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HighTech for challenged people

I had a similiar story last year: the police uses hightech bracelets to find people . Last year it was about people who drink to much to often, this year it makes more sense. The police uses bracelets with a transmitter to find mentaly challenged people who get lost. The project is called ...

IBM becomes Healthcare Company

Like said before - Healthcare is one of the big things in wearable and the future of IT. Personal computing and personal healthcare grow together like never before. IBM starts a project together with the university of florida (UF) that reminds me to the Personal Health Assitent - the PDA for your...

Jammer

Often enough we learn from army technology - why not when it comes to personal safety and personal information. Often enough people aks me whats with security and wearable etchnology? Maybe this new army Jammer could work as an example: The CREW jammer has lots of new features, most of w...

T-Shirt Magazine

It's the old convergence topic in a complete new "look" ;-) - the first magazine published as or on a T-shirt was announced: T-Post is the world's first wearable magazine which costs around $36 and gets updated every 6 weeks. Based on a unique news event the T-shirt wi...

T-Shirt TV

I'm a bit late with this entry but I saved the site in my browser because it's that damned cool.. A display so thin that you can even wear it. The technology is electroluminescent. "In the future, it could get wrapped around a lamppost or a person's wrist, even worn as clothing...

Where innovation comes from

One of the big questions for wearable computing is how to market products. This needs innovation as much as the ability to understand the market and it's real needs. Thats the reason I post this entry from the Kyono Blog. It tells us a lot about the fact that Japan became the titel "mos...

Sailing life saver

A little idea that can be used in many different cases: part a is close to part b -> nothing happens. Part b moves away from part a -> any kind of alarm starts. This version is for people who love Sailing . If you fall off the boat the alarm of part a rings that loud so other crew mem...

As time goes bye

Another version of an interface for a digital diary - one of the application i think would be useful for wearable electronics and / or computing. This tiny camera or handy piece of jewelry is the result of a Kodak sponsoring for the search of the future of wearable technologies. To capture a mo...

Female holster

Looks like gadget holster become more and more fashionable at all. Here is a new line that is more female and comes in 10 different styles: According to the maker, the curved design is extra comfortable on the leg. It can be worn over skin, socks or boots and the large pouch holds a pac...

Fibres of the 21st century

Fibre2fashion published a huge report about fibres in the 21st century written by Prof. T.K.Sinha, Yogita Agrawal, Rupa Mohanta and Rupali Kapoor. The whole thing is really comprehensive. Here is the summary: As we enter 21st century, technical advances are dramatically influencing the world of ...

The Emotional Wardrobe

The Emotional Wardrobe is a London, UK, based project for research about what I call the "Social Interface". They differ between three dimensions of the topic: The three themes we have identified are emotional connection , human connectedness and customisation and creativity. ...

Fashion in mobile motion

The Fashion in Motion show as part of the CTIA is always a great show but from year to year it becomes more famouse and wellknown. This year we find big names like Elle, La Perla, Zegna but of course our famous player like Elekson and Kyono too. Some of the runway models will show prod...

Tech4Youth

What a great idea - part of the Hannover Messe is TecToYou (speak: Tec2u ;-), an initiative for teens. Many companies and universities organized special events over the whole week for young people. Because the government supports Tec2u many school classes are invited. TectoYou. a week dedicated ...

CeBIT 2007 - MRC

Just a last note form the CeBIT 2007. I made a picture at the stand of MRC, the Mobile Research Center, Bremen, Germany. This was btw my first intense use of a wearable system. The job was to answer mathematical and geometrical questions on the left side and to draw with my hand over a mandr...

Sabine Seymour

People to discover: Sabine Seymour . She's from Austria but teaches "Fashionable Technology" in New York. She is the one behind the Nike Running project and other brand projects with wearables . Sabine Seymour focuses on 'the next generation wearables' and the intert...

Student job in Berlin

The famous Fraunhofer institut looks for students to support their wearable unit in Berlin, Germany. Beside the fact that Berlin is a dynamic and fun place to live the Fraunhofer institut - well-known for the invention of the mp3-format for example has some thrilling projects to work on. One is...

Wearable Advertising

Ad agencies love new ideas and technologies because cool new things always create huge attention for brands and products.. This way it was only a question of time till I found this: MB2, also known as Miles Brinson Brown, will help with the national launch of the "billboard clothing,"...

Tactical High-Tech Computer

This picture of a tactical computer is somewhat old but shows you what we talk about. The difference to the new TVC-2.0 TL is just that you have the power of a workstation within a wearable system that is even capable to visualize 3D- Data in realtime. Another toy for the hightech soldier ....

