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/Home/Historical Studies/Law/Branches of Law/General Resources/Design Articles 4L - realDesign - Vexed Parka Votes:0 Skip Channel4 main Navigation E4 More4 Film4 4Radio 4oD A-Z Sitemap Home Watch Online TV Entertainment Lifestyle News Documentaries Interact The Vexed Parka is from design company Vexed Generation's first collection in 1995. Their brief was to design a range of London streetwear that met both the practical needs and political concerns of today's urban generation. A mixture of form and function. The designers considered things like personal safety and protection against air pollution. But they also allowed more unusual ideas to influence the design of the Parka, such as civil liberties, street protest and CCTV surveillance. 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Use this version ELECTRIC WORD Net to Cokie: Drop Dead Spectrum Wants to Be (Almost) Free Chick Read More Go to Site :Half-keyboards: Now Available, Drivers for Linux Votes:0 All Linux Devices Your Daily Source for Embedded Linux Information Breaking News Preferences Contribute Triggers Link Us Search About BSD Today PHPBuilder Apache Today All Linux Devices Linux Planet Linux Central Linux Today BSD Central JustLinux.com Enterprise Linux Today SITE DESCRIPTIONS :Half-keyboards: Now Available, Drivers for Linux Half-keyboards: Now Available, Drivers for Linux Feb 26, 2001, 14 :10 UTC (0 Talkback[s]) (14556 reads) (Other stories by Michael Hall ) [Thanks to Memepool for the links.] Part of the challenge wearable computer designers face is designing usable input that preserves the flexibility users will expect while eliminating some of the bulk. Past solutions have involved chording keyboards like the Twiddler and compact keyboards worn on the wrist such as those Read More Go to Site A brief history of wearable computing Votes:0 A brief history of wearable computing Questions, comments, and corrections write: Bradley Rhodes <rhodes@media.mit.edu> , MIT Wearable Computing Project This page is at http://wearables.www.media.mit.edu/projects/wearables/timeline.html Many thanks to Thad Starner, Chip Maguire, Doug Platt, Sandy Pentland, Dick Urban, Jun Rekimoto, Edgar Matias, Al Becker and others for their contributions and suggestions. Foundations (F): Thinkers, innovations, and experiments that helped pave the way for wearable computers. Complete Systems (C): Complete wearable computers (general or special purpose) 1268 (F) : Earliest recorded mention of eyeglasses 1665 (F) : Robert Hooke calls for augmented senses 1762 (F) : John Harrison invents the pocket watch 1907 (F) : Aviator Alberto Santos-Dumont commiss Read More Go to Site A Case Study in Environmentally Conscious Design: Wearable Computers Votes:0 PACIFIC NW POLLUTION PREVENTION RESOURCE CENTER POLLUTION PREVENTION RESEARCH PROJECTS DATABASE Project Title: A Case Study in Environmentally Conscious Design: Wearable Computers Date Last Updated: 9/99 Project completed. Summary will not be revised again. Project Summary: This study discusses electronic product design for the environment and presents methods by which designers can evaluate the environmental implications of their design choices. We have examined the wearable computers design process as a case study in environmentally conscious design. The computer industry has been under scrutiny for environmentally conscious design. Portable systems have their own unique issues, such as batteries, which are typically made of highly toxic materials. Wearable computers integrate sensors an Read More Go to Site A look at human interaction with pervasive computers Votes:0 Home Products & services Support & downloads My account Select a country Journals Home Systems Journal ? Current Issue ? Recent Issues ? Papers in Progress ? Search/Index ? Orders ? Description ? Author's Guide Journal of Research and Development Staff Contact Us &#160 Volume 38, Number 4, 1999 Pervasive Computing Table of contents: HTML PDF ASCII This article: HTML PDF ASCII DOI: 10.1147/sj.384.0504 Copyright info A look at human interaction with pervasive computers by W. S. Ark A collection of papers has been gathered in order to explore the pervasive computing trend with a humanistic approach. Is it possible for us to understand what the technological world will be like in the next millennium? These papers will help technologists to share in the successes of others in this field and als Read More Go to Site A universal information appliance Votes:0 Home Products & services Support & downloads My account Select a country Journals Home Systems Journal ? Current Issue ? Recent Issues ? Papers in Progress ? Search/Index ? Orders ? Description ? Author's Guide Journal of Research and Development Staff Contact Us &#160 Volume 38, Number 4, 1999 Pervasive Computing Table of contents: HTML PDF ASCII This article: HTML PDF ASCII DOI: 10.1147/sj.384.0575 Copyright info A universal information appliance by K. F. Eustice The consumer's view of a universal information appliance (UIA) is a personal device, such as a PDA (personal digital assistant) or a wearable computer that can interact with any application, access any information store, or remotely operate any electronic device. The technologist's view of the UIA is a portable computer, communi Read More Go to Site A Wearable Computer for Use in Microgravity Space and Other Non-Desktop Environments Votes:0 http://www.dgp.toronto.edu/people/ematias/papers/chi96 Matias, E., MacKenzie, I. S., & Buxton, W. (1996). A wearable computer for use in microgravity space and other non-desktop environments. Companion of the CHI '96 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (pp. 69-70). New York: ACM. A Wearable Computer for Use in Microgravity Space and Other Non-Desktop Environments Edgar Matias The Matias Corporation 600 Rexdale Boulevard, Suite 1204 Toronto, Ontario, Canada M9W 6T4 (416) 675-3092 edgar @ halfkeyboard.com I. Scott MacKenzie Dept. of Computing and Information Science University of Guelph Guelph, Ontario, Canada N1G 2W1 (519) 824-4120 mac @ snowhite.cis.uoguelph.ca William Buxton University of Toronto & Xerox PARC c/o Computer Systems Research Institute University of Toronto Toron Read More Go to Site A wearable public key infrastructure (WPKI) Votes:0 << 2007-8 >> Home | Index | People | Teaching | Research | Study @ Bristol Department of Computer Science A wearable public key infrastructure (WPKI) N Smart and H Muller . A wearable public key infrastructure (WPKI) . In: Proceedings IEEE International Symposium on Wearable Computers , Blair MacIntyre and Bob Iannucci, editors, pages 127--133. IEEE Computer Society, October 2000. External information on this paper . Contact the author . Abstract We describe the design and implementation of public key infrastructure for the Bristol University Cyberjacket and three initial applications. The first one removes the need for the user to remember passwords, the second application provides an authentic record that a meeting took place, the third provides an authentic record of a conve Read More Go to Site Allen's Vulcan develops wireless Mini-PC Votes:0 Skip ads and navigation SPI · MySeattlePix · Reader Page · My account Local Weather Transportation/Traffic Consumer Education Environment Politics Real Estate Webtowns/Neighborhoods Under the Needle Obituaries Special Reports Corrections US/World U.S. Washington, D.C. 