreams Rainbug HARNESSING TECHNOLOGY TOMORROW'S SERVICES Accessory Nerve How can we use technology to connect to friends and loved ones in a more personal and poetic way? Line Ulrika , Ryan Accessory Nerve is a clothing accessory in the form of a wearable interface that uses dynamic patterns to connect people on a more emotional level. The garment is based on cellular network technology in which a moveable cloth display on the sleeves reacts when receiving messages from friends and loved ones. The wearer is able to pre-programme certain behaviours into the garment that are linked to specific Read More
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Designing Desire

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STUDENT EXHIBITION DESIGNING FOR THE SENSES DESIGNING DESIRE Home Sweet Home Ambient Electricity Display Memory Box Monster Scanner RGB Messenger Wearables Accessory Nerve Cookie Factor F+R Hugs Flight Dreams Rainbug HARNESSING TECHNOLOGY TOMORROW'S SERVICES Cookie Factor How can we evoke desirable memories using the stimulation of the human senses? Dave , Natasha The Cookie Factor prototype combines scent with a story to trigger old and create new memories, associations, and emotions. A bottle of women's perfume containing a story or poem transmits a line of text by radio frequency every time the bottle is sprayed. The length of the text transmitted is directly proportional to the amount of perfume sprayed. A pair of earrings acts as a receiver and allows the wearer to hear the story tran Read More
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Designing Desire

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STUDENT EXHIBITION DESIGNING FOR THE SENSES DESIGNING DESIRE Home Sweet Home Ambient Electricity Display Memory Box Monster Scanner RGB Messenger Wearables Accessory Nerve Cookie Factor F+R Hugs Flight Dreams Rainbug HARNESSING TECHNOLOGY TOMORROW'S SERVICES F+R Hugs How to feel the closeness of a distant loved one? Francesca , Rikako Millions of people are geographically separated from loved ones. Would it be feasible to meet the desire of humans to feel the closeness of a distant one? Could we find a way to enable a real time and physical sharing of emotions over distance, yet as immediate as a hug could be? This cool Lycra sporty top can transmit and receive the physical sensations of a "hug" - heartbeat, breath, body temperature and hug strength - of the remote loved one, and Read More
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Designing Desire

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STUDENT EXHIBITION DESIGNING FOR THE SENSES DESIGNING DESIRE Home Sweet Home Ambient Electricity Display Memory Box Monster Scanner RGB Messenger Wearables Accessory Nerve Cookie Factor F+R Hugs Flight Dreams Rainbug HARNESSING TECHNOLOGY TOMORROW'S SERVICES Flight Dreams How can we address the desire to fly? Dianna , Simona , Phyllis We have identified the potential for digital interactivity to be used as a style element rather than purely as a means of functionality. Exploring this potential involves looking at interactive behavior not in terms of utility, but in terms of imagination and identity (the ultimate "utility" of fashion). After exploring physical sensations associated with flight, our team created a garment in the form of an evening dress that gives the wearer the se Read More
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Designing Desire

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STUDENT EXHIBITION DESIGNING FOR THE SENSES DESIGNING DESIRE Home Sweet Home Ambient Electricity Display Memory Box Monster Scanner RGB Messenger Wearables Accessory Nerve Cookie Factor F+R Hugs Flight Dreams Rainbug HARNESSING TECHNOLOGY TOMORROW'S SERVICES Rainbug How might we nurture the desire in young children to transform themselves? Franziska , Jeremy Through movement and natural gesture, Rainbug offers an intuitive and simple wearable computing solution for children. Rainbug is a raincoat equipped with LEDs and speakers that are activated by the natural movement of the human body. The interaction is simple: When the wearer of the raincoat raises his/her arms, the edge of the coat sleeves glow and the scales of a piano can be heard. Technologies: Basic Stamp BS2P, Ultra-bright LED's Read More
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Diskless Wear Client

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Diskless Wear Client... One of the problems that we have encountered is the portablility of information between our wearable computers. Imagine that the day before, you wore your favorite "computer slacks" to a company meeting, during this meeting, you saved important contact information of a lucrative sale. But to your surprise, today when you are in your office and are looking for this information, you remember that you stored this information to your "favorite slacks" solid state hard drive, and they are in the wash tody. This problem has already plagued our group, by using multiple hip-packs, shoulder bags, and other arrangements, we have forgotten, which computer has what information. To solve this problem, we are developing a centralized server to which our computers will communicate Read More
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e-Gilet

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home | wearables | applications | papers | pressroom | (members only) CyberJacket | BlazerJet | e-Gilet | eSleeve e-Gilet Our first step into the world of fashion. A French Connection gilet fitted with our demonstration rig - a CardPC, custom twiddler and Jornada palmtop. Just right for the modern girl! Wearable Technology Net Ring [ Join | Previous | Next | List Sites ] For problems or questions regarding this website contact Cliff Randell . Last updated: June 06, 2002. Read More
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elroy & megan & acg

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elroy elroy is an illuminating dress that encodes time information. the panels periodically reaarrange their illuminated pattern to express time to the wearer. it is through series of flashes and varieties of patterns that elroy can express encoded information in a manner discernible to the wearer of the garment but indiscernible to external viewers. the dress and its wearer become engaged in an informative and personal relationhip. the wearer can decode needed information from the dress, thus relying on the dress as a means of assistance, as a personal information tool, even as a companion. others, however, do not share this same relationship because they are oblivious to the personal information expressed by the dress to its wearer. outside viewers engage in a visual relationship with th Read More
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EMS Now