Pointscreen - CeBIT 2007

I'm sure you know the movie Minority Report and you'll remember the interface Tom Cruise uses to navigate in all the information he needs to build a story from the mind pictures. The pointscreen is pretty close to that vision. You just stand in front of the glass or whatever material ...

CeBIT 2007

like every year I checked the term "Wearable" at the exhibitor list at CeBIT 2007. Conclusio: it has not really grown. I found only two companies (beside the fact that I know there are more in the future parc). 1) The Mobile Research Center "The DemoCenter is a central componen...

Nanotech Battery

Energy is one of the main boundaries for wearable computing. The news just sounds to amazing to be true: battery power that is woven into textiles. In other words - I dream about cable-less energy for a long time now ;-)) Just read: Enter the nanotechnological battery, the new lightweight and p...

Textile Light Dimmer

Pretty pretty cool stuff for your apartment. A textile light dimmer that allows very different and "warm" designs. It's Wearable Electronics in the meaning that your apartment starts to "wear" something what in the end means that it becomes more personality itself ;...

Bremen is it

You probably not know the wonderful German town Bremen ? It's just one of the oldest Sea-side cities. However, because it has the lead in the wearIT@work project (a brand that should definitive be reworked...), you may call it "Capital of Wearable Computing" too ;-) And Bremen pr...

Where fashion meets technology

Another good reason to come to the wonderful Munich in July, the most beautiful region in Germany: The 1st WT congress "Where fashion meets technology" will be held parallel with the sports equipment and fashion trade fair ispo sport & style on July 8-10, 2007 in the Intern...

The next International Forum

.... on Applied Wearable Computing will be held in Tel Aviv, Israel on March 12-13, 2007. And the really cool stuff happens on day 2 and it's all about interfaces: -Evaluating Wearable User Interfaces: How to Simulate a Primary Manual Task? - Next Generation In-game Message Interface...

Hidden Safety

I wonder why I have'nt noticed these shoes before.. However, Gizmag presents what they call the Cinderella Shoe that is in fact an electric Weapon . The picture left shows how it works. If you want to see how great it looks just go to Gizmags picture gallery. The shoe is a great exam...

CeBIT 2007 - eFashion

... Techwear is of course part of the CeBIT this year. Companies and products have their own area as part of the future parc. I even found a press release in the english section, but it was in German.....

Wearable Examples @ CNN

Wearable was a topic at CNN and beside many known things we find a lot of new and interesting projects listed there. Wearable computing also has a natural home in the world of gaming. Nintendo's Wii controller already has motion-sensors and it seems it won't be long before more interact...

Science & Technology of Japan

How Japanese see the future - the "now future in front of us" to be proper. Watch this video short before you leave your office today and I wish you a great start into the weekend. Beside the fact that the presentation is very serious I still wonder about the name of the unit presented:...

The Health PDA

The really first contact with wearable computing for me was in Zurich, Switzerland when the Expert from the ETHZ presented his idea for a PHA - the Personal Health Assistant . Looks like we are a bit closer to that idea now: In future, a smart sensor network will monitor sufferers and al...

Just stay on your sofa

CeBIT 2007 is coming closer and we see the first press releases. This one got my immediate attention; let's call it a pillow mobile. It's not the product itself, it's the following picture that grabbed me: You as a classic couch potato couching on whatever get a call. Your fi...

Whats your Airtime?

I found this product on german websites only - however, here is what's so special about it: The AIRTIME Sensor for Snowboards measures the time you are "in the air". The main technology is a sensor for the acceleration that is very precise. Presented as a European premiere ...

Child guard Panda

Wearable Electronics you can shop for mama 's & Papa's - this little sweet Panda watches over your child. An idea I had some years ago with other products: if part A (your child) leaves a specific distance, part B (you) get informed. Perfect for crowded malls. Worn by the chi...

Flex and bend

While thinking about the term "micro-economy" it can mean too that we repeat ancient products and ideas but are able to make it much smaller. So with this new textile. It is build like ancient warriors armament but so micro that it develops new characteristics. Because it is woven from ...

Wearable Electronics

Such a pity to say that I found another text of great value on another fake weblog. However, the copy is worth to post it here as it describes wearable electronics in a great way. The real source should be here , but I could'nt find anything... Picture source is here Wearable Elect...