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The current architecture (shown in Figure 2) relies on server processes, written in C and Perl running on Sun SPARCstations, that utilize the telephony infrastructure in the Media Lab's Speech Interface group [Schmandt94]. The servers extract information from live sources including voice-mail, email, hourly updates of ABC News, weather and traffic reports. The clients, when notified, download the appropriate text/audio files stored on the web server. On the wearable device, Read More Go to Site At what cost pervasive? A social computing view of mobile computing systems Votes:0 Home Products & services Support & downloads My account Select a country Journals Home Systems Journal ? Current Issue ? Recent Issues ? Papers in Progress ? Search/Index ? Orders ? Description ? Author's Guide Journal of Research and Development Staff Contact Us &#160 Volume 38, Number 4, 1999 Pervasive Computing Table of contents: HTML PDF ASCII This article: HTML PDF ASCII DOI: 10.1147/sj.384.0652 Copyright info At what cost pervasive? A social computing view of mobile computing systems by D. C. Dryer With the advent of pervasive systems, computers are becoming a larger part of our social lives than ever before. Depending on the design of these systems, they may either promote or inhibit social relationships. We consider four kinds of social relationships: a relationship with the system Read More Go to Site Augmented Memory Votes:0 Augmented Memory One of the key differences between a wearable computer and the currently available palmtops is that wearables are always operational, tend to have sensors into their environement, and tend to have the ability to get information to the wearer even when the wearer doesn't expect it. This opens the door to a whole range of augmented memory applications specifically for wearable computers. A simple example of augmented memory would be a traditional scheduling program which alerted you just before important meetings. Your wearable would simply whisper the information in your ear, or flash it to a heads-up display. More interesting are applications similar to the Rememberance Agent (RA) system being worked on by Bradley Rhodes , which as a user types or walks around continuously Read More Go to Site Awareness and Communication Votes:0 Awareness and Communication Nomadic Radio will provide listeners with an ability to have an awareness of their colleagues and communicate with them using the wearable audio platform. Spatial auditory awareness cues will indicate when people login, move to other rooms or logout, detected via the Position Server that keeps track of a selected user community. The listener can ask "who's there" and the system will speak the names of people currently available or use auditory cues to indicate their presence and varying levels of privacy. The listener could also ask to track one or more users, such that their activity is continuously conveyed to them for a certain period of time. Currently this functionality is being prototyped on a map-based client application called RadioSpace , bein Read More Go to Site Boosting the Productivity of Embedded Systems Designers Votes:0 ECE News Releases 2004 Annual Report Winter 2004 Connection Fall 2003 Connection 2003 Annual Report Head Letter Chair Letter Features Underwater Robots Diagnostic Imaging Fuel Cells E-Textiles Embedded Sys. Wireless Video Networks Demand for ECEs Networking Course ECE Research Update Research News Preventing Reverse Engineering FPGAs & Multi-Physics Low-Power Videoconferencing Error & Defect ID Wavelets in Hawaii Cross Layer Optimization UWB & Communications Holey Fibers IPEMs Blue Diamond Transistor Largest MOS Controller Power Switch New Power Monitoring Virtual Hospital Museum AVs 2001/2002 PhDs 2002 Patents Winter 2003 Connection Special Report: What's Next for ECEs? April 2003 Printer-friendly version (272Kb) Sandeep Shukla is developing a curriculum and specialization in embedded sys Read More Go to Site BUSINESS: Computerized clothing part of fashion's future Votes:0 Sunday, November 09, 1997 Computerized clothing part of fashion's future Clothes with functioning computers attached to them have launched a new cyberfashion trend. By Erika Noonan Associated Press CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- Miniskirts? Try minicomputers. Stonewashed jean jackets? How about a denim coat with a synthesizer that plays the Stones as you sashay along? It's cyberfashion, funky clothing with a computer chic that would have even Judy Jetson scrambling to accessorize. The garments made their premiere last month at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Media Laboratory's Wearables Symposium. There was the practical, like the tiny device able to transmit to a real-time Web site a runner's heart rate, body temperature and speed. And there was the whimsical -- a "firefly" dress made of e Read More Go to Site CANOE -- Technology Votes:0 '); write(' '); write(' '); write(' ' + msg1 + ' '); write(' TO: '); write(' '+ msg2 + ' '); write(' FROM: '); write(' '); write(' '); write(' '); write(' Read More Go to Site Charmed Technology Votes:0 home | contact us Charmed Technology - Pressroom Information Week: "Wearable Technology: A New Layer Of Security?" By Tischelle George, Oct. 31, 2001 Download in pdf. Wearable technology may play a big role in security and disaster-relief operations in the future, speakers at the Tech-U-Wear said. Technology in clothing or on an ID badge will play a big role in security, surveillance, and disaster-relief operations in the future, a panel of speakers said Wednesday at the Tech-U-Wear conference in New York. Since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, public safety and military personnel have shown increased interest in incorporating computing devices into fabric so biological sensors could monitor heart rates or the locations of those wearing the technology, says Jeffrey Wolf, CEO of Sensatex Inc Read More Go to Site Charmed Technology Votes:0 home | contact us Charmed Technology - Pressroom USA Today: "Today's Cyborgs Get an Eyeful" by Janet Kornblum July 1 , 2001 Download in pdf. Thad Starner is lying flat on his back on his office couch, staring at the ceiling. Don't bother him. He's working. If you were to walk in on him, you might not know that - at first. But a closer look would reveal the signs: The fingers of his left hand are gliding over a funny little one-handed keyboard called a Twiddler. His glasses aren't just ordinary help-you-see glasses; attached to them is an actual monitor, about the size of a Chiclet. Starner's view through the "MicroOptical" display, as his particular brand is called, is that of a computer-screen display. He can see words, pictures - whatever you might see on a computer screen. Starner, assi Read More Go to Site Chip implant gets cash under your skin | Tech News on ZDNet Votes:0 On TechRepublic: Windows XP services that can be disabled CNET Networks Business: BNET | TechRepublic | ZDNet Members login | Site Assistance Newsletters RSS Feeds Home News Blogs White Papers Downloads Reviews Security Networking Hardware Software Web Technology IT Management OSes Photo Galleries All News home / ZDNet news Hardware search Go! 