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Download these tips for optimizing your mobile computing experience
With every new generation of mobile devices, we inch a little closer to the ultimate Nirvana of personal computing: the perfect combination of uncompromising functionality and ultra-portability. Download these book chapters and articles to learn how to make the most of your mobile device. Access your e-mail...
Tags: Mobile, PC, Mobile Computing, Wearable Computer, Palm Treo, RIM BlackBerry, Mobile Device, VersaMail, E-mail, Advertising & Promotion, Handhelds, Cellular Phones, Online Communications, Marketing, Hardware, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Cara Reynolds
Blog posts 2007-09-14
Build a wearable PC (Part 1)
Tired of his heavy laptop turning him into Quasimodo, author Cyrus Peikari dreamed up a solution: a PC he could wear on his body. In this article, learn how you can ditch your cumbersome laptop and your entire office for a lightweight, wearable setup. Find Part 2...
Tags: PC, informIT, Wearable Computer, Notebooks, Desktops, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets
Download resources 2007-09-13
Turbo Charge Your Inventory Moves With Wearable Computers: 13 Key Considerations for Evaluating Wearables
Bar code scanning has made data collection fast and accurate but sometimes operators aren't provided the right tools for the job - and that can reduce productivity gains that might otherwise be realized. Many warehouse tasks require an operator to physically handle products. A hand-held computer isn't always the best...
Tags: LXE (EMS Technologies), Wearable Computer, Computer, Productivity
White papers 2007-03-15
Build a wearable PC (Part 2)
Tired of his heavy laptop turning him into Quasimodo, author Cyrus Peikari dreamed up a solution: a PC he could wear on his body. In Part 2 of this article, follow along as Cyrus continues his quixotic quest to build the ultimate mobile device -- a wearable PC....
Tags: PC, informIT, Wearable Computer, Desktops, Hardware
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Wireless Sensor Network for Wearable Physiological Monitoring
Wearable physiological monitoring system consists of an array of sensors embedded into the fabric of the wearer to continuously monitor the physiological parameters and transmit wireless to a remote monitoring station. At the remote monitoring station the data is correlated to study the overall health status of the wearer. In...
Tags: Network, Wireless Sensor Network, Monitoring, Wireless, Academy Publisher
White papers 2008-05-01
eWatch: A Wearable Sensor and Notification Platform
The eWatch is a wearable sensing, notification, and computing platform built into a wrist watch form factor making it highly available, instantly viewable, ideally located for sensors, and unobtrusive to users. Bluetooth communication provides a wireless link to a cellular phone or stationary computer. eWatch senses light, motion, audio, and...
Tags: Audio, Carnegie-Mellon University, Sensor, Wearable Computing, eWatch, Bluetooth Communication, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, Wireless
White papers 2005-11-30
Photos: Fashion, sports greet 'wearable technologies'
The world's of fashion, sports and techology met up at the "Wearable Technologies" display at ISPO Summer.
Tags: photograph
Image galleries 2006-07-21
Security Issues for Wearable Computing and Bluetooth Technology
Bluetooth is a short-range wireless cable replacement technology enabling restricted types of ad hoc networks to be formed. All the while, a need for connecting wearable devices, such as PDAs, mobile phones, and mp3-players, is rising. Such networks may be formed using Bluetooth technology, but issues such as security must...
Tags: Security, Helsinki University, Wearable Computing, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, Wireless
White papers
Wearable Wellness Monitoring Using ECG and Accelerometer Data
This paper presents a prototype wearable wellness monitoring system capable of recording, transmitting and analyzing continuous ECG and accelerometer data. The system also provides an application for recording activities, events and potentially important medical symptoms. The hardware allows data to be transmitted wirelessly from on-body sensors to a handheld device...
Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Monitoring, Data, Bluetooth, Cellular Phones, Wi-Fi, Handhelds, Wireless, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware
White papers 2005-07-13
Latest trends in wearable technologies
Are you looking for the latest trends in IT fashion? Heck, even if you aren't, some of the pieces of clothing apparel and clothing accessories that people are creating these days are worth taking a peek at. Check out this photo gallery: "Fashion, sports greet 'wearable technologies'." According to the gallery...