Exoskeleton gets VC

Talked about the crazy cool exoskeleton from Cyberdyn a while ago now they get "big pockets" ;-) Daiwa House Industry Co said Thursday it has contributed 1 billion yen (about 8,316,008 US dollars) in capital to Cyberdyne Inc to help the venture business launch commercial prod...

Wearable Computer Training

Looks like we have some results from the huge European project WearIT @Work. And it looks like the field of on-site, real-time trainings with wearable technologies is a coming market. Giunti Labs, mobile and e-learning content management solution provider, has announced the delivery of a new wea...

A collection of keyboards

Seldom enough I write about interfaces for wearable computing because there are not so many fresh ideas yet. However, this collection of "13 computer keyboards you've never seen before" is fun and informative too. The classic is: "The Twiddler2 is a pocket-sized mouse poin...

Phase Change Materials

I found this entry about Phase Change Materials on a "Flog", a fake Weblog. However, the copy is pretty comprehensive and the topic interesting as well. Because the weblog's aim is to make google crazy I will not link to it. You'll find the whole text in the extended entry. &q...

The county of action sports brands

The Orange County Register gives us a current view of the market of wearable electronics that has some great insights: In Orange County, no fewer than nine action sports brands are selling or working on apparel and accessories embedded with electronics. And one of them is really huge: "...

How to secure a police gun

The Register reports about a european police conference in Berlin, Germany. One of the real challenges on the street is to make sure that criminals can not use the policemen's gun. The conference that was more a kind of trade show but with man discussions on the floor showed one wearable syst...

Feel better with Urban Tool

Gizmag presents Urban Tool with some pictures . Urban Tool is from Vienna and I had the chance to test one of their products, the Sport Holster . Let's start with Gizmag: We really like this idea - for the next decade at least, we'll have lots of gadgets to carry and this body-hu...

Textile switch

Some time to tinker over the weekend? Why not build your own textile switch? You maybe want to integrate something into your clothing and need to switch it on or off? For example a lamp? With this superb instruction it's that easy. "Of course, this switch can be washed just li...

Land Warrior project stopped

One of the most advanced wearable projects has stopped now, the land warrior. Time seems not to be right for the whole bunch of technologies planned. But a few became "part of the process". One of the biggest challenges is still power cause batteries where not powerful enough. Communica...

ISPO 2007

At the ISPO Website is a video about the wearable tech section this year. The video is in German (cause of the interviews are) but the pictures are still fun. Quote: Wearable Tech is the combination of computer technology and sportswear and one of the most important future markets. Burton ...

Eleksen @ 3GSM World Congress 2007

Eleksen becomes more and more integrated with a bunch of technologies that are important today, most of them mobile. This way I think the news from them about their product range at this years 3GSM World Congress 2007 in Barcelona sounds quite good: products and reference designs which combi...

Flu stop with textiles only

"We have many exciting opportunities to use these proprietary coatings to stop infection before it causes disease and death," says Tom Roberg Sounds like a huge new market that connects the Pharmacy and the fashion market. The collaboration by researchers at North Carolina State...

Alcohol watch

It's just a long time ago I wrote about the will of the police in some US states to give people wrist bands to measure their drinking behavior because of former problems with alcohol in the public. The Picayune Item writes about the bracelet and ask's the question about freedom. The Br...

Fields for security applications in pervasive computing

Prof. Dr. Ing. Christoph Paar wrote a paper about security issues in pervasive computing. His main question was if there are differences between security applications for LAN and pervasive networks. This way he lists some of these networks and states that you'll need not much fantasy to find ...

Ubiquitous fashionable computer fashion show

A ubiquitous fashionable computer fashion show was held on 17th November in south Korea. The government staged the show in order to explore the role of fashion in a world where the Internet is always on and everyone is connected all the time. The clothing manufacturers in South Korea ar...

Convergence and Hi-Tech; an interview with Mr. Strese, VDI/VDE, part II

Part II - VDI/VDE-IT Innovation + Technik GmbH - what is it? The VDI/VDE-IT is located in the middle of the power centers that drive innovation. The company studies research on many places, consults the government (especially the BMBF ) and gives money to enterprises that are worth it. The VD...

The 100 best Wearable Products

I changed the headline - but only to remember you: Please take a minute for my survey: What is the best wearable product today? Just click here at Products - then you get a list of all entries in the category product. Choose what you think is the best product in the list and then vote it ...

The glove with a twist

Seldom enough I'm at Gizmode the last year - however this entry inspired me: It creates a body area network (BAN) that lets you communicate with other peripherals by touching them. So for example, you could print documents from your PDA by touching a compatible printer or transfer fil...

