On
The Body
Function, Fetish, Fashion and the Personal Identity Network
Note: For convenience, references are linked to online sources where possible. Given the dynamic nature of internet information, it's recommended that you web archive any particular online articles of interest.
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References: |
| "What Your Clothes Say About You". Wired. 12 Mar 2003 | Benetton's plans for RFID Tags | |
| "Clothing That Connects" . International Herald Tribune. 7 Feb. 2003 | electrotextiles | |
| "For the Smart Dresser, Electric Threads That Cosset You". New York Times. 6 Feb 2003 | conductive fibers, electro textiles | |
| "Technology Tackles Troublemakers as the War on Crime Heats Up". J. Stark. Directions. 5 Feb. 2003 | GPS tracking of criminals; comprehensive overview | |
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"Pervasive Computing, You Are What You Compute" . Harvard Business School Working Knowledge 3 Feb. 2003 |
brief survey of selected new enablers, tech size, market projections | |
| "Witnet completes co-marketing agreement with Xybernaut" 27 Jan. 2003 | a peak at future products | <= |
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"IBM demos Linux reference platform for handhelds" . EE Times Network UK. 23 Jan. 2003 |
enabling technology; cross platform | |
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"AMD, Metrowerks platform supports Linux-based PDAs" . EE Times Network. 22 Jan. 2003 |
enabling technology; cross platform | |
| "Wireless, Wearable, and Wondrous Tech" . CNN. 17 Jan. 2003 | short hype blurb | <= |
| "Silicon Valley Engineers Develop Wearable, Washable Computers ". VOA News. 15 Jan. 2003 | enabling technology; washable electronics, washable infineon chip, brief app. survey | |
| "Navigation Technologies...Creation of Geographical Bookmarks". press release. 9 Jan. 2003 | digital mapping patents | |
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"Allen's Vulcan develops wireless Mini-PC " . Seattle PI. 9 Jan. 2003 |
wireless laptop the size of a hand; image a purse (show wallet) | |
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"World's Smallest Hard Drive Now Bigger..." . EE Times. 6 Jan. 2003 |
enabling technology; Hitachi fits 4 Gigs on 1-inch microdrive; Hitachi's patented "Pixie Dust" technology | |
| "I, PC". Popular Science. 2003? | <= | |
| "HP Leads wireless internet revolution". HP. 2003. | PwLAN; detailed Starbucks example | <= |
| "Real Design - Vexed Parka". Channel 4. 2002. | Vexed Generation design technique, philosophy | |
| "Future of Computing Comes Under Scrutiny". Swiss Info. 22 Dec. 2002 | results from Swiss study on pervasive computing health risks | ** <= |
| "Shopping by Cell Phone? No Thanks". Wired. 25 Nov. 2002 | early "mobile payment" experiments in US | |
| "Weaving New Functions Into Fashion". Lamont Wood. Chicago Tribune. October 2002. | electro-textiles | <= e |
| "HP Unveils Post-merger Enterprise Mobility Solutions Portfolio". HP press release. Sept. 2002. | public wireless lan's (PwLAN); mobile infrastructures; Starbuck's network | |
| "Communicating Clothes". InfoSync World. May 2002. | flexible display fabric from Telecom France | |
| "Computerized Clothes are Still the Fashion of the Future". mBusinessDaily. 2002 | Philips-Levi's ICD+ | |
| "Wearable Computing in Jewlery?". Pen Computing. May 2001. | on IBM's embeded devices | <= |
| "Dialing for Dollars". Time. 4 June 2001 | smart money | <= |
| "Heeding Your Wardrobe" . ABC News. December 2000 | Clothes that tell you you've forgotten your keys or warn you when your wallet is stolen | <= |
| "A Step Beyond Palmtop: Collartop" . New York Times. November 2000 | product refs to follow up on | * |
| "IBM Gets Fashionable With Wearable Cell Phones" . PC World. November 2000 | beautiful objects | ** |