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RELATED • loop.pH Web site • Elumin8 Web site MORE BRIGHT SPARKS • Fly-eating robot powers itself • Sensor keeps cooking on the boil • Pacman breaks out of the arcade • The bag that watches your wallet • Medication reminder Read More Go to Site Concordia's Thursday Report Votes:0 Joey Berzowska shows off a swatch of electric plaid. Photo by Andrew Dobrowolskyj by Melanie Takefman Remember those shirts from the ’80s that changed colours? Joey Berzowska does, with disdain. They “would change colours in your armpits,” said the professor of Design Art and DFAR (Digital Image and Sound and the Fine Arts). “That wasn’t cool!” To improve on that fashion nightmare and commercial failure, Berzowska is creating a material that changes colours using thermochromic ink, or, in lay terms, ink that changes colour in reaction to heat. This time, heat comes from a battery, not the human body and can be selectively addressed. She designs pre-determined patterns by weaving or stitching yarn and other conductive materials into textiles. The patterns emerg Read More Go to Site Context-aware design and interaction in computer systems Votes:0 Home Products & services Support & downloads My account Select a country Journals Home Systems Journal ? Current Issue ? Recent Issues ? Papers in Progress ? Search/Index ? Orders ? Description ? Author's Guide Journal of Research and Development Staff Contact Us &#160 Volume 39, Numbers 3 & 4, 2000 MIT Media Laboratory Table of contents: HTML PDF ASCII This article: HTML PDF ASCII DOI: 10.1147/sj.393.0880 Copyright info Context-aware design and interaction in computer systems by T. Selker and W. Burleson As the human-computer interface becomes more pervasive and intimate, it will need to explicitly draw upon cognitive science as a basis for understanding what people are capable of doing. User experience and situation should be integrated into the computer system design process. Situationa Read More Go to Site Contextually Aware Applications Votes:0 Context-Aware Computing (or, why context needs wearables and wearables need context) Bradley Rhodes Most desktop computer applications have an explicite user interface that expects you to specifiy exactly what you want the computer to do. Wearable computers will certainly be able to run the standard desktop applications like wordprocessing, spreadsheets, and databases, but to expect these to be the primary applications for wearables is to ignore the vast potential for wearables to be more than simply highly-portable computers. In short, it is making the same mistake people made when they looked at the first PCs from the perspective of mainframe computers and assumed they would be used to keep rescipe databases in the kitchen. Unlike desktop computers, wearable computers have the potential Read More Go to Site Culture Lab U.K. (Culture-Lab) Votes:0 Most Recent Articles "Misjudgments, poor practice and ineffective systems" 2007-10-17 BBC One boss Peter Fincham was forced to quit following an investigation into footage that misrepresented the Queen. The Diana And Dodi Inquest Is Under Way 2007-10-03 An inquest into the death of Diana, the Princess of Wales and Dodi Al Fayed just begun at London's High Court... Cocaine Users Are Getting Younger 2007-09-16 More and more children and young adults in the U.K. are seeking help for cocaine addiction and dealers are now offering 'economy' cocaine... Sir Paul and Ozzy Osbourne to DJ for Radio 1 2007-09-16 Sir Paul McCartney and Ozzy Osbourne will be DJs on BBC Radio 1 to mark the station's 40th anniversary. 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New Fossil Finds Challenge Long Held Theories Of Evolution 2007-09-16 According to a pa Read More Go to Site Cyberguide: Prototyping Context-Aware Mobile Applications Votes:0 Cyberguide: Prototyping Context-Aware Mobile Applications Sue Long, Dietmar Aust, Gregory D. Abowd & Chris Atkeson GVU Center & College of Computing Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta, GA 30332-0280 USA {suelong,aust,abowd,cga}@cc.gatech.edu http://www.cc.gatech.edu/fce Table of Contents ABSTRACT Introduction Background The Design of Cyberguide Evaluating and Extending Cyberguide Conclusions Acknowledgments References ABSTRACT We are interested in prototyping future computing environments. In this paper, we present the Cyberguide project, which is building prototypes of handheld, intelligent tour guides that provide information to a tourist based on knowledge of position and orientation. We will describe features of existing Cyberguide prototypes and discuss important research issues Read More Go to Site Definition of "wearable computer"(Taken from Prof. Mann's Keynote speech of 1998International Conference on Wearable Computing) Votes:0 Definition of "Wearable Computer" Definition of what is meant by the term wearable computer, e.g. a definition of wearable computing. Wearable Computer Definition taken from Steve Mann's Keynote Address entitled "WEARABLE COMPUTING as means for PERSONAL EMPOWERMENT" presented at the 1998 International Conference on Wearable Computing ICWC-98 , Fairfax VA, May 1998 Steve Mann University of Toronto, May 12, 1998 Wearable computing facilitates a new form of human--computer interaction comprising a small body--worn computer (e.g. user--programmable device) that is always on and always ready and accessible. In this regard, the new computational framework differs from that of hand held devices, laptop computers and personal digital assistants (PDAs). The ``always ready'' capability leads to a ne Read More Go to Site DESIGN NEWS Votes:0 DESIGN NEWS 244 ('98.12.10) Feature (1): World Design Awards '98-'99 Rebirth of ICOGRADA Feature (2): Wearable PC breaks from IBM Japan "Stingray" : the First Flying Pneumatic Muscle New Vistas for Software Design "Compactism" of Car Design Elements of Information Design-3 Information Design and Research Design Starting from "TOKYO STYLE" Splitting Plastic Shells Feature (1): World Design Awards '98-'99 The 42nd adjudicatory proceedings for the 1998 Good Design Awards (G-Mark) proved to be a turning point and were innovatory in various ways. A major change is that the Ministry of International Trade and Industry has withdrawn to the role of support, while the Japan Industrial Design Promotion Organization (JIDPO) has taken over as organizer of the Good Design Awards. Other changes include Read More Go to Site Design of Nomadic Radio Votes:0 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 Go to Site Designers note: smart clothes are 'nerd chic' for the nineties - incorporating computers into fashion - Technology Insight on the News - Find Articles Votes:0 BNET Research Center Find 10 million articles Advanced Search Find in free and premium articles free articles only premium articles only this publication Arts Autos Business Health Home & Garden News Reference Sports Technology Explore Publications in: all Arts Autos Business Health Home & Garden News Reference Sports Technology Content provided in partnership with /** placeholder file **/ .fa_homeProps {background:url(/i/us/bg-grad-aqua.gif) repeat-x #EBEFF5;padding-top:0;margin-top:0;font_size:11px;} .fa_homePropsTR {background:url(/i/us/home/bg-corner-tr.gif) no-repeat top