Wearable Electronics helps to get pregnant

"I've been trying to get pregnant , and I haven't been getting pregnant." Ok, sometimes even the most natural things can become difficult. Any help is welcomed - like this sensor watch that helps woman to know when the best day is to get pregnant (or vice versa ;-). How ...

Wearable Display - SeepuStar DV230

Wearable displays were a real hype some years ago. But this product category had kind of a long sleep. I always loved that idea. Computing power within a tiny box and a huge (virtual) screen. What the loudspeaker for music (most important), is the display for all kinds of computing applications...

Predictions

The mobile will be replaced by wearable computers - that's the prediction of Professor Nigel Linge, University of Salford. He says "the future of telecommunications is "wearable technology"". I love that quote: He said the functions of the mobile phone will be di...

Convergence and Hi-Tech; an interview with Mr. Strese, VDI/VDE, part I

Part I - What drives the world? Convergence is probably the word of the century. Convergence of technologies, convergence of media etc. But what's about the structures behind these trends? What about the convergence of organizations, branches -> or even research, business and gov...

Research in ubiquitous computing with Lalya Gaye

WMMNA released an interview with Lalya Gaye from the Future Applications Lab, Viktoria Institute in Göteborg, Sweden. She's an engineer and PhD graduate working in multidisciplinary projects that search to explore new territories of personal expression and creativity enabled by ubiqui...

Privacy made easy

Just a note to keep that idea: sometimes it's so so simple to find a solution without using hi-tech. If it is always perfect or reasonable is just another question, however this one works fast and easy: The Clipped Tag, developed at IBM's Watson Research Center, allows consumers to tear ...

Hi-tech martial arts vest

The electronica 2006 opened in Munich, Germany and they have a wearable technologies section too. Adidas and Atlantik Networxx present a hi-tech martial arts vest that was tested in Taekwondo already and will be market next year. A pneumatic system measures the power of impact or the punch a...

Wearable instrument from Yamaha

The wearable air guitar is in the news everywhere so here is another one - but much older - concept. It's reminds me to the times of synthi-pop and wave: Dubbed "Miburi" and released by Yamaha in the 1990s, this wearable instrument allows for 1980s-style outlandish and synthesize...

Wearable air guitar shirt

Imagine you play air guitar wearing jeans and t-shirt - but you really produce music! That's whats possible since monday (but in a first easy application). The T-shirt has motion sensors built into its elbows that pick up the wearer's arm motions and relay them wirelessly to a computer w...

New Zealand Techno Fashion

... at the Techno Fashion event in Canterbury. The description of the event is just another word for Techwear: Techno Fashion is where technology and fashion combine to create garments worn on the bod...

The concept of the Social Interface (SI)

...tant then the other two. And my other guess is that the social interface is the concept that drives Techwear and Wearable Computing. Enjoy the pictures of the wearable art show here . Read on: Ti...

Time Best Inventions of 2006: Hug Shirt

...t make it very soft and pleasant to wear. And yes! Is completely washable! I'm so happy that a Techwear product made it on the FrontPage ! Choose your own favourite here ! Via the CuteC...

The MultiMedia Watch

A next intermediate step in wearable electronics - a Dick Tracy like watch that is packed with features: Check out this ultra-modern timepiece from Brando, squeezing MP3, video playback, a voice recorder and, yes, even the time and date onto your wrist! While talking about Casio-watches ...

Space fashion

How to get a name into the press that is relevant not until 2009? Create a strange but cool fashion show! Rocketplane Kistler is one of the (US) companies that plans to offer space tours for the usual tourist. That is the reason why they asked students to create a special space fashion. The resul...

Jubilee 100 - Who is the Best? (Wearable Product)

Please take a minute for the following fast survey: What is the best wearable product today? Just click here at Products - then you get a list of all entries in the category product. Choose what you think is the best product in the list and then vote it (At the bottom of every entry.)...

The Tag Museum of Innovation

A new use for RFID tags within a museum was honored for it's innovative idea - and the idea is simple enough: The Tech Museum of Innovation wanted to personalize the museum experience. To do so they use "TechTag": TechTag automatically creates a personalized webpage with pho...

Worlds smallest GPS watch

Casio is back :-) Do you remember the 80ies? Unthinkable without digital watches from Casio. And now they are back with 21century technology: GPS. Of course within a watch - what is a remarkable tiny system for GPS. The watch is called GPR-100. But what is it good for because you're not a ca...