| "Hardware, Ready to Wear" . PC World. September 2000 | Levi jacket, IBM prototype, etc. | <=x |
| "Future Watch: Digital Clothing, Fax Pens" . PC World. August 2000 | <= | |
| "Net Software". Wired. July 2000 | Doug Sutherland's Java Jacket | |
| "Petite PC - That's the Tiquit" ABC News. June 2000. | Stanford's matchbox server + | <= |
| "X.com Turns Your Mobile Phone Into a Wallet". 12 June 2000 | first leading online payments provider to offer its services by mobile phone | |
| "Jeniuses at Work". Java.Sun. 7 June 2000 | Steven Meloan on Java Jacket, home, + | |
| "Inventing the Future" . Forbes. March 2000 | ** | |
| "Context Aware Computing" | intro. to and listing of MIT papers on context awareness in wearable computing; | ** <= |
| "Smallest Web Server Fits in Shirt Pocket". CNN. February 1999 | matchbox web server | |
| "Windows Into Alice's Wonderland: A head-mounted three-dimensional display". Sun Microsystems. 1999? | history; 1967 head mounted display, birth of virtual reality | |
| "MIT 'cyborgs' bridge gap between man and machine". CNN. 3 July 1998 | several research projects; video clips, images, use for a class presentation | * |
| "You Are Cyborg." Wired. Feb. 1997. | Wired feature story on Donna Haraway. | |
| "Cyber Guide: Prototyping Context-Aware Mobile Applications" | ||
| "Wearable Computers - Possibilities" . About. | good projects | <=e |
| :Leave the Lap - Don a Wearable". About. | <= | |
| Papers, Briefs, Interviews, etc. | ||
| MIT's timeline history of wearable computing | comprehensive timeline | |
| "Fashion and Technology Meet, Touch and ...?" 2002 | IDII 'Designing Desire' report | <= |
| "Georgia Tech Wearable Motherboard" 2002 | have them read the red bulleted items | ** |
| "Why Clothing?" 2002 | very good GA Tech pdf presentation on smart shirt | ** <=! |
| "The Challenges of Wearable Computing". T. Starner. 2001; Parts 1, and 2 | IEEE Micro July-August pp. 45-67 | |
| "Introducing Touchy-Feely Tech". Wired. Nov. 2000. | electrotextiles | |
| "Fashion 1.0 - Modular Flexible Mobile System" October 2000 | Doug Sutherland on designing for wearables | * |
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"'JACKETIZED' COMPUTING Wearing Your Wares" 7 June 2000 |
Doug Sutherland on his Java Jacket | ** |
| "E-broidery: Design and Fabrication of Textile Based Computing", 2000 E.R. Post, et al. | from IBM Journal on Pervasive Computing; | ** |
| "Pervasive Computing in a Networked World". inet. 2000. | ||
| "Wireless Networked Digital Devices: A New Paradigm for Computing and Communication", 1999 Eric Zimmerman | ** | |
| "At What Cost Pervasive? A Social Computing View of Mobile Computing Systems", 1999 D.C. Dryer | excellent analysis of studies on mediated social interactions | ** <= |
| "A Look at Human Interaction with Pervasive Computers",1999 W.S. Ark | into. to IBM Systems Journal, Pervasive Computing issue; links to all papers | ** <= |
| "A Universal Information Appliance", 1999 K.F. Eustice | from IBM Systems Journal on Pervasive Computing | |
| "Contrasting Paradigms for the Development of Wearable Computers". 1999. C. Baber | from IBM Systems Journal on Pervasive Computing | **<= |
| "Turning Pervasive Computing into Mediated Spaces", 1999 W. Mark | from IBM Journal on Pervasive Computing; spaces that act upon person's actions and ported information | * |
| "Is the biochip the Mark of the Beast?" Dial the Truth. 1999 | critical analysis of biochip technology from spiritualists; interesting cultural perspectives | |
| "Wearable Computer Systems for Affective Computing" | Prof. Rosalind Picard of MIT, extract, great research projects | ** <= |
| "Conductive Materials" | electro-textiles | *<=e |
| "T-Spaces", 1998 P. Wycoff | from IBM Journal on Pervasive Computing; network middleware architecture (conceptually like Bluetooth) | |