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EMS Now A wireless emergency medical contact device will send the users location and vital signs to the EMS team. designed by Josh Guyot Read More
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epop.html

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The chimerical garment explores the idea of technology and computation as expressive elements relating to the human body and its movement. Using flat-screen LCD and computationally-generated 3D graphics, the chimerical garment is a projection of imaginary clothing into the physical world. The display, worn on the back in a custom-built pack, shows a virtual garment in the context of an abstracted 3D representation of a male back. Through sensors embedded in an arm unit, the chimerical garment responds to body movements, breath and temperature. This piece was created as a prototype for garments that take account of unrealistic or impossible fantasies about our bodies and our selves as exotic, changeable creatures, and use them as expressive elements on the body. Read More
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eSleeve

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home | wearables | applications | papers | pressroom | (members only) CyberJacket | BlazerJet | e-Gilet | eSleeve eSleeve Here we present a novel configuration using the onHandPC combined with a speech recognition board, an electronic compass and a GPS receiver. The onHandPC is used as a display device and contains database and graphics software. The sensor devices respond to requests from the onHandPC via a 16F84 PIC microcontroller. This form factor demonstrates the attractive paradigm of speech input combined with display output. Though limited by the processing capabilities of the onHandPC (and the PIC), it is highly effective at demonstrating simple wearable applications ranging from location finding to augmented reality. Wearable Technology Net Ring [ Join | Previous | Next | List Si Read More
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f o a m

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a : a : a : a : [big] : ../ projects publications public events about \\__ tension \\ img workshop red#NET bifff \\ ext irational Ana Rewakowicz tension Self-supporting structures for temporary, mobile and wearable architecture The tension programme is a combination of two residencies and a workshop, all of which encourage hands on experiments with traditional and new materials, with the intention to play with physical forces to either augment, transform or defy them. 17 May - 17 August 2004: Dressware project by Ana Rewakowicz The SleepingBagDress prototype involves a creation of multipurpose inflatable dress that through inflation can change and adapt to different situations and environments. Following the legacy of Archigram and Michael Webb's Suitaloon and Cushicle, Ana's concept evolv Read More
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f o a m

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a : a : a : a : [big] : ../ projects publications public events about \\__ | | tgarden | | || | movie || || || || media ||| | ||| || credits|| || _img_ || || | SIGGraph | | ||| Medi@terra | || | || | ars electronica| || || || las palmas| || | TGarden TGarden is an interdisciplinary project exploring methods of artistic expression and social interaction in mixed reality. The project has originated in a partnership between FoAM in Brussels and sponge in San Francisco. The direct and tangible result of the project is a responsive Play Space whose visitors shape the media environment around them through their movement, gesture and social interaction. TGarden is currently being developed in collaboration with several art and technology centers (in 2001: Georgia Institute of Technology, Ars Elec Read More
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Fabric Interfaces

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Fabric Interfaces Maggie Orth, Rehmi Post, Gili Weinberg To radically change the physical shape and feeling of technology, designers must also be able to change the materials from which it is made. Fabric Interfaces are just one example of what can happen when design materials, like fabric and thread, become electronic materials. The musical ball, a continuous-control, plush musical instrument, uses embroidered conductive thread as pressure sensors. These embroidered pressure sensors allow the ball to be soft and plush, rather than covered with hard buttons or keys. They also make manufacturing cheap and easy, and allow designers to shape their sensors anyway they want. The whimsical electronic table cloths and coaster ID tags are part of a digital game of cocktail Jeopardy. They use appli Read More
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FEDRA - Research project

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Research Programmes - Fedra FEDRA Presentation Research actions Persons Search FEDRA Survey Flexible, organic solar cells for power generating textiles SOLTEX Research project PA/09 (Research action PA ) Description - Documentation Persons : MEYVIS Tom Financed belgian partner Duration: 1/1/2002-31/12/2005 HEREMANS Paul Financed belgian partner Duration: 1/1/2002-31/12/2005 Prof. dr. VANDERZANDE Dirk Financed belgian partner Duration: 1/1/2002-31/12/2005 GEERTS Yves Henri Financed belgian partner Duration: 1/1/2002-31/12/2005 Prof. dr. LAZZARONI Roberto Financed belgian partner Duration: 1/1/2002-31/12/2005 Description : It is the objective of the SOLTEX project to develop a flexible organic (plastic) solar cell that can be integrated with textile surfaces by lamination technology. The tre Read More
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further.htm

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Project: ...here nor there...at 'Millenium Square' A context driven project involving creative application of digital technology which promotes the integration of the physical with the digital. An inter-disciplinary project involving artist Annie Lovejoy and musician Roger Mills (members of the 'Here nor There' collective:an international network of media practitioners), and the Mobile Bristol project - a collaboration between the Computer Science Department at the University of Bristol and Hewlett-Packard Research Laboratories, Europe . Stage 1 The design of wearable items to house a GPS locating system, which will allow wearers to experience an audioscape as they move around Millenium Square in central Bristol - an immersive experience triggered by the physical presence and location of t Read More
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Fuser Clothing

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--Back To Index - Overview - Images - Prototype - Links -- Technology My project is a result of what I hope that these technologies described above may achieve in the future. It is a clothing line made out of a fabric that works as a display. The entire surface of the fabric is the display. There will be tiny video streaming cameras embedded around the clothes. The surface of the clothes will display what the cameras capture from the surroundings. There will be a little computer woven inside the fabric, that works as a image/ music mixer. There are little speakers in the clothing as well. The clothes work as an audiovisual display/speakers, that can mix the data any way the users wants. There will be different options what kind of images will be displayed: -The clothes will reflect everyth Read More
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futurecare

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Future-care A networked device that gives emergency room personnel the info they need about how soon a critical patient will arrive and the details of their vitals signs. designed by Nicole Magnani Read More
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galvactivator website.

