26-03-2012, 02:19 PM
WEARABLE COMPUTERS ppt
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What is a “Wearable Computer
A small portable computer that is designed to be worn on the body during use.
In this, wearable computers differ from PDAs, which are designed for hand-held use.
Wearable computers are usually either integrated into the user's clothing or can be attached to the body through some other means, like a wristband.
They may also be integrated into everyday objects that are constantly worn on the body, like a wrist watch or a hands-free cell phone.
Commercialization of W.C
Led by companies such as Xybernault, HandyKey, and ViA. Forced alliances with IBM and Sony in order to make wearable computing widely available.
In 1998 Seiko marketed the Ruputer, a computer in a (fairly large) wristwatch, to mediocre returns.
In 2001 IBM developed and publicly displayed two prototypes for a wristwatch computer running Linux, but the product never came to market.
Wristwatch Computer Videophone
“Dick Tracy” style watch
Created by Steve Mann, a professor at U of T, 2000
Combination wristwatch and imaging device
Send and receive video over short distances
Release date?
WEARABLE PERFORMANCE
Flavia Sparacino, Alex Pentland and Glorianna Davenport in MIT MEDIA LAB
Offer street performer powerful tools to create innovative experiences for the audience
Free performance from the indoor stage, bringing a new adaptive richness to the mobile world of street theatre
Motivated by the need to bring performance art to the people rather than people to the theatre
Street performers are skilled craftsmen of their own props and often have the desire to introduce technological skills
LWearable Computers.ppt (Size: 842 KB / Downloads: 37)
What is a “Wearable Computer
A small portable computer that is designed to be worn on the body during use.
In this, wearable computers differ from PDAs, which are designed for hand-held use.
Wearable computers are usually either integrated into the user's clothing or can be attached to the body through some other means, like a wristband.
They may also be integrated into everyday objects that are constantly worn on the body, like a wrist watch or a hands-free cell phone.
Commercialization of W.C
Led by companies such as Xybernault, HandyKey, and ViA. Forced alliances with IBM and Sony in order to make wearable computing widely available.
In 1998 Seiko marketed the Ruputer, a computer in a (fairly large) wristwatch, to mediocre returns.
In 2001 IBM developed and publicly displayed two prototypes for a wristwatch computer running Linux, but the product never came to market.
Wristwatch Computer Videophone
“Dick Tracy” style watch
Created by Steve Mann, a professor at U of T, 2000
Combination wristwatch and imaging device
Send and receive video over short distances
Release date?
WEARABLE PERFORMANCE
Flavia Sparacino, Alex Pentland and Glorianna Davenport in MIT MEDIA LAB
Offer street performer powerful tools to create innovative experiences for the audience
Free performance from the indoor stage, bringing a new adaptive richness to the mobile world of street theatre
Motivated by the need to bring performance art to the people rather than people to the theatre
Street performers are skilled craftsmen of their own props and often have the desire to introduce technological skills