right;height:10px;text-transform:uppercase;padding-left:10px;} .fa_homePropsTL {background:url(/i/us/home/bg-corner-tl.gif) no-repeat top left;} .fa_homePropsBR {background:url(/i/us/home/bg-corner-br.gif) no-repeat b Read More Go to Site Digital Processing of Affective Signals Votes:0 Next: Introduction 444Appears in: Proceedings of the ICASSP '98 Digital Processing of Affective Signals Jennifer Healey and Rosalind Picard Rm E15-389, The Media Laboratory Massachusetts Institute of Technology 20 Ames St., Cambridge, MA 02139 fenn@media.mit.edu, picard@media.mit.edu Abstract: Affective signal processing algorithms were developed to allow a digital computer to recognize the affective state of a user who is intentionally expressing that state. This paper describes the method used for collecting the training data, the feature extraction algorithms used and the results of pattern recognition using a Fisher linear discriminant and the leave one out test method. Four physiological signals, skin conductivity, blood volume pressure, respiration and an electromyogram (EMG) on the Read More Go to Site Dress and Ange: coercing the address of highly personal body-centric issues Votes:0 Subscribe (Full Service) Register (Limited Service, Free ) Login Search: The ACM Digital Library The Guide Feedback Report a problem Satisfaction survey Dress and Ange: coercing the address of highly personal body-centric issues Full text Pdf (600 KB) Source Personal and Ubiquitous Computing archive Volume 8 , Issue 3-4 (July 2004) table of contents Pages: 264 - 273 Year of Publication: 2004 ISSN:1617-4909 Authors Danielle Wilde Danielle Wilde, 758 Norton Road, NSW 2620, Wamboin, Australia Sophie Birkmayer Publisher Springer-Verlag London, UK Additional Information: abstract index terms collaborative colleagues peer to peer Tools and Actions: Find similar Articles Review this Article Save this Article to a Binder Display Formats: BibTex EndNote ACM Ref DOI Bookmark: 10.1007/s00779-004-0287 Read More Go to Site Echo Online :: Features :: Sly-tech clothing makes laundry day a thing of the past Votes:0 Echo Online :: Features :: Sly-tech clothing makes laundry day a thing of the past January 26 Front Page News Sports Opinions Features Entertainment Sections Front Page News Sports Opinions Features Entertainment Campus Map Weather Echo About/Contact Advertising Archives Corrections Forums Classifieds Letters Polls Renter's guide Site updates Echo Online | Features | Current Story Sly-tech clothing makes laundry day a thing of the past Nanotechnology aids in repelling messes on cloths By Judy Hevdejs / Staff Writer WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 26, 2005 Courtesy photo Is this girl's waist even real? No wonder women always feel overweight, if this is the ridiculous standard they're supposed to hold themselves to. You can buy apparel that battles bugs, fights the sun's UV rays, tackles icky perspiratio Read More Go to Site elise co thesis Votes:0 Computation and Technology as Expressive Elements in Fashion Elise Dee Co B.S. Art and Design Massachusetts Institute of Technology June 1998 Submitted to the Program in Media Arts and Sciences, School of Architecture and Planning, in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in Media Arts and Sciences at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology June 2000 Copyright Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2000 All rights reserved Abstract This thesis explores technology and computation as elements of fashion. Far beyond the definition of clothing as a necessary protective covering, fashion axists as a way for people to express themselves to others, to reflect portions of their personality in their outward appearance, and to distinguish themselves as individ Read More Go to Site Feature Votes:0 Subscribe Renew Give a Gift Change Address International Questions Cars 2.0 Culture Entertainment Gadgets Gaming How To Med-Tech Politics Science Software TechBiz Commentary Multimedia Wired Insider All Autopia Beyond the Beyond Compiler Danger Room Danger Room Epicenter Gadget Lab Game | Life GeekDad Listening Post Table of Malcontents The Underwire Threat Level WIRED Science Top Stories Magazine Wired Blogs All Wired Issue 5.02 | Feb 1997 Page 1 of 7 previous | start | next Printing? Use this version You Are Cyborg By Hari Kunzru SEE ALSO Archive Category: Genetics For Donna Haraway, we are already assimilated. The monster opens the curtains of Victor Frankenstein's bed. Schwarzenegger tears back the skin of his forearm to display a gleaming skeleton of chrome and steel. Tetsuo's skin bu Read More Go to Site Field mice: Human-powered wearable computing Votes:0 Home Products & services Support & downloads My account Select a country Journals Home Systems Journal ? Current Issue ? Recent Issues ? Papers in Progress ? Search/Index ? Orders ? Description ? Author's Guide Journal of Research and Development Staff Contact Us &#160 Volume 35, Numbers 3 & 4, 1996 MIT Media Lab Table of contents: HTML PDF ASCII This article: HTML PDF ASCII DOI: 10.1147/sj.353.0618 Copyright info Field mice: Human-powered wearable computing by T. Starner Batteries add size, weight, and inconvenience to present-day mobile computers. This paper explores the possibility of harnessing the energy expended during the user's everyday actions to generate power for his or her computer, thus eliminating the impediment of batteries. An analysis of power generation through leg motion Read More Go to Site Guardian Unlimited | Archive Search Votes:0 Go to: Guardian Unlimited home UK news World news Comment is free blog Newsblog Sport blog Arts & entertainment blog Podcasts In pictures ---------------------- Archive search Arts and entertainment Books Business EducationGuardian.co.uk Environment Film Football Jobs Life and style MediaGuardian.co.uk Money Music The Observer Politics Science Shopping SocietyGuardian.co.uk Sport Talk Technology Travel Been there ---------------------- Audio Email services Special reports The Guardian The northerner The wrap ---------------------- Advertising guide Crossword Events / offers Feedback Garden centre GNM press office Graduate GuardianFilms Headline service Help / contacts Information Living our values Newsroom Notes & Queries Reader Offers Soulmates dating Style guide Syndication services Trav Read More Go to Site HorizonZero Issue 16 : WEAR Votes:0 fran?ais > Search : " /> all issues > issue 16 overview > flash version reflection > sub-rosa > quintessence > credits wear and tear > intimate electronics > fashion ecologies > between the skin and the garden > fashion sensing soft, smart, and well connected > designer profiles printer friendly version of article > wear and tear : Fashion Sensing / Fashioning Sense View this article in flash requires flash 7 > Fashion Sensing / Fashioning Sense A conversation about aesthetics with International Fashion Machines' Maggie Orth by Anne Galloway Textiles are one of humanity's oldest technologies, and costuming has always been central to cultural and personal identity. Clothes and accessories mark and communicate our similarities and differences. In terms of social interaction, cross-c Read More Go to Site HorizonZero Issue 16 : WEAR Votes:0 fran?ais > Search : " /> all issues > issue 16 overview > flash version reflection > sub-rosa > quintessence > credits wear and tear > intimate electronics > fashion ecologies > between the skin and the garden > fashion sensing soft, smart, and well connected > designer profiles printer friendly version of article > wear and tear : fashion ecologies View this article in flash requires flash 7 > Fashion Ecologies The evolving field of responsive, sustainable textiles By Maja Kuzmanovic When human lives unfold in spaces that appear to be increasingly chaotic, unpredictable, and even hostile, we generally tend to adopt "hedgehog strategies": we curl up into a prickly ball that will hurt everything that comes too close. Our survival instincts, fed by a cultural need for comfort and sa Read More Go to Site HorizonZero Issue 16 : WEAR Votes:0 fran?ais > Search : " /> all issues > issue 16 overview > flash version reflection > sub-rosa > quintessence > credits wear and tear > intimate electronics > fashion ecologies > between the skin and the garden > fashion sensing soft, smart, and well connected > designer profiles printer friendly version of article > wear and tear : Between the Skin and the Garden View this article in flash requires flash 7 > Between the Skin and the Garden New Modes of Interaction in the Wearable Data Environment by Katherine Moriwaki With current developments in wearable computing and "smart" environments, one might envision a future heavily branded by major technology players dictating not only market forces but also experience paradigms. 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Siewiorek, School of Computer Science, Computer &Electrical Engineering, and Engineering Design Research Center Asim Smailagic, Engineering Design Research Center Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA 15213 Abstract: The Engineering Design Research Center (EDRC) at Carnegie Mellon University has created a two-semester design course that integrates research and education through industrially sponsored design projects. Over each of the six semesters that the course has been t Read More Go to Site Intelligent textiles Votes:0 Conductive fabrics combine the latest high wicking finishes with high metallic content in textiles that still retain the comfort required for clothing. With the addition of nickel, copper and silver coatings of varying thickness, these fibres provide a versatile combination of physical and electrical properties for a variety of demanding applications. For example, the thousand-fold increase in thermal conductivity of metal over conventional polymers used in clothing offers sports apparel with the minimum of thermal insulation. Another type of fibres included in this group are carbon fibres. Although there are many different trade marks commercialising these materials, they all have the same main properties. They are lightweight, durable, flexible and cost competitive and they are able to b Read More Go to Site Is the biochip the Mark of the Beast? Votes:0 Is the biochip the Mark of the Beast? by Terry Watkins Copyright © 1999 Dial-the-Truth Ministries Is the biochip the Mark of the Beast? The biochip technology was originally developed in 1983 for monitoring fisheries, it?s use now includes, over 300 zoos, over 80 government agencies in at least 20 countries, pets (everything from lizards to dogs), electronic "branding" of horses, monitoring lab animals, fisheries, endangered wildlife, automobiles, garment tracking, hazardous waste, and according to the experts ? humans (which we?ll examine in detail later). To date, over 7 million animals have been "chipped". The major biochip companies are A.V.I.D. (American Veterinary Identification Devices), Trovan Identification Systems, and Destron-Fearing Corporation. And accordin Read More Go to Site Java Ring: A Wearable Computer Votes:0 use it.com Papers and Essays JavaRing The JavaRing: A Wearable Computer by Jakob Nielsen (January 5, 1998) The JavaRing is a tiny wearable computer with 6 kilobytes of RAM. Six K may not sound like much, but it is 20 percent more memory than the first computer I ever used (back in high school in 1973): an ancient (even at the time) Danish second-generation computer called Gier. The Gier took up an entire room and now I can carry more computer power on my finger . Even 6 K is enough to hold your secret codes, your credit cards numbers, your driver license, other wallet contents, and even some electronic cash. The ring can also store a few important URLs. Indeed, one of the current JavaRing demos is the ability for me to walk up to any computer in the world that has a JavaRing reader and hav Read More Go to Site Jugend Kultur Archiv - Electro Textiles and Cargo Fashion Votes:0 Birgit Richard The intelligence of the second skin: Electro Textiles and Cargo Fashion Talk about the cultural implications of wear com and youth as symbolical avantgarde users of integrated technologies. Different Forms of Integrating Wearable Computing into everyday life (Focus on how youth cultures deal with technologies, their low tech approach) Smart fashion and intelligent textiles Technology determines the space of human every-day life not only by its existence in public and private rooms, but is moving onto a settlement on the human body. Medial devices are developing to become smart clothing, they occupy holes and gaps in fashion. There is to differentiate between "wearable computing or electronics (Philips/Levis)" and "smart textiles". The last-named intellige Read More Go to Site juliaset | Votes:0 juliaset Small Screen Blues - the facts of life "While the networks are rushing to make mobile programming available, and the cell phone carriers are pushing multimedia plans, it appears the audience for these services is still pretty small. Only 1-3% of cell phone users overall watch video content on their devices, meaning teenagers are probably more likely than adults to watch the small screen." (via PrWire ) This echoes what I just read in Entrepreneur Magazine (yes, I read it). While 1% of all users might be more than just a few people, it's still a very, very little part of the overall users. As the above article suggests, the two main things bothering users are price and content quality (resolution). I dislike streaming video and audio enough as it is, and I'm talking about the free Read More Go to Site Land Warrior Votes:0 FAS | Military | DOD 101 | Systems | Land Warfare |||| Index | Search | Land Warrior Land Warrior integrates small arms with high-tech equipment enabling ground forces to deploy, fight and win on the battlefields of the 21st century. Land Warrior came about in 1991 when an Army study group recommended the service look at the soldier as a complete weapon system. The first priority in Land Warrior is lethality. The second is survivability and the third, command and control. The program will cost $2 billion when 45,000 sets of the equipment are fielded between 2001-2014. The Marine Corps, Air Force and many foreign countries are interested in the system. Based on recent advances in communications, sensors, and materials, the Land Warrior System integrates commercial, off-the-shelf technologie Read More Go to Site Making Tech Less Tacky Votes:0 Subscribe Renew Give a Gift Change Address International Questions Cars 2.0 Culture Entertainment Gadgets Gaming How To Med-Tech Politics Science Software TechBiz Commentary Multimedia Wired Insider All Autopia Beyond