| "A Wearable Computer for Use in Microgravity Space and Other Non-Desktop Environments" 1996 | IBM prototype, good design abstract; presented at CHI '96 | ** |
| Steve Mann's keynote address at McLuhan Symposium... | ||
| "Tangent: Cyborg Consciousness" | extensive, theoretical cyborb emphasis with some interesting points relevant to class; from his tutorial in biogenetic structuralism | |
| "Context-Awareness in Wearable and Ubiquitous Computing". G. Abowd, et al. 1997. | submitted to the 1997 International Symposium on Wearable Computers | |
| "Infinitely Wearable Computing". Wired. July 1997 | Andrew Singer's patented programmable tattoo | |
| "The Design of a Wearable Computer". L. Bass, et al. 1997. | In Proceedings of the CHI '97, (pp. 139-146). New York, NY: ACM. | |
| "Location Aware Mobile Computing". H.Beadle, B. Harper, et al.1997.. | In Proceedings of the International Conference on Telecommunications (ICT '97), (pp. 1319-1324). Los Alamitos, CA | |
| "A User Interface Device for Domestic Hypermedia". H. Beadle, et al. 1997. | In Proceedings of the ICICS 97: International Conference on Information, Communications and Signal Processing, (pp. online). Wollongong, Australia: University of Wollongong. | |
| "An Evaluation of Wearable Information Spaces". M. Billinghurst,et al. 1997 | (HITL R-97-35): Seattle, WA: University of Washington, Human Interface Technology Laboratory and Ipswich, UK: BT Laboratories Advanced Perception Unit. | |
| "Smart Badge: It Beeps, It Flashes, It Knows When You Are Hot and Sweaty". H.Beadle, et al.1997. | submitted to the 1997 International Symposium on Wearable Computers): Wollongong, Australia: University of Wollongong and Kista, Sweden: Royal Institute of Technology and Palo Alto, CA: Hewlett Packard Laboratories | |
| MIT Wearable Computing Associated Papers: | ||
| "Why Wearable Audio Computing?" , Nitin Sawhney 200X? | MIT research brief and references | *<= |
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| "Wearable Cinema/Wearable City: bridging physical and virtual spaces through wearable computing". F. Sparacino, et al. 2000. | invited presentation, Montecarlo, January 31st-February 3rd 2000 | |
| "Wearable Computing Meets Ubiquitous Computing: Reaping the best of both worlds". B. Rhodes, et al. 1999. | The Proceedings of The Third International Symposium on Wearable Computers (ISWC '99), San Francisco, CA, October 18-19 1999, pp. 141-149 | |
| "Technologies and methods for interactive exhibit design: from wireless object and body tracking to wearable computers". F. Sparacino. 1999. | International Conference on Hypertext and Interactive Museums, ICHIM 99, Washington, DC, Sept. 22-26, 1999. | |
| "Quantifying Driver Stress: Developing a System for Collecting and Processing Bio-Metric Signals in Natural Situations ". J. Healey. 1999. | Perceptual Computing Technical Report #483. To appear in: Proceedings of the Rocky Mountain Bioengineering Symposium, April 16-18 1999. | |
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"Definition of "Wearable Computer" May 1998 |
Steve Mann's 1998 keynote address "Wearable Computing as means for Personal Empowerment" | ** |
| "Wearable Computing FAQ " June 1998 | MIT interview with Steve Mann | ** |
| "Wearable Computing as Means for Personal Empowerment", Steve Mann | presented ISWC 98 | *<= |
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"A New Affect-Perceiving Interface and Its Application to Personalized Music Selection". J. Healey R. Picard. 1998 |
MIT research; with 'affective dj' wearable appears in proceedings of the Workshop on perceptual user interfaces 1998 | <= |
| "StartleCam: A Cybernetic Wearable Camera". J. Healey, et al. 1998. | Perceptual Computing Technical Report #468. Appears in: Proceedings of the Second International Symposium on Wearable Computers, October, 1998 | |