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Georgia Tech Wearable Motherboard

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HearWear

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:: About :: Gallery :: How It Works :: Exhibitions & Conferences :: Technology :: Contact Us HearWear is an electronic wearable, which is not only a fashion apparel but also reacts to environmental sound with moving light patterns. HearWear: The Fashion of Environmental Noise Disply is a collaborative project by Younghui Kim and Milena Iossifova Berry. They have been working together since they teamed up during summer of 2003. [ Current News ] 05/19 - 05/22/2006 HearWear Version 2.2 Pink LED bag will be featured in FutureFashionEvent, Viaggio Telecom 2006 in Pisa, Italy 05/01 - 12/04/2006 HearWear Version 2.1 Luminex skirt is being displayed at the exhibition, "These Are Textiles? Innovation in modern fabric design, manufacture, and use" New England Economic Adventure at the Federal Reserv Read More
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HFHSDL Roving Communications

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HFHSDL... "High Frequency High Speed Data Link" is a project that we are working on to allow for long distance wireless data links for our wearable computers and wearable thin clients (see Diskless "wear client" . A major problem with wireless communications is distance vs. power. For a standard WLan (Wireless Lan) transceiver 10,000 - 15,000' is the maximum operating radius. We will be attempting to create a modulator based on random carrier frequencies that will be less suseptable to interference and allow for lower power transceivers to communicate further distances. As we finish projects related to this area, the articals and information will appear here. back to main index Read More
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HITLab Projects : Wearable Low Vision Aid

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Wearable Low Vision Aid's papers Wearable Low Vision Aid main page home where we are contact us search research projects publications people news & events forum hitlab nz Wearable Low Vision Aid Persons that are visually impaired have great difficulty navigating and avoiding obstacles as they walk even when using a cane or seeing eye dog and especially under low light levels. Creating a portable, low-cost, assistive device to aid the visually impaired is the goal of the NSF-sponsored Wearable Low-Vision Aid (WLVA) project. The prototype WLVA uses machine vision to identify walking hazards and a see-through head-mounted scanning fiber display to present icons indicating the location of potential hazards. The scanning fiber display projects laser light through a vibrating optical fiber in or Read More
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http://mse.clemson.edu/htm/research/ntc/M01-CL03.pdf

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http://mse.clemson.edu/htm/research/ntc/M03-CL07s-A3.pdf

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http://www.ccm.ece.vt.edu/papers/jones_2004_LCTES04_modeling.pdf

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http://www.infineon.com/cmc_upload/wearable_electronics_1.pdf

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ICR Jena - Projects

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Projects Innovation Elitex Robotaur Sterilization R&D projects Environmental sciences Elitex A new wiring technology is developed for electronic circuits on the basis of textile planar structures. The fabrics consist of one or more layers of metal wires woven between the polymer fibers. The layers are combined to spatial wiring structures with a high flexibility of the electrical design. The mechanical fixture is made with adhesive bonding. For electric contacts, filled adhesive bonds and solder ball bonding are used. The advantage of the construction is its mechanical compliance. Therefore, thermomechanical mismatch can be neglected due to the flexibility of the woven fibers and wires. Also the structures can be sheared easily and wrapped. The recently available weaving technology limits Read More
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ideo.com :: Case Studies :: ElekSen Soft Wrist Phone

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site search: Site tools: E-mail this page Add page to list E-mail list Introduction Technology Practical Solutions Conference Phone Soft Remote Soft Keyboard + Soft Wrist Phone Soft Phone and More The soft wrist phone was developed in parallel with the soft phone (next page); one phone module migrates between both products. The soft wrist phone comprises the watchband and the phone module. The phone module can be attached to any number of ElekTex bands, allowing a variety of band designs in a range of fabrics, and can be detached from the band and docked into other products. Buttons for the phone are spread across the band length, and stroking the fabric controls scrolling of the phonebook. The Soft Wrist Phone does not force the user to talk into their wrist; the design allows the phone t Read More
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ideo.com :: Our Work :: Novacor Left Ventricular Assist System

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site search: Site tools: E-mail this page Add page to list E-mail list portfolio search: view by client: view by category: CLIENT LIST All Clients 3Com 3M 3M CDI Acoustic Solutions ACS Acumen Fund Adobe Systems Advanced Bionics Advanced Tissue Sciences Alaris Allen Edmonds Alps Altec Lansing American Center for Design American Red Cross AmorePacific Amtrak Apple AT&T AT&T Wireless Audible Audible Magic Avaya Avery Dennison Avid Technology Avocet Bank of America BASF Baxter Healthcare BBC Berkley Boston Beer Boston Market Bridge Medical Brillian BriteSmile Brivo Systems Calypso Medical Technologies, Inc. Caterpillar Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Chervon Chicago PT Cholestech Chrysler Design Awards Cingular Cisco Systems Clariant Clearlab Commonwealth Games Cranium CycleOps Cyra Read More
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ideo.com :: Our Work :: Staff Devices & Dressing Rooms