the Beyond Compiler Danger Room Epicenter Gadget Lab Game | Life GeekDad Listening Post The Underwire Threat Level WIRED Science Top Stories Magazine Wired Blogs All Wired Culture : Lifestyle Making Tech Less Tacky Reena Jana 02.09.01 | 2:00 AM NEW YORK -- You probably wouldn't want to put Dutch designer Hella Jongerius in the same room with the folks who make the machines that most people use at home and work. "Why do computers always look so 'high-tech' and cold?" Jongerius said. "The computer doesn't have to be about punishment." Jongerius is one of six designers commi Read More Go to Site Need for an Intelligent Wearable Motherboard Votes:0 Need for an Intelligent Wearable Motherboard : It is hard to place a price on human life. Unfortunately, casualties are associated with combat and sometimes are inevitable. Since medical resources are limited in a combat scenario, there is a critical need to make optimum use of the available resources to minimize such casualties. Therefore, any effort to minimize the loss of human life has a value that is priceless. In a significant departure from the past, the loss of even a single soldier in a war can alter the nation’s engagement strategy making it all the more important to save lives. Similarly, on the civilian side, the population is aging and the cost of healthcare delivery is expected to increase at a rate faster than it is today. With the decreasing number of doctors in rural Read More Go to Site New Technology - Shocking new fashion for women Votes:0 Contact Us Links Classified Home Business News Business Roundups Australia Canada Europe United States Careers Classified Feature Article Information Technology New Technology Education News World Facts Book Reviews Archives/Research Search Tell your friends about this page Receive articles in your mailbox Privacy Policy September 10, 2003 new technology Shocking new fashion for women Esme Friesen What?s all the buzz? | Yes, but why? | Shocking by design How far we have come | The economics Could this become another clean energy export credit? | --> Researchers at MIT and Advanced Research Apparel have come up with a shocking new jacket design for women – literally. Designed as an anti- assault device for women, this little black sports number carries an 80,000-volt, low amperage cur Read More Go to Site Novel textile antennas open new frontiers to system designers Votes:0 About RF Design For Advertisers Contact Us Subscribe to RF Design HOME VLF to UHF Time & Frequency Active Components RF Circuits RFICs Design Tools CMOS & Compound Semiconductor ICs Integration Microwave/Millimeter Wave Passive Components Materials RF Front-End Amplifiers MMICs Test & Measurement Software Radio Signal Processing Data Converters System Radio Design Emerging Wireless Technology Broadband Technologies Short-Range Wireless Transmit/Receive Technologies Military/Defense Electronics RSS Save to Del.icio.us Digg This Home > Product News --> Novel textile antennas open new frontiers to system designers Aug 5, 2004 3:37 PM Resources Glossary of Terms RF Engineer Jobs Wireless ICs Spotlight OFDM Spotlight RSS Feeds Subscribe to RF Design ZibBee Spotlight Spotlight on Automotive Wire Read More Go to Site PC World - Future Watch: Digital Clothing, Fax Pens Votes:0 Search Browse by Topic Home News Hardware Reviews Software Reviews How-To Videos Downloads Shop & Compare Community Business Center Magazine Subscribe & Get a Bonus CD Customer Service Find a Review Select Category Cell Phones Desktop PCs Cameras Graphics Boards Hard Drives MP3 Players Monitors Notebooks Optical Drives Printers Projectors Televisions Holiday Gift Guide 2008 Audio & Video Business Center Cameras Cell Phones & PDAs Communications Components & Upgrading Desktop PCs DVD & Hard Drives Gaming Hardware & Software HDTV Laptops Macs & iPods Monitors Printers Spyware & Security The PCW Test Center Windows Vista & XP Resource Centers DLP® HDTV Showroom Duracell Technology Center Intel Technology Center Lenovo Laptop Showcase Lexmark WiFi Printers White Paper Library Most Popular Sear Read More Go to Site PC World - Hardware, Ready to Wear Votes:0 Search Browse by Topic Home News Hardware Reviews Software Reviews How-To Videos Downloads Shop & Compare Community Business Center Magazine Subscribe & Get a Bonus CD Customer Service Find a Review Select Category Cell Phones Desktop PCs Cameras Graphics Boards Hard Drives MP3 Players Monitors Notebooks Optical Drives Printers Projectors Televisions Holiday Gift Guide 2008 Audio & Video Business Center Cameras Cell Phones & PDAs Communications Components & Upgrading Desktop PCs DVD & Hard Drives Gaming Hardware & Software HDTV Laptops Macs & iPods Monitors Printers Spyware & Security The PCW Test Center Windows Vista & XP Resource Centers DLP® HDTV Showroom Duracell Technology Center Intel Technology Center Lenovo Laptop Showcase Lexmark WiFi Printers White Paper Library Most Popular Sear Read More Go to Site PC World - IBM Gets Fashionable With Wearable Cell Phone Votes:0 Search Browse by Topic Home News Hardware Reviews Software Reviews How-To Videos Downloads Shop & Compare Community Business Center Magazine Subscribe & Get a Bonus CD Customer Service Find a Review Select Category Cell Phones Desktop PCs Cameras Graphics Boards Hard Drives MP3 Players Monitors Notebooks Optical Drives Printers Projectors Televisions Holiday Gift Guide 2008 Audio & Video Business Center Cameras Cell Phones & PDAs Communications Components & Upgrading Desktop PCs DVD & Hard Drives Gaming Hardware & Software HDTV Laptops Macs & iPods Monitors Printers Spyware & Security The PCW Test Center Windows Vista & XP Resource Centers DLP® HDTV Showroom Duracell Technology Center Intel Technology Center Lenovo Laptop Showcase Lexmark WiFi Printers White Paper Library Most Popular Sear Read More Go to Site Pen Computing Magazine: Issue 39 Wearable Wear Votes:0 Current Cover Wearable Wear Wearable computing in jewelry? By Neil Kleinman May 2001, issue 39 The mention of wearable computers conjures images of devices strapped to the wrist, battery packs strapped to a belt and a display built into eyeglasses. Along with this complement of devices are cables that turn a person into a walking network. Computers that can be worn are thus not the same as computers in what we wear. Researchers at IBM Laboratories have begun to envision computing devices that can be embedded in jewelry items that are worn every day. This vision includes a wireless Personal Area Network (PAN) of computing devices distributed around the body in jewelry items including watches, bracelets, earrings, necklaces and rings. Imagine speakers embedded in earrings and a microphone hi Read More Go to Site Pervasive Computing in a Networked World Votes:0 Pervasive Computing in a Networked World Thomas C. AGOSTON <agoston@us.ibm.com> IBM Global Services USA Tatsuro UEDA <ueda@us.ibm.com> IBM Global Services Japan Yukari NISHIMURA <yukari2@attglobal.net> Nishimura Marketing Services Japan Abstract Almost everyone has heard of net-connected soft drink vending machines, but how will we reach the dream of pervasive computing -- a billion people interacting with a million businesses online via a zillion intelligent, interconnected devices? This paper examines the market environments, emerging technologies, and scenarios for networked