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Photos: Five mobiles of the future unveiled
Photo Another future mobile comes courtesy of MIT Media Lab that demonstrated a wearable device called SixthSense earlier this year. Wearable In the beginning. The inventor of the first commercial mobile phone... [19 Aug 2009]
Selecting the Wearable That Will Deliver Maximum Value in Your Enterprise Environment
White Paper The use of wearable computers continues to rise in enterprise applications, as the technology has evolved from an interesting concept to a deployable application with tangible business benefits. In fact, according to... [06 Aug 2009]
Forget the netbook: The future of mobile is wearable
News Not hardware that can be held or carried, says Williams, but "wearable" devices - which could be brought to market in as few as three or four years' time. It's becoming obvious by the day that the value proposition in... [18 May 2009]
LifeNet: An Ad-Hoc Sensor Network and Wearable System to Provide Firefighters With Navigation Support
White Paper This paper describes a concept called LifeNet for using an ad-hoc sensor network providing relative positioning and a wearable system to support firefighters at indoor-navigation under impaired visibility. [23 Apr 2009]
A Survey of Mobile and Wireless Technologies for Augmented Reality Systems
White Paper A new breed of computing called "Augmented ubiquitous computing" has resulted from the convergence of wearable computing, wireless networking and mobile AR interfaces. Recent advances in hardware and software for mobile... [02 Apr 2009]
Conversational Speech Recognition for Creating Intelligent Agents on Wearables
White Paper This system, called the Calendar Guardian Agent (CGA), runs on a wearable computer to assist in scheduling appointments based on captured speech from a user's everyday conversations. Paper-based planners and calendar... [13 Dec 2008]
A Wearable Life Multimedia Streaming System
White Paper The paper describes the design and the implementation of a system that enables life video streaming in the internet using the Java Media Framework. The sender or presenter walks with a portable computer over a fair and transmits life... [21 Oct 2008]
Hitachi Created the Wearable Internet Appliance, a Small Device With Great Power-Management Capabilities That Delivers a Desktop-Like Viewing Experience
White Paper Hitachi engineers had a concept that would help the electronics giant maintain its leadership role - an Internet device that could deliver a big-screen viewing experience from a very small package. Their solution: a head-mounted device... [06 Oct 2008]
Photos: Tomorrow's tech showcased by inventors
Photo Some of the UK's most promising tech entrepreneurs gathered at the Cambridge Enterprise Conference Cambridge to show how their ideas could shape the future. QIO Systems has come up with connected clothing thanks to a remote control woven... [18 Sep 2008]
CodeBlue: An Ad Hoc Sensor Network Infrastructure for Emergency Medical Care
White Paper Wearable vital sign sensors can track patient status and location, while simultaneously operating as active tags. Sensor devices integrating embedded processors, low-power, low-bandwidth radios, and a modest amount of... [10 Sep 2008]
Affective Medicine: Technology with Emotional Intelligence
White Paper Examples of recently developed systems are shown, including computer systems that are wearable and computers that respond to people with a kind of active listening, empathy, and sympathy. For a long time people have kept... [02 Sep 2008]
Tomorrow's wireless world: Healthcare to wear
News The healthcare sector could also make use of wearable on-body monitors, which would communicate with a home hub or mobile phone via Bluetooth or the like. According to the report, in-body networks could be implanted in... [08 May 2008]
Photos: Android, high-tech Heathrow, the future of shopping
Photo This is Adwalker's wearable screen and tablet PC which can be used to promote offers to customers around the shop. Photo credit: Natasha Lomas Hundreds of bags wait to be loaded into the high tech baggage system at... [28 Feb 2008]
Photos: The high-tech future of retail
Photo This wearable screen and tablet PC from Adwalker is used by staff to bring promotions to consumers as they shop. The latest innovations in tech for retailers were showcased at the Retail Business Show held at the Olympia... [15 Feb 2008]
Tech to cut red tape and leave police to police
News Various time saving, crime-fighting devices are also being used, including video ID parades, live-scan electronic fingerprinting, wearable body cameras and a £50m capital fund to deliver 10,000 mobile data devices to... [08 Feb 2008]