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site search: Site tools: E-mail this page Add page to list E-mail list portfolio search: view by client: view by category: CLIENT LIST All Clients 3Com 3M 3M CDI Acoustic Solutions ACS Acumen Fund Adobe Systems Advanced Bionics Advanced Tissue Sciences Alaris Allen Edmonds Alps Altec Lansing American Center for Design American Red Cross AmorePacific Amtrak Apple AT&T AT&T Wireless Audible Audible Magic Avaya Avery Dennison Avid Technology Avocet Bank of America BASF Baxter Healthcare BBC Berkley Boston Beer Boston Market Bridge Medical Brillian BriteSmile Brivo Systems Calypso Medical Technologies, Inc. Caterpillar Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Chervon Chicago PT Cholestech Chrysler Design Awards Cingular Cisco Systems Clariant Clearlab Commonwealth Games Cranium CycleOps Cyra Read More
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What is a Body Wearable Computer (BWC) ? A BWC is a battery-powered computer system worn on the user's body (on a belt, backpack or vest). It is designed for mobile and predominantly hands-free operations, often incorporating head-mounted displays and speech input. Body wearable computing has been defined in several ways. For instance Steve Mann refers to the eight attributes of Body Wearable Computing. But at the Kennedy Space Center it is being used only as a tool while at work. For more information, e-mail me at Troy.Bentley-1@ksc.nasa.gov . (321) 867-1680 Designed and produced by Troy Bentley September 11, 2000 Read More
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Indoor and Outdoor MARS UIs

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Indoor and Outdoor MARS UIs Tobias HÖllerer , Steven Feiner , Elias Gagas , Drexel Hallaway , Tachio Terauchi , and Sinem GÜven Columbia University Computer Graphics & User Interfaces Lab Introduction ... --> Each thumbnail image is a link to the originally captured (mostly VGA resolution) image in JPG format. Note that the gamma values for the images are not adjusted. The images may need to be processed (gamma, contrast) before they can be used. Please contact Prof. Steven Feiner if you are interested in obtaining permission to use the images. © Computer Graphics and User Interfaces Lab, Columbia University Exploring MARS: Interfaces to a Mobile Augmented Reality System A view through the mobile user's see-through head-worn display. The image shows labels of buildings and virtual flags, d Read More
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Innovation Relay Centre (IRC) Scotland - Scottish Innovation Showcase

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Overview Showcase Showcase Search Showcase Submission Subscribe to ShowcaseAlert Partner Search Your selected Scottish Showcase Project is displayed below. To find out more about this particular innovation, please contact the IRC Representative shown at the foot of this page , quoting the Project Title and Reference. Return to Search Results Project Title: Advanced and Intelligent Textiles and Textile Processes Project Reference: AITTEX-Pro Abstract: The object is to create a network of excellence in textiles and clothing involving partners from approximately 30 universities, 10 research institutes and relevant industrial organisations. The network will co-ordinate and align the research activities of the partners to promote the creation of the fundamental knowledge necessary for the devel Read More
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Inside/Outside

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[ CONCEPT ][ FIELDWORK ][ SCENARIOS ][ PROTOTYPES ][ PUBLICATIONS ][ EXHIBITIONS ][ FUTURE WORK ][ CREDITS ] INSIDE/OUTSIDE: CONCEPT The handbag is an accessory with a long history of evolution. Once called a reticule (or "ridicule" by men) in the 18th century, the handbag of today is seen as a status symbol, whose outward appearance is as telling as the inner contents. This project examines how the ordinary handbag, as a computationally enabled object in a ubiquitous & wireless networked environment can provide new insights into what we carry, what we collect, and how we make sense of our inner and outer worlds. Sponsored by TRIP Abstract Inside/Outside is part of a body of research that focuses on the behavior of people in urban public space. Inside/Outside integrates pollution sensors w Read More
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Interaction Ivrea: Gallery: Wrapt-sound to suit the wearer

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News Exit//End of Year Show 2005 Press release ? Photo gallery --> Milan Furniture Fair 2005 Strangely Familiar Future 25,000 visitors ? The Italian press ? Press quotes ? --> Press release - Photo gallery News --> Press release Touch Me Tecno and Interaction Ivrea --> Versione Italiana Contact Information Mailing List Search Site Map Disclaimer --> Gallery PERMANENT COLLECTION Tecnologia, tecnologie When Lightning Strikes This is Today l'esperienza del domani Innovation Projects Applied Dreams Thesis Projects Fresh Smart skins for dumb objects trailblazer Control Mania Salone Surf Primal Interfaces Biofeedback in educational entertainment Technology for building illusions Minimalism in the information age Embedded theatre E-CUBes Music in a multi-served world it.Self Identity Service Wrap Read More
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Intrabody Signalling

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Intrabody Signalling In 1995 Tom Zimmerman and Neil Gershenfeld realized that the weak low-frequency fields that the Physics and Media Group were using for sensing contained information that was being used to separate them from background noise. Instead of otherwise ignoring this information, it could be modulated to send data through the body to create a Personal Area Network (PAN). This means that personal information stays with the user where it belongs rather than being radiated out to the surroundings where it could cause interference or be eavesdropped, and that physical gestures can contain logical meaning so that a handshake could exchange business cards, a hand on a doorknob could unlock it, or fingers touching a keyboard could transmit a cryptographic key. Here is a link to a pap Read More
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iptel-now.de