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"Affective Wearables". R. Picard, and J. Healey. 1997 |
Appears in: Personal Technologies, Vol 1, No. 4 1997 p231-240 | <= |
| "Digital Processing of Affective Signals ". J. Healey, et al. 1998. | Appears in: Proceedings of the ICASSP, Seattle, Washington, May 12-15, 1998 | |
| "Visual Contextual Awareness in Wearable Computing ". T. Starner, et al. | Perceptual Computing TR#465. IEEE ISWC'98 | |
| "Speaking and Listening on the Run...". N. Sawhney, et al. 1998 | Proceedings of the International Symposium on Wearable Computing, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 19-20 October 1998 | |
| "Real-Time American Sign Language Recognition...". T. Starner, et al. 1998 | Perceptual Computing TR#466. To appear PAMI in 1998. Originally submitted 4/26/96 | |
| "The Wearable Remembrance Agent" October 1997 | Personal Technologies Journal Special Issue on Wearable Computing , Personal Technologies (1997) 1:218-224; '97 ISWC version | *<= |
| "Smart Fabric, or Washable Computing" 1997 E. Rehmi Post and Maggie Orth | presented at ISWC '97 | <= e |
| "Stochasticks: Augmenting the Billiards Experience with Probabilistic Vision and Wearable Computers." T. Jebara. | Proceedings of the International Symposium on Wearable Computers, Cambridge MA, 1997 | |
| "Wearable Audio Computing: A Survey of Interaction Techniques", Deb Roy, Nitin Sawhney et al. | MIT research brief and references | *<= |
| "Nomadic Radio: A Spatialized Audio Environment for Wearable Computing" 1997 | MIT research paper; published at the first ISWC in '97 | |
| "Design of Spatialized Audio in Nomadic Environments" N. Sawhney, C. Schmandt 1997 | MIT research brief and references presented at ICAD '97 | |
| "Dynomite: A Dynamically Organized Ink and Audio Notebook" Lynn Wilcox, et al. 1997? | MIT research paper, published at first ISWC in '97 | |
| "'Smart Clothing" | Steve Mann early paper | * |
| "Smart Clothing: The Wearable Computer and WearCam". Steve Mann. 1997 | Personal Technologies, Vol. 1, No. 1 | |
| "An Historical Account of the 'WearComp' and 'WearCam' inventions developed for applications in 'Personal Imaging'" October 1997 | Steve Mann on WearCam, WearComp evolution | * |
| "Wearable Computing: A First Step Toward Personal Imaging" S. Mann. 1997 | The feature article of IEEE Computer, Vol. 30, No. 2, February 1997, pages 25-32, outlining both history and present state-of-the-art of wearables | |
| "Augmented Reality Through Wearable Computing", T. Starner, S. Mann, et al. 1997 | Special Issue on Augmented Reality, vol 6(4), Fall 1997 | |
| "Human-powered Wearable Computing", 1996 T. Starner | from IBM Journal on Pervasive Computing; alternatives to battery impediments | ** |
| "Personal Area Networks: Near-field Intrabody Communication", 1996 Eric Zimmerman | ||
| "Mediated Reality" S. Mann | -compressed postscript- | |
| Thad Starner interview with New Scientist | ||
| "Making multimedia computers and wireless communication more personal-a paradigm shift in wearable computing". S. Mann. | (meant for general broad readership) | |
| "The Cyborgs are Coming", 1993-5. | Thad Starner (MIT) | ** |
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"Technics and the Symbolic Function", Thad Starner. 1996 |
theory and praxis; from his tutorial in biogenetic structuralism | *<= |
| Barfield, Woodrow. Fundamentals of Wearable Computers and Augmented Reality. |
| Bolton, Andrew. The Supermodern Wardrobe. V&A Publications. Harry N. Abrams, Inc. |
| Braddok, Sarah & Marie O'Mahony. Techno Textiles, Revolutionary Fabrics for Fashion and Design. Thames & Hudson. New York. 1998 |
| Lightman, Alex & William Rojas. Brave New Unwired World. The Digital Big Bang and the Infinite Internet." |