applications enabled by pervasive computing, environments created when computing power and network connectivity are embedded in virtually every device humans use. The market environment encompasses Read More Go to Site Quantifying Driver Stress: Developing a System forCollecting and Processing Bio-Metric Signals in Natural Situations Votes:0 Next: Abstract To Appear: Proceedings of the Rocky Mountian Bio-Engineering Symposium, April 16-18 1999 Quantifying Driver Stress: Developing a System for Collecting and Processing Bio-Metric Signals in Natural Situations Jennifer Healey, Justin Seger and Rosalind Picard Rm E15-389, 20 Ames St., Cambridge, MA 02139 fenn@media.mit.edu, jseger@media.mit.edu, picard@media.mit.edu Abstract Motivation Capturing Context The Physiological Sensors The Signals Skin Conductance Heart Activity Respiration Muscle Activity Pilot Driving Experiment Summary Acknowledgments Bibliography About this document ... Jennifer Healey - fenn@media.mit.edu 1999-02-12 Read More Go to Site Section Sponsor: Votes:0 This section sponsored by: Page will automatically forward shortly. 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It's one of dozens of experiments underway nationwide that let consumers Read More Go to Site Simultaneous and Spatial Listening Votes:0 Simultaneous and Spatial Listening People using wearable devices must primarily attend to events in their environment, yet need to be notified of background processes or messages. Speech and music in the background and peripheral auditory cues [Gaver89] can provide an awareness of messages or signify events, without requiring one's full attention or disrupting their foreground activity. Audio easily fades into the background, but users are alerted when it changes [Cohen94]. It is possible for listeners to attend to multiple background processes via the audio channel as long as the sounds representing each process are distinguishable. This well known cognitive phenomenon, called the "Cocktail Party Effect" [Handel89], provides the justification that humans can in fact monitor seve Read More Go to Site StaticBeats - Listening Large: E-Textiles For Battlefield Sound Votes:0 Home Your Account Downloads Forums Reviews Submit News Features Main » Home » Web Links » Member List » Your Account Music » Forums » Reviews » Downloads Shop @ BoomBoomBap Other Sections --------------- Downloads Forums Members List Private Messages Reviews Search Sections Statistics Stories Archive Submit News User Groups Web Links Webcast_Update Your Account Visitor Info Anonymous Login / Register Members Newest: bollenbach Today: 0 Yesterday: 0 Total: 6396 People Online: Visitors: 28 Members: 0 Total: 28 Listening Large: E-Textiles For Battlefield Sound For decades, electronics have been getting smaller and smaller. Now, engineers are turning to one of mankind's oldest arts -- weaving -- for a cost-effective way of making certain devices bigger and bigger. The STRETCH program is a coop Read More Go to Site T Spaces Votes:0 Home Products & services Support & downloads My account Select a country Journals Home Systems Journal ? Current Issue ? Recent Issues ? Papers in Progress ? Search/Index ? Orders ? Description ? Author's Guide Journal of Research and Development Staff Contact Us &#160 Volume 37, Number 3, 1998 Java Technology Table of contents: HTML ASCII This article: HTML ASCII DOI: 10.1147/sj.373.0454 Copyright info T Spaces by P. Wyckoff With the creation of computer networks in the 1970s came the birth of distributed network applications. Since then, there have been many applications that spanned multiple machines, but in the last 20 years no one created a serviceable network middleware package for developing highly effective distributed applications, that is, until now. This paper describes the desi Read More Go to Site Taipei Times - archives Votes:0 Mon, Dec 10, 2001 News Editorials 418945760 visits Front Page * US attempts to flush out bin Laden * DPP must treat its younger sister well, analysts say * Taichung player conquers `Empires' * Israel may step up military operations after suicide attack * US claims tape provides evidence against militant Local News * Police face rights charge * Activists want Taiwan name change * Survey gives high marks to Taipei mayor * Lu receives peace prize at Presidential Office * PFP lets Chen decide on speaker * Taipei promoteslifelong learning * Kaohsiung dogs tie the knot to find new homes * Researchers move ahead with thalidomide trials * New Party's Lai Shyh-bao will decide today on whether to be deputy mayor * Arrival of AIM-120 missiles to boost air-force capability * 'Black Sticky Rice' name c Read More Go to Site Tech Zone - World's Smallest Hard Drive Now Bigger: 4GB One-Inch Disk Votes:0 TECHNOLOGY NEWS SERVED ON A HARD DISK PLATTER World's Smallest Hard Drive Now Bigger: 4GB One-Inch Disk 2003-01-06 | posted by Chairman Steve | print Hitachi Global Storage Technologies today announced plans to squeeze four gigabytes of data onto the 1-inch Microdrive, the world's smallest hard disk drive. With considerable advances in miniaturization technology, Hitachi engineers have overcome numerous magnetic recording challenges associated with developing hard disk drives of this size. The 4GB Microdrive is expected to be available in the Fall of 2003. The new drive will use ultra-miniaturized components, including a new read-write head that is half the size of its predecessor and results in a 40-percent decrease in the height at which the head travels above the disk platter. 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A scruffy-looking guy strolls through a supe Read More Go to Site TR-318-ABSTRACT Votes:0 TR-318-ABSTRACT Replaced by TR #355 This is the original version as distributed widely in early 1994. The earliest version was distributed in the Media Lab in 1993. A postscript version added images in June 1995. Unpublished paper meant for the popular press The Cyborgs are Coming or The Real Personal Computers by Thad Starner [cyborg@media.mit.edu] (submitted to Wired) People look at me strangely when I walk down the street these days. However, I'm not particularly surprised; I have a box strapped to my waist with wires reaching out to my hand and up to my eye. I often hold silent conversations with myself, electronically taking notes on the world around me. Occasionally one of my observations triggers electronic memories and gives me new insights. No wonder people look at me strangely. Y Read More Go to Site Turning pervasive computing into mediated spaces Votes:0 Home Products & services Support & downloads My account Select a country Journals Home Systems Journal ? Current Issue ? Recent Issues ? Papers in Progress ? Search/Index ? Orders ? Description ? Author's Guide Journal of Research and Development Staff Contact Us &#160 Volume 38, Number 4, 1999 Pervasive Computing Table of contents: HTML PDF ASCII This article: HTML PDF ASCII DOI: 10.1147/sj.384.0677 Copyright info Turning pervasive computing into mediated spaces by by W. Mark With pervasive computing, we envision a future in which computation becomes part of the environment. The computer forms (workstation, personal computer, personal digital assistant, game player) through which we now relate to computation will occupy only a small niche in this new computational world. Our