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iptel-now.de Enquire about this domain Related Searches: Cell Phones Mobile Phones Mobile Phone Accessories Mobile Phone Contracts Handy Bluetooth Fernbedienung #header { cursor:hand; cursor:pointer; } #header a { text-transform: uppercase; text-decoration: none; } #header td { text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; } .on { filter:alpha(opacity=30); background-color: #fff; -moz-opacity: 0.3; opacity: 0.3; } .on1 { filter:alpha(opacity=25); background-color: #fff; -moz-opacity: 0.25; opacity: 0.25; } .on2 { filter:alpha(opacity=20); background-color: #fff; -moz-opacity: 0.20; opacity: 0.20; } .on3 { filter:alpha(opacity=15); background-color: #fff; -moz-opacity: 0.15; opacity: 0.15; } .on7 { filter:alpha(opacity=25); background-color: #fff; -moz-opacity: 0.25; opacity: 0.25; } .on6 { f Read More
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iptel-now.de

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iptel-now.de Enquire about this domain Related Searches: Cell Phones Mobile Phones Mobile Phone Accessories Mobile Phone Contracts Handy Bluetooth Fernbedienung #header { cursor:hand; cursor:pointer; } #header a { text-transform: uppercase; text-decoration: none; } #header td { text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; } .on { filter:alpha(opacity=30); background-color: #fff; -moz-opacity: 0.3; opacity: 0.3; } .on1 { filter:alpha(opacity=25); background-color: #fff; -moz-opacity: 0.25; opacity: 0.25; } .on2 { filter:alpha(opacity=20); background-color: #fff; -moz-opacity: 0.20; opacity: 0.20; } .on3 { filter:alpha(opacity=15); background-color: #fff; -moz-opacity: 0.15; opacity: 0.15; } .on7 { filter:alpha(opacity=25); background-color: #fff; -moz-opacity: 0.25; opacity: 0.25; } .on6 { f Read More
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iptel-now.de

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iptel-now.de Enquire about this domain Related Searches: Cell Phones Mobile Phones Mobile Phone Accessories Mobile Phone Contracts Handy Bluetooth Fernbedienung #header { cursor:hand; cursor:pointer; } #header a { text-transform: uppercase; text-decoration: none; } #header td { text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; } .on { filter:alpha(opacity=30); background-color: #fff; -moz-opacity: 0.3; opacity: 0.3; } .on1 { filter:alpha(opacity=25); background-color: #fff; -moz-opacity: 0.25; opacity: 0.25; } .on2 { filter:alpha(opacity=20); background-color: #fff; -moz-opacity: 0.20; opacity: 0.20; } .on3 { filter:alpha(opacity=15); background-color: #fff; -moz-opacity: 0.15; opacity: 0.15; } .on7 { filter:alpha(opacity=25); background-color: #fff; -moz-opacity: 0.25; opacity: 0.25; } .on6 { f Read More
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ISAAC

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ISAAC Project Description ISAAC (Integrated Speech Activated Application Control) is a technology feasibility prototype which explores capabilities in the low-weight, low-energy area assuming two types of communication infrastructure (i.e., sparse and dense). ISAAC uses speech for communicating with infrastructure in special rooms around campus. A wireless microphone transmits analog speech to a speech recognition system on a workstation in the corner of the room. The workstation controls devices through infrared repeaters. The workstation also communicates with the user via an infrared wireless headset. The user can read electronic mail or control the presentation (e.g., VCR, slide projector, etc.) using audio input/output. Our goal is to provide users with hands-free control of common of Read More
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jAugment - a JINI based software for wearables and augmented reality

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jAugment - a JINI based software for wearables and augmented reality jAugment ia a JINI based software for wearables and augmented reality Please see index and startpage as your browser does not support frames Wearable Technology Net Ring [ Join | Previous | Next | List Sites ] Read More
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Jeff's Current Wearable Project

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Jeff's Current Wearable Computer My current wearable computer is based on an Advantech all in one industrial embedded PC. The system board features Bootable Flash Memory, 32MB SDRAM, AMD-K5 133MHZ processor, and 10base-T Ethernet built in. A 212 Mb Hd is currently being used for data storage, but soon this will be upgraded to a 2.1Gig 2.5" Hd. I have chosen to use Rad Hat 5.1 Linux for the OS. I have reconfigured the kernel to ignore the absence of a mouse for X, and replaced the source to call my twiddler on serial port 1. Other enhancements include: A homebrewed keymap layout for the twiddler, modified console font for the virtual terminal interface, a custom emacs font for X, power management/monitoring controls, and network autodetection for hot plugging into a network (for roving wire Read More
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Joanna Berzowska

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meaningful mappings of body data Joanna Berzowska joey@berzowska.com Assistant Professor, Concordia University Design Art and Digital Image/Sound &the Fine Arts It is easy to get sensor data. We can sense position and acceleration. We can track gaze; record muscle tension. With instruments such as a Galvanic Skin Response (GSR) sensor, a Blood Volume Pulse (BVP) sensor, a Respiration sensor and an Electromyogram (EMG) we can even suggest some degree of "affective sensing"... The hard part is to develop meaningful mappings. One approach is to construct costumes (wearable "instruments") that constrain/invite very specific physical movement by imposing physical constraints or deploying restraining accessories. NOTES SENSORS can be either [1] specialized (specific for particular costume) or [2 Read More
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Joanna Berzowska