| Mann, Steve & Hal Niedzviecki. Cyborg, Digital Destiny and Human Possibility in the Age of the Wearable Computer. Randomhouse Doubleday. 2002 |
| Philips, New Nomads. 010 Publishers. Rotterdam. 2000. |
| Steele, Valerie. Fetish -Fashion, Sex, and Power. Oxford University Press. 1996. |
| Stone, Allucquere Rosanne. The War of Desire and Technology at the End of the Mechanical Age. MIT Press. 1995. |
| Wearables. MIT Exhibition Catalog. October 1997. |
| Design Noir: The Secret Life of Electronic Objects. Dune & Raby. Princeton Architectural Press. 2001 |
A Survey Selection of Commercial Products:
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POMA |
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| Xyberkids |
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-consumer market; children |
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| Atigo,
Antigo L |
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Mobile Assistant |
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- workforce |
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| Java Jacket | |
- consumer market; black leather jacket w/ fully functional computer/net access, GPS receiver, etc. |
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| Vulcan's mini-PC |  |
-smaller than Sony VAIO U1; not yet under production |
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| Microsoft Smart Watches | |
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| HP iPAQ Pocket GPs Navigator Kit |  |
| e-Belt |  |
- carrier for data peripherals |
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| Mid-Riff Brain | |
- hip worn computer (with e-Belt) |
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| Micro Optical's display eyewear |  |
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| Twiddler |  |
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| E-broidery | |
| Personal Monitor |  |
- Skyex |
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| SenseWear Armband |  |
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wireless; movement, heat flow, skin temp, etc. - BodyMedia |
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| Levi's
ICD+ jackets
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| eMagin's OLED |  |
- 640 x 480 display |
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| eVest |  |
- vest with pockets for wearable electronics |
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| Eightythree |  |
- desktop powerful palm device |
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| Sensatex Smartshirt |  |
- biometrics monitoring smartshirt |
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| mbracelet |  |
- financial transactions via wearables |
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| moi |  |
- electronic jewel |
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| lovejackets |  |
- paired communicating jackets |
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A Selection of Research Projects and Prototypes:
| Designer Purse Wearable |  |
Doug Sutherland (of MIT and Sun) project |
| Java Jacket |  |
Doug Sutherland's mobile leather jacket computer using JINI; Sun Microsystems |
| The Cookie Factor | Natasha Sopieva, David Slocombe; affective computing through scent and narrative; IDII 2002 | |
| The GetArt Palette |  |
Chris Noessel; mobile learning tool for children; IDII 2002 |
| F & R Hugs | Francesca Rosella, Rikako Sakai; send a hug with your mobile phone; IDII 2002 | |
| Lucky Strikes | Deepak Pakhare, Shyama Duriseti; enabling fun and self expression; IDII 2002 | |
| Mudras | Francis Li and Oscar Salazar; exploring spirituality through clothing; IDII 2002 | |
| Rainbug | Jeremy Abbett and Franziska; a musical raincoat for children; IDII 2002 | |
