Filed in archive Technology
by on October 28, 2006
Circumferential visibility is exact what a new wearable technology offers. Canoe Money writes "from wearable video glasses to a wearable helmet". Yes, the helmet is huge and not what we mean...
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Filed in archive Products
by on October 26, 2006
Is it more then design only? Korean scientists at the Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute developed a shirt that measures bio data and looks not like a tech-parc... The BioShirt is...
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So what is Ambient Intelligence? It's like Techwear - but - with objects instead of clothes. The main idea stays the same: build sensors into something and connect it to something else. Here is a...
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Filed in archive Science
by on October 25, 2006
The Philoneist brought my attention to a NASA lab with an interesting field of research. The lab's name is Ames Research Center. Sure, at first I thought this is SciFi because the project he...
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Looks like I found the killer-app for the over-stressed manager of today (and many other within the "burn-out-zone"). Medick Healthcare has launched a personal heart monitor called MHM 100....
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Filed in archive Science
by on October 23, 2006
An interesting idea from scientists is to get energy from biological processes. Now they extracted a protein that may be used as a micro-reactor to produce energy within a biofuel cells. According to...
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Filed in archive Cool
by on October 21, 2006
Imagine a dress that reacts to your body and emotions. Just like in a fairy tale you would immediately think that magic comes true would'nt you? This is what designer Berzowska from Montreal calls...
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Filed in archive Market
by on October 20, 2006
The Sentinel Online writes a kind-of-review about the Techwear market. It's not complete but faces some interesting details. Let's start here: Intelligent textiles, variously known as smart...
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by on October 19, 2006
Before your bone brakes there are different noises. Scientists developed a system that measures this sound and can tell you to stop before it's to late. The researchers are applying the same basic...
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Filed in archive Products
by on October 18, 2006
polo-Shirts.co.uk reports about a new T-Shirt with build in clock. Cool idea - if the design is brilliant. However, I found no other news about it but would love to see a picture. Help anywhere? A new...
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Filed in archive Enterprises
by on October 17, 2006
The Modtechgroup (MTC) won a contract to develop power sources for portable weapon systems. What is it about: Under the task order, MTC (Nasdaq: MTCT) will research and develop power sources that...
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Filed in archive Products
by on October 14, 2006
Looks like logistics is a main application field for wearable computing. Here is the next computer for the logistics business. The HX2 computer is a small, light-weight data collection computer...
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Filed in archive Technology
by on October 14, 2006
What comes to your mind when you think about ants? For example that they can carry 8 times their own weight. To transfer animal skills is an old dream of mankind. No wonder that the armed services are...
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Some trends reported from the ISPO (huge fashion fair) and the Outdoor (huge outdoor fashion fair): Portable technology is now being developped by several brands. +++ LEVI'S has launched a line of...
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Filed in archive Events
by on October 11, 2006
DEMOfall is the place for new high-tech companies to present their business ideas and solutions. It's kinda view into whats hip today in the business world. I'm lucky that Torsten (Blogger and...
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Filed in archive Products
by on October 10, 2006
Symbol introduces the WT4000 Series Wearable Terminal - a mobile computer that is wearable and works in different environments with it's hands-free interface. The company focusses on the B2B...
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by on October 10, 2006
Just a reminder that the impressive International Symposium on Wearable Computing 2006 in Montreux starts tomorrow and is worth a deeper look at. Even if wednesday starts a bit slow the topics are: #...
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by on October 09, 2006
While others try to start into the era of ubiquitous computing - Japan tries harder. The country wants to become the lead in the Ubiquitous Economy. And their chances are quite good because they have...
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Very very cool is: Philips. Often enough I had this thought the last years but now they kick it. The company designer play around with an old idea from me: Clothes that show the emotion of the wearer....
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Filed in archive Notes
by on October 06, 2006
My BNP (Blog Network Provider ;-) looks for a web developer and as long as I know the boss of Creative Weblogging, Torsten, this sounds like a cool (and sunny) position: We provide a great work...
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by on October 06, 2006
Konica Minolta developed a new display and is looking for possible applications. The technology sounds nice: The Holographic See-Through Browser prototype resembles a pair of eyeglasses and uses a...
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Filed in archive Technology
by on October 04, 2006
Nokia developed a competing technology to Bluetooth called Wibree. The business features are: power-efficient (can be used in smaller devices), scalable (using the same components Bluetooth does)....
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Filed in archive Cool
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by on October 04, 2006
The Oktoberfest is the most famous beer-fest in the world and so typical German. The last days I heard a podcast about the point that less people wear the traditional Bavarian clothes at the...
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