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FABRIC DISPLAY: addressable textile pixels Joanna Berzowska joey@berzowska.com Assistant Professor, Concordia University Design Art and Digital Image/Sound &the Fine Arts Freida Abtan f_abtan@alcor.concordia.ca FABRIC DISPLAY: addressable color-change textile display made up of 64 fabric "pixels". ILLUSTRATION: What can an 8x8 display do? VISUALIZATION: Animation tool for visualizing the aesthetic qualities of the display. OBJECTIVES: To develop and build an electronically controllable, visually dynamic textile display made up of 64 fabric "pixels" that can be set to black, white and grey values. To develop animated content that demonstrates the aesthetics of this display. SIGNIFICANCE: This electronically controllable, visually dynamic textile display will be a signifi Read More
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justin manor // mas xxx // ps3

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mas xxx // problem set 3 Fingerpainting is usually abandoned at an early age as manual dexterity improves and the use of tools is introduced. I particularly enjoy the fine control of 10 individual fingers and making a big mess so I created a painting system which focused on hand gestures and allowed for color control. I used Nikita Pashenkov's Alpha Dev board to capture analog information. 3M qt of Fingershop screenshot Read More
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KAKIRINE.COM

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Re-Assertion of Bodily Presence concept : prototypes : garments : research RECOIL was inspired by dense urban environments and the micro-spaces people occupy during daily travel. Small, powerful magnets are embedded into everyday clothing, causing unexpected and sometimes uncomfortable physical connections between people and objects in the city. Accelerated living within urban environments cause many people to close themselves off to unexpected encounters and minute details in the environment. So much emphasis is placed on easier seamless integration of schedules and personal movement. (In New York City subways people stand shoulder-to-shoulder during rush hour, faces buried in the newspaper, or staring blankly unfocused at adverts.) Recoil introduces an element of unpredictability and cha Read More
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KAKIRINE.COM

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RADIUS 2002 KATHERINE MORIWAKI INDEX THE SKIRT CONSTRUCTION DESCRIPTION RADIUS is part of an ongoing project titled "Network of Three." The first in a series of soon to be networked garments, Radius currently translates the movement of its wearer into a light array which is displayed across the garment surface. Individually Radius serves as a conduit through which personal self-expression can manifest. When eventually integrated into a (future) network of responsive garments Radius will function as an network node facilitating and visualizing data exchange.. The RADIUS skirt is constructed in cotton muslin and hand stitched detailing. The first garment was completed August 2002 September 20th 2002: Dublin Darklight Digital Film Festval , worn by Darklight Director Nicky Gogan. Se Read More
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karhu

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Karhu A tactile wilderness navigation device that provides the wearer with information via a wireless network. It also uses shape recognition material to fit your body and to facilitate different sized packs. designed by Christopher Kurtz Read More
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kneph

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Kneph A personal digital necklace with full audio interface - for recording thoughts, ideas keeping meeting notes or storing personal data. designed by Elizabeth Geuder Read More
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lint

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Lint centers around the metaphor of gathering lint by accidentally making contact with others. Electronic whiskers exchange simple data when brushed against each other, building on the notion of inadvertent momentary physical contact as an opportunity for exchange. The collected data is displayed on the body as colored light and becomes an abstraction of intersecting paths and trajectories throughout the day. Read More
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Lizzy: MIT's Wearable Computer Design 2.0.5

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Lizzy: MIT's Wearable Computer Design 2.0.5 Why 2.x?: This is the second generation of these plans. The first generation was never released except internally. Why "Lizzy?": Comes from a talk David Ross (Atlanta Veteran's Administration R&D) gave at the Boeing workshop about how the Model T Ford was nicknamed the "Tin Lizzy." Everyone adapted it to whatever task needed to be done: winching wagons, pumping water, taking the family to church, etc. It is my hope that these instructions will enable folks to make wearables that do tasks we never imagined. There is a surprising amount of new CPU boards, cases, and products coming out for PC/104+. Check out some of the PC/104 resource pages for the latest Assembling a wearable computer Specifications Parts and supplier listing General instructions Read More
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Lucy E. Dunne: Current Projects

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-home- -current projects- -past projects- -publications- -cv- -contact- -blog- -exhibitions- + Master's Thesis . Shoulder Pad Vibrotactile Display . Bio-monitoring Bra . Massage Shirts + Intelligent Expression + Honors Thesis + Undergraduate Projects Shoulder Pad Vibrotactile Display V ibrotactile Display in a Conventional Garment Insert Cross-continental collaboration with the University of South Australia. Developed and tested full grade of vibrotactile shoulder pads. Illustrates concepts of integration of technology by developing pre-existing garment real estate (volumes built into garments for aesthetic reasons) to minimize outward appearance, social weight, and physiological discomfort caused by embedded electronics. Abstract: Touch is the most intimate and inherently private human se Read More
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luminescent

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Luminescent Raincoat This project juxtaposes electricity and water in a raincoat that luminesces in response to droplets of rain. Embroidered water sensors act as inputs to a system with sealed electroluminescent panels that illuminate based on patterns of rain. The raincoat/cape and hood recall the retro-futuristic designs of Pierre Cardin and Andre Courreges in the sixties while incorporating computational behavior beyond an aesthetic notion of what technology looks like. ' ' ' ''' '' ' ' ''''''''''' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ''' ' ' ' ' ' ' '' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' '' ' '' ' '''' ' ' '' ' '' ' ' ' ''' The current state of the jacket it shown at right. -- - - --- >> Custom-silkscreened luminescent patches extend from the front placket, and respond to water contact on raindrop sensors (one visible on Read More
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megan galbraith || aesthetics + computation group || mit media laboratory