| Accessory Nerve |  |
Line Christiansen; expressive communication signaling; IDII 2002 |
| Flight Dreams | Dianna Miller, Simona Brusa; IDII 2002 | |
| Compass Coat |  |
Stijn Ossevort, wool coat dynamically illuminates on North facing side, IDII 2002 |
| Stijn's necklace |  |
Stijn Ossevoort; expressive telecommunication in jewlery; IDII 2002 |
| Stijn's ring | Stijn Ossevoort; expressive telecommunication in jewlery; IDII 2002 | |
| MIT's Lizzy | ||
| [ Other MIT projects ] | ||
| MIT's Intrabody Signaling (PAN) |  |
[link broken; will re-post soon]; MIT technology licensed to IBM |
| Georgia Tech Wearable Motherboard | date? world's first wearable motherboard as developed for combat casualty care; sensory tech woven through fabric, monitors body unobtrusively; licensed to SensaTex Inc.; see slide presentation | |
| Java Ring | 1998. | |
| Musical Jacket |  |
ifmachines 2001, patented embroidered keypad, fabric bus, mini-MIDI synth - MIT textile technology; see ibm system journal |
| Firefly Dress & Necklace |  |
ifmachines 2001, A lighting electronic dress with fabric circuitry, power distribution plane and sensors. - MIT textile technology; see IBM system journal, "E-Broidery: Design and fabrication of Textile based computing" |
| No-Soap Radio |  |
washable, crushable keypad made by e-broideryAM receiver used to listen to the transmitted signal using the body as an antennae; see IBM sys journals, "E-Broidery: Design and fabrication of Textile based computing" |
| Tiqit | Stanford's Matchbox web Server; discontinued by Tiqit computers October 2002 | |
| ETH prototype |  |
ETH, Zurich; combining electronic infrastructure and fashion in everyday clothing |
| Soundbeam Neckset |  |
MIT Wearables Group; Mitin Sawhney |
| jAugment | a JINI based software infrastructure for wearable computers | |
| Andrew Singer's Programmable Tattoo | implanted LCD readout visible through skin; Interval Research Center | |
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| "The Poles Wearable Expedition" |  |
unassisted skiing expedition to South Pole using wearable computing; |
| ElekSen |  |
IDEO case studies using ElekTex 'smart fabric' |
| The I Sensed Series | ||
| ETHZ Student Projects (collection) | ||
| Handy Truster | first handheld lie-detector | |
Symposiums, Conferences and Exhibitions:
| International Symposium on Wearable Computers | since 1997; good papers and links |
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| Brave New Unwired Fashion Shows of 2000 | great fashion images |
| Tech-U-Wear | independent commercial conference and exhibition |
| Int'l Workshop Smart Appliances and wearable Computing | next workshop 19-22 May 2003, Providence, RI USA |
| Juneay Arts and Humanities Council Annual Wearable Art Extravaganza | |
| Mobile Brostol Conference 2002 | |
| Wearables Tokyo | Nicograph 98 fashion show |
| New Nomads | wearables exhibition, Phoenix 2002 |
| Pervasive 2002 | Int'l Pervasive Computing Conference, Zurich 2002 |
| Adorn, equip exhibits | designs for use by the disabled; Nov. 2001 |
| Pharos | pocket GPS navigator kit |
| Emtac | first wireless GPs using Bluetooth |
| Genesys Technology (?) | HMD's |
| tekGear | pocket vest, other wearable related accessories and technology |
| techSol | 2 mini cpu's 2" x2" |
| ifmachines | MIT spinout; fashionable wearable computing |
| Xybernaut Corp. | Mobile Assistant� V Atigo� Atigo�L XyberKids� poma� |
| PC system for embedding, wearable display, smart badge | |
| Hands Free Mobile | e-Belt, Mid-Riff Brain, mobile computing systems |
| Via | workforce wearable PC's (i.e. for McDonalds) |
| Skyex | personal monitor series |
| Body Media | products based on physiological and lifestyle information |
| 5050 Ltd. | personalized wearables |
| Philips-Levi's ICD+ | collection unfortunately discontinued, but inspirational; a site archive can be found here |