Tags: Apparel, Photograph, Coat, Jacket, GPS, Corporate Communications, Notebooks, Handhelds, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Marketing, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Sonja Thompson
Blog posts 2006-07-24
Photos: Wear a rocketbelt, see the moon?
Well, no, you won't get that high. But at the X Prize Cup, one man does blast off with his wearable rocket.
Tags: moon, photograph, rocket
Image galleries 2006-10-20
HealthGear: A Real-Time Wearable System for Monitoring and Analyzing Physiological Signals
This paper presents HealthGear, a real-time wearable system for monitoring, visualizing and analyzing physiological signals. HealthGear consists of a set of non-invasive physiological sensors wirelessly connected via Bluetooth to a cell phone which stores, transmits and analyzes the physiological data, and presents it to the user in an intelligible way....
Tags: Monitoring, HealthGear, Bluetooth, Wireless
White papers 2006-01-18
Photos: Sirius previews its wearable radio
Beginning in October, Sirius Satellite Radio will offer a portable radio that can store as much as 50 hours of programming.
Tags: photograph, programming, radio, Sirius, Sirius Satellite Radio Inc.
Image galleries 2005-08-25
Homemade Perfumes (exe)
This software contains some recipies for homemade perfumes. The interaction between the fragrance and your body may produce a different scent perception. Light, wearable signature scents can affect more than personal moods and memories. They can be healing as well, reducing stress, energising one's spirit or evoking a romantic and...
Tags: Health Care, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Food & Beverage, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Manufacturing
Software downloads 2007-05-10
Photos: Sirius previews its wearable radio
I have this already...It's pretty good. The unit as shown does not, however, actually receive a signal. To use it as pictured, you have to store the content and listen later. I have it set up to record the midnight re-run of the Stern show, so I can listen to...
Tags: MJO42, satellite radio, sirius, xm, s50, networking, photograph, radio
Discussion threads 2006-05-17
Build a Pac-Man arcade machine costume for Halloween
This guy made a wearable Pac-Man arcade machine for Halloween last year. Learn how he did it, and maybe get inspired to build a geeky Halloween costume of your own. by Ken Keesling
Tags: TechRepublic Inc., Ken Keesling
Image galleries 2007-10-11
Affective Medicine: Technology with Emotional Intelligence
For a long time people have kept emotions out of the deliberate tools of medicine and science; scientists, physicians, and patients have often felt and sometimes expressed emotion, but no tools could sense, measure, and respond to their affective information. A series of recent studies indicates that emotions, particularly stress,...
Tags: Massachusetts Institute Of Technology, Emotion, Computer, Productivity, Emotional Intelligence, Tools & Techniques, Management
White papers 2001-08-01
Symbol Hands-Free Scanners Selected by TSW Manufacturing Ltd
TSW Manufacturing Ltd. is a manufacturing company producing alloy wheels for both the aftermarket and as original equipment to the motor manufacturers. Before the introduction of the wireless wearable system solution from Symbol Technologies TSW Manufacturing used fixed position computers for data entry. With the Symbol system, they are able...
Tags: Symbol Technologies Inc., TSW Manufacturing Ltd., Manufacturing, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing
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Pic: Functional 'Aliens' powerloader exosuit halloween costume
All hail the ultimate Aliens fanboy. This is an actual wearable powerloader costume, and it's not his first. This guy has also built an APU battlesuit from The Matrix trilogy (those absurdly impractical exosuits that 'protected' Zion, but left their pilots exposed from the chest up) and a classic...
Tags: Blogging, Internet, Jay Garmon
Blog posts 2007-10-25
SenseCam: A Retrospective Memory Aid
This paper presents a novel ubiquitous computing device, the SenseCam, a sensor augmented wearable stills camera. SenseCam is designed to capture a digital record of the wearer's day, by recording a series of images and capturing a log of sensor data. The authors believe that reviewing this information will help...
Tags: Ubiquitous Computing, Memory, SenseCam
White papers 2006-07-26
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