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belly a computer rendered sketch this conceptual bag is an exploration of form and space in relation to the body , to the materials a person carries with them, and to the machines needed to power and run interactive hardware and computational systems, systems i am working to develop throughout my graduate research. belly was constructed by carving out spaces for the three items mentioned above (the body, personal belongings, and hardware) and arranging them within the confines of one backpack/sack. the form of the bag emerged from these spaces. space 1: the body motivation: having bags that fit the shape of your back and behind without rubbing or placing undue stress on any body part space 2: personal belongings motivation: having two main compartments, the larger one to place papers and b Read More
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MIT-IDEO Wearables Intro

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The MIT/IDEO project is a joint effort between the MIT Media Lab and IDEO Product Development to address the human side of wearable computing. Using a scenario-driven conceptualization process, the groups converged on two tales involving very different individuals: Kio and Guy. The scenarios explore the personal significance of wearable computing and try to understand how a single core technology could be utilized and interpreted in various ways. The technologies that the scenarios describe are from the not too distant future. Many elements are in beta form today. The intent of this project is to map, from a user perspective, where these technologies could go and to provide some guidance in their application. This project is the result of the collaborative effort of many people over the co Read More
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MIThril

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MIThril home MIThril FAQ MIThril wiki Anduin window manager MIThril CVS Repository MIThril hardware design MIThril project overview The MIThril vision MIThril diagrams MIThril people MIThril photos Memory Glasses MIThril Enchantment Software MIThril Real-Time Contxt Engine MIThril IAP Wearables Home Page MIThril, the next generation research platform for context aware wearable computing. MIThril is a next-generation wearables research platform developed by researchers at the MIT Media Lab. The goal of the MIThril project is the development and prototyping of new techniques of human-computer interaction for body-worn applications. Through the application of human factors, machine learning, hardware engineering, and software engineering, the MIThril team is constructing a new kind of computi Read More
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MIThril overview

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MIThril Inference Engine Richard W. DeVaul MIThril home MIThril FAQ MIThril wiki Anduin window manager MIThril Code MIThril hardware design MIThril project overview The MIThril vision MIThril diagrams MIThril people MIThril photos Memory Glasses MIThril Enchantment Software MIThril Real-Time Contxt Engine MIThril IAP Wearables Home Page The MIThril Inference Engine is an attempt to develop a simple, clean architecture for applying statistical machine learning techniques to the modeling and classification of body-worn sensor data. The important design features of the system are simplicity, modularity, flexibility, and implementability under tight resource constraints. The MIThril inference engine exists as a collection of software tools. The training side is implemented in MatLab and runs o Read More
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Mobile Journalist's Workstation

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Situated Documentaries Tobias HÖllerer , Steven Feiner , and John Pavlik Columbia University Computer Graphics & User Interfaces Lab Introduction Our experimental wearable augmented reality system enables users to experience hypermedia presentations that are integrated with the actual outdoor locations to which they are are relevant. The mobile prototype uses a tracked see-through head-worn display to overlay 3D graphics, imagery, and sound on top of the real world, and presents additional, coordinated material on a hand-held pen computer. We have used these facilities to create several situated documentaries that tell the stories of events that took place on our campus. Example movies The following four movie sequences demonstrate our system. They show how an outdoor user experiences hype Read More
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Monocular Displays

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Head Mounted Monocular Display Systems... The monocular display allows for the user to view information brought forth on his/her computer display, while at the same time allowing for uncumbered viewing of their surroundings. Click Here for an example. Monocular display systems have certain criteria that must be met. They include: - Low overall weight - if the display is heavy, it will be very uncomfortable for long periods of time, as well as restrict the movements of the user, since a higher weight will induce inertia into the display. possibly causing the display to from the head just from a quick head movement. - Low Power - Low power consumption is a must, since at the moment all wearable computers are battery powered, and have no practical means of recharging while "on the go". - High Read More
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Music Shapers

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Music Shapers Maggie Orth, Gili Weinberg These are single-person, sophisticated hyperinstruments, designed for children and non-professional musicians. Part of a musical texture or fragment is provided by a computational system, and is then modified, personalized, or "shaped" by the player. Our first experiments in this area were with the still-successful Sensor Chair, which allows free-body gesture to control sound; and we have since been interested in more tactile, "squeezable" interfaces. Most musical interfaces today are hard and tough, from ivory piano keys to taut drum heads, to vibrating metallic violin strings. Sound itself and especially the vast sound world opened up by computers and synthesizers is noticeably malleable, multi-dimensional, and not rigid. We are developing a new g Read More
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National Science Foundation Sponsored Project DMI-9973278

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"Determination and Modelling of Synergistic Effects of Carbon Based Conductive Fillers for Electrically and Thermally Conductive Resins" National Science Foundation Sponsored Project, Award Number DMI-9973278 PROJECT SUMMARY Electrically and thermally conductive resins are commercially produced today in limited quantities. However, demand for thermally and electrically conductive resins is rapidly growing due to more stringent regulation on electronic noise, as well as the increased need for smaller, more densely packed electronic components. The vast majority of the conductive resins available today or studied in the past utilize only one type of conductive filler. In prior work, the PI has noted a positive synergistic effect (reduces electrical resistivity by a factor of 100 oh Read More
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Navigator