| Matsucom | onHand wirstwatch PC |
| Poly-Flex Circuits | flexible circuit boards |
| Vexed Generation | tech inspired postmodern fashion |
| ingineo | wearable computing devices and systems |
| Orang-Otang | patents on a complete line of wearable computing devices |
| Bluetooth | listing of Bluetooth online |
| 802.11b | |
| Texas Instrumenst RFID tags | radio frequencey identification |
| Eurochip | inexpensive RFID tags and more; Italian |
| IrDA | |
| DECT | |
| IBM Pervasive Computing Division, Almaden Research Center | |
| RF Digital Wireless | a variety of RF devices, daylight LEDs |
| 2Scoot | hands-free mobile payments |
| Speedpass | RFpayments via keychain 'wand' |
| i-glasses | |
| SensaTex, inc. | licensed GATech's smart shirt technology |
| International Fashion Machines | smart fashion, house-wares, furniture, architecture; MIT start-up; utilizes MIT electronic IP |
| Departure | wearable cpu company |
| UMass Wearable Bookmarks | extensive list of product and technology references for prototype development ** |
| Mobilick | interconnectivity through the pda; 2003 agreement with Xybernaut |
| GPS World | Subscription Magazine with lots of tracking info. |
| Trimble | Positioning Systems (with tutorial on GPs) |
| NYC Wireless | Free public wireless access in New York City |
| Transmeta | low-power microprocessor; up to 10 hrs. on batterh |
| low power links... | |
| Electrotextiles | (makes ElekTex)* |
| Bekaert | conductive textiles (not sure about usage); stainless steel yarn, etc |
| Luminex | Italian fiber optic fabric company |
| Tactex | 'digital skin' fabric |
| Maggie Orth's purchasing sources page | |
| Technical Textiles list | (subscription or pay per journal) |
| Nuno | Japanese Textiles |
| Gorix * | |
| Dupont | (Aracon brand metal clad fibers) |
| eMagin | microdisplays |
| Smart Textiles | [need English translation] |
Audio/Sound Related
Contextual:
• Buddhism and sound
• Sufism and sound
Enabling:
• acoustic discs http://www.dhcones.com/home.html
• Hy-Q Micro Speakers - http://www.hy-q.com.au/audio/speakers.htm
Research Institutes/Academic SIG's
| CNET: The New Edge | Georgia Tech's Wearable Motherboard |
| ESwiss TV on TH Wearable Computing Lab | conductive fabrics, key sleeve jacket and coat |
| Towards an American Sign Language Translator | real-time technical demonstration |
| Why Wear a Computer | David May from U. of Bristol |
| Tiqit web server slide show | |
| Research Dierections in Wearable Computing | slide show from M Billinghurst, U. of Washington |
| ingineo promo. | daily life bullet point scenario |
| collection of video presentations | from Georgia Tech wearables web ring |
| Luminex videos | fiber optic luminescent fabric |
| Wearable Devices Pose for the Future | devices from Orang-Otang |
Online Collectives and Miscellaneous:
| InformationWear | wearable technology net ring; affiliated with ingineo |
| extensive articles and how-tos, not regularly current | |
| Wearables Central | since 1998, current and recent articles, links; tech oriented |
| WearCam.org | Steve Mann/wear cam- BROKEN as of 28 Feb. '03; try Google's cache |
| Person Online | links about everything, not for class syllabus, but extract useful |
| Wearable Computing Resource Page | outline with links, mostly lost of tech |
| WearableGear.com | wearable computer blog; current, quirky, founded in 1998 |
| Wearable Computing (EyeTap) | |
| Future Physical's Wearable Computing Page | links |
| Georgia Tech Wearables Webcrawler | keyword searchable; also browse by category |
| The Wireless Directory | Bluetooth development support |
| Andy's Wearable Computing Page | personal project page |
| BodyWappInc. | clothing made from disposable wrapping materials |
Just for
fun...
Cyborg
acronyms