relationship Read More Go to Site Wearable Computing FAQ Votes:0 Wearable Computing FAQ This file was last modified on Wednesday 31 June 1998. Basic Information Technical Information Technical Issues Biological Issues Social Issues Forums and Other Sources On the Internet Hard Copy Meta-FAQ 1. Basic Information What is a wearable computer, anyway? [Mann|MIT] Wearable computing facilitates a new form of human-computer interaction based on a small body-worn computer system that is always on and always ready and accessible. In this regard, the new computational framework differs from that of hand held devices, laptop computers and personal digital assistants (PDAs). The "always ready" capability leads to a new form of synergy between human and computer, characterized by long-term adaptation through constancy of user interface. There are five major characte Read More Go to Site WH: Fashion 1.0 - Modular Flexible Mobile System Votes:0 Return to the archive index Fashion 1.0 - Modular Flexible Mobile System From: Doug Sutherland < > Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2000 06:36:55 -0700 wear-hards, I am pressing the reset button and establishing an entirely new platform of hardwear and softwear for mobile computing (for wearablez, carz, toasterz, or whateverz). This new design is gleaned from many small progressive experiments in embedded systems design, network software design, and alternative interface design, validated with a fair amount of wearable road testing in clubs, restaurants, automobiles, airplanes, and on the pavement. This is the first cut at broad specs. They will be drilled down to specific parts lists, build instructions, configuration details, and downloadable code eventually. I am starting at ground zero though, Read More Go to Site Where Artists' Dreams Come True — Concordia University Magazine Features Votes:0 by Julia Gedeon Matusky photo by Christian Fleury Barbara Layne, Ingrid Bachmann, Bill Vorn (Yves Bilodeau) and Lynn Hughes, amid Vorn’s artwork in progress at Hexagram’s Concordia studio space. Hexagram has improved the communication between Concordia Fine Arts faculty, Hughes says. “We’re identifying ways to help each other. I’m already going to somebody in the performance and sound group for advice about actors.” You watch a dancer leap onstage and into her routine. A larger figure duplicates her movements precisely — but it can’t be her shadow; the sequence is different. Her counterpart is actually a computerized image programmed with the dancer’s every possible motion. Later, at a restaurant, you watch two virtual characters interact sponta Read More Go to Site Why Wearable Audio Computing? Votes:0 Why Wearable Audio Computing? In an information rich environment, people access a multitude of content such as news, weather, stock reports, and data from a variety of information sources. People increasingly communicate via services such as email, fax, and telephony. Such a growth in information and communication options is fundamentally changing the workplace and "beginning to have a seismic effect on people's professional and personal lives" (see the recent Pitney Bowes Study , April 8, 1997). A partial solution to information overload is to give people timely and filtered information, most relevant to the context of their current tasks. Seamless access to personal information and communication services should be made available to users in a passive and unobtrusive manner, bas Read More Go to Site Winnipeg Sun: It's technology you can wear! Votes:0 Inside CANOE.CA Autonet C-Health CNEWS Dating Home & Garden Jam! Showbiz Jobboom Lifewise Money Newsstand SLAM! Sports Technology Travel Video WHAM! 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Votes:0 Subscribe Renew Give a Gift Change Address International Questions Cars 2.0 Culture Entertainment Gadgets Gaming How To Med-Tech Politics Science Software TechBiz Commentary Multimedia Wired Insider All Autopia Beyond the Beyond Compiler Danger Room Danger Room Epicenter Gadget Lab Game | Life GeekDad Listening Post Table of Malcontents The Underwire Threat Level WIRED Science Top Stories Magazine Wired Blogs All Wired Issue 9.10 | Oct 2001 Pg 1 of 3 >> Print , email , or fax this article for free. Slick as Teflon! Tough as Kevlar! Limber as Lycra! Nonwoven polyethylene polymers are ripping open the fabric of fashion reality. By Andrew Tilin Design Development Concepts U.S.A., a 14-person fashion studio, sits at the top of a grimy flight of stairs off Fifth Avenue in Manhattan's Flat Read More Go to Site Wireless networked digital devices: A new paradigm for computing and communication Votes:0 Home Products & services Support & downloads My account Select a country Journals Home Systems Journal ? Current Issue ? Recent Issues ? Papers in Progress ? Search/Index ? Orders ? Description ? Author's Guide Journal of Research and Development Staff Contact Us &#160 Volume 38, Number 4, 1999 Pervasive Computing Table of contents: HTML PDF ASCII This article: HTML PDF ASCII DOI: 10.1147/sj.384.0566 Copyright info Wireless networked digital devices: A new paradigm for computing and communication by by T. G. Zimmerman The proliferation of mobile computing devices including laptops, personal digital assistants ( PDA s), and wearable computers has created a demand for wireless personal area networks ( PAN s). PAN s allow proximal devices to share information and resources. The mobile nature Read More Go to Site X.com Turns Your Mobile Phone Into a Wallet Votes:0 June 12, 2000 X.com Turns Your Mobile Phone Into a Wallet Internet Payments Leader Launches First Service for Web-enabled Phones PALO ALTO, Calif., June 12 /PRNewswire/ -- X.com, the world?s first and largest Web-based payments network, further expanded its reach and utility today by becoming the first leading online payments provider to offer its service by mobile phone. Via the Internet browser on their Web-enabled mobile phones, individuals can now access X.com?s PayPal site ( www.paypal.com ) - the most heavily trafficked financial site on the Web - and use the company?s popular email payment service to instantly and securely send money to anyone with a U.S. email address. Users can also check their PayPal account balances and review transactions real-time on HDML and WAP-capable mobil Read More Go to Site `Smart clothing': Making multimedia computers and wireless communication more personal --- a paradigm shift in wearable computing. Votes:0 `Smart clothing': Making multimedia computers and wireless communication more personal --- a paradigm shift in wearable computing. `Smart clothing': Making multimedia computers and wireless communication more personal --- a paradigm shift in wearable computing. Other related wearable computer (wearcomp) publications Where published: @ARTICLE{manncacm, author = "Mann, Steve", title = "Smart Clothing: The shift to wearable computing", journal = "Communications of the {ACM}", year = 1996, month = "August", vol = "39,8", pages = "23-24", } `Smart clothing' --- the combination of mobile multimedia, wireless communication, and wearable computing --- provides the potential to make ``personal computers'' even more personal. In the early 1980s, when I was experimenting with wearable computing and w Read More Go to Site

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