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VuMan Project Description VuMan 1 allows a user to maneuver through the blueprints of a house using three buttons for input. Output is provided on a commercially available head-mounted display, the Private Eye, which gives the illusion of viewing a personal computer screen from about five feet. Composed of only five chips, VuMan 2 allows the user to move a cursor across the display and select items from either a map, image database, or textual database. New applications can be loaded into VuMan 2 by inserting a different Flash EPROM memory card into the PCMCIA slot. VuMan 2 represented a factor of four reduction in complexity, weight, volume, and power consumption over VuMan 1 but with an increase of over a factor of two in capability and a reduction of 40% in design/fabrication effort. Vu Read More
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NC State University College of Textiles

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News & Events Updated 11/22/2007 Position in Product Design and Development AATCC College Graduate of Year College Calendar , News & World Events - RSS Departments & Quick Links Textile & Apparel Technology & Management Textile Engineering, Chemistry & Science Textiles Extension Education for Economic Development TexLabs - Analytical and Product Development Services Academic Programs/Distance Education Diversity Information Technology - Computing International Programs Library Student & Career Services North Carolina Textile Foundation Nonwovens Cooperative Research Center (NCRC) Institute of Textile Technology(ITT) Textile Protection and Comfort Center (TPACC) Business Services Institute, Centers, Consortia, and Programs People Intranet Comments/Suggestions JTATM (E-Journal) College Annua Read More
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NC State University College of Textiles

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News & Events Updated 11/22/2007 Position in Product Design and Development AATCC College Graduate of Year College Calendar , News & World Events - RSS Departments & Quick Links Textile & Apparel Technology & Management Textile Engineering, Chemistry & Science Textiles Extension Education for Economic Development TexLabs - Analytical and Product Development Services Academic Programs/Distance Education Diversity Information Technology - Computing International Programs Library Student & Career Services North Carolina Textile Foundation Nonwovens Cooperative Research Center (NCRC) Institute of Textile Technology(ITT) Textile Protection and Comfort Center (TPACC) Business Services Institute, Centers, Consortia, and Programs People Intranet Comments/Suggestions JTATM (E-Journal) College Annua Read More
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NC State University College of Textiles

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News & Events Updated 11/22/2007 Position in Product Design and Development AATCC College Graduate of Year College Calendar , News & World Events - RSS Departments & Quick Links Textile & Apparel Technology & Management Textile Engineering, Chemistry & Science Textiles Extension Education for Economic Development TexLabs - Analytical and Product Development Services Academic Programs/Distance Education Diversity Information Technology - Computing International Programs Library Student & Career Services North Carolina Textile Foundation Nonwovens Cooperative Research Center (NCRC) Institute of Textile Technology(ITT) Textile Protection and Comfort Center (TPACC) Business Services Institute, Centers, Consortia, and Programs People Intranet Comments/Suggestions JTATM (E-Journal) College Annua Read More
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NC State University College of Textiles

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News & Events Updated 11/22/2007 Position in Product Design and Development AATCC College Graduate of Year College Calendar , News & World Events - RSS Departments & Quick Links Textile & Apparel Technology & Management Textile Engineering, Chemistry & Science Textiles Extension Education for Economic Development TexLabs - Analytical and Product Development Services Academic Programs/Distance Education Diversity Information Technology - Computing International Programs Library Student & Career Services North Carolina Textile Foundation Nonwovens Cooperative Research Center (NCRC) Institute of Textile Technology(ITT) Textile Protection and Comfort Center (TPACC) Business Services Institute, Centers, Consortia, and Programs People Intranet Comments/Suggestions JTATM (E-Journal) College Annua Read More
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NC State University College of Textiles

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News & Events Updated 11/22/2007 Position in Product Design and Development AATCC College Graduate of Year College Calendar , News & World Events - RSS Departments & Quick Links Textile & Apparel Technology & Management Textile Engineering, Chemistry & Science Textiles Extension Education for Economic Development TexLabs - Analytical and Product Development Services Academic Programs/Distance Education Diversity Information Technology - Computing International Programs Library Student & Career Services North Carolina Textile Foundation Nonwovens Cooperative Research Center (NCRC) Institute of Textile Technology(ITT) Textile Protection and Comfort Center (TPACC) Business Services Institute, Centers, Consortia, and Programs People Intranet Comments/Suggestions JTATM (E-Journal) College Annua Read More
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NC State University College of Textiles

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News & Events Updated 11/22/2007 Position in Product Design and Development AATCC College Graduate of Year College Calendar , News & World Events - RSS Departments & Quick Links Textile & Apparel Technology & Management Textile Engineering, Chemistry & Science Textiles Extension Education for Economic Development TexLabs - Analytical and Product Development Services Academic Programs/Distance Education Diversity Information Technology - Computing International Programs Library Student & Career Services North Carolina Textile Foundation Nonwovens Cooperative Research Center (NCRC) Institute of Textile Technology(ITT) Textile Protection and Comfort Center (TPACC) Business Services Institute, Centers, Consortia, and Programs People Intranet Comments/Suggestions JTATM (E-Journal) College Annua Read More
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NC State University College of Textiles

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News & Events Updated 11/22/2007 Position in Product Design and Development AATCC College Graduate of Year College Calendar , News & World Events - RSS Departments & Quick Links Textile & Apparel Technology & Management Textile Engineering, Chemistry & Science Textiles Extension Education for Economic Development TexLabs - Analytical and Product Development Services Academic Programs/Distance Education Diversity Information Technol