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by Creative Weblogging on December 8, 2007
This blog is not active anymore :(
We had great fun doing and we hope you enjoyed it too.
However we felt we are missing The Beat a little here - so we thought let's start afresh with something...
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by on May 29, 2007
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 ...
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by on April 9, 2007
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 ...
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by on March 30, 2007
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 iden...
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by on March 26, 2007
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 wear...
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by on February 24, 2007
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 shou...
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by on November 25, 2006
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 ...
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by on November 22, 2006
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,...
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by on November 20, 2006
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 technolo...
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by on November 18, 2006
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 a...
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An outstanding designer is someone who is able to see and know what the future is about. And so is wearable art - a look into what will happen the next years.
It's just different to Wired and th...
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by on October 26, 2006
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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by on October 11, 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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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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by on September 28, 2006
UK is very active in the wearable electronics field while Germany and Swiss are more into research and B2B applications. I see a growing number of UK readers at my weblog too.
Here is a short but gr...
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I found something pretty cool at gizmag. Who would have thought that good old Dick Tracy (75 years now) was such a future men?! I mean the comic was ok, not my favorite and the soundtrack from Madonna...
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SciFi Author Vernor Vinge gave a keynote about ubiquitous computing and his view into the future.
Remarkable.
Localization: you dont need complex GPS or other technologies if you have smart RFID...
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by on July 24, 2006
Fred Barbash from the The Washington Post wrote a great article about how gadgets changed our life. His wonderful example is a car ride.
Even the listing of gadgets used in the car is immense.
... I...
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by on July 19, 2006
The BMBF is the education and research ministry of Germany. And they decided to spend 15 mill. € for projects in Wearable Computing and Techwear.
The ministry already received over 50 project ideas ...
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by on July 15, 2006
Part IV - Wearable Computing today
Read Part I (Something has changed) here, Part II (Look into a tomorrows industry) here and Part III (Markets you should look at) here
Back to the branch descripti...
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part III - Markets you should look at
Read Part I (Something has changed) here and Part II (Look into a tomorrows industry) here
The B2C market is easy to describe: gadgets like your mobile or the i...
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by on July 11, 2006
part II - Look into a tomorrows industry
Read Part I here
And that's where the industry is right now. Many companies are already busy with wearable applications. The public view may be that Wear...
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by on July 10, 2006
One direction I see are the different developments with nature fabrics and artificial fiber. The second comes here: Later this year the Elsie Whiteley mill in halifax will house a European Centre for ...
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by on July 9, 2006
Something new 4u: Today I had my first interview - yep - and timing and person are just right I think. Read what john Collins from Eleksen has to say about the future of wearable computing and the com...
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by on July 3, 2006
I always look what people do with gadgets. Background: A gadget is a part of a computer function that is build into a unique product with the effect of easy-to-use. Easy often simple means: instant an...
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by on June 28, 2006
The smart home gets combined with smart clothing:
About 150 scientists from Europe, North America and Asia gathered in Belfast this week to talk about new technology which will make life easier and o...
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by on June 19, 2006
Nanotechnology still sounds pretty hip and "future". But companies like Nano Tex prove that it's already around us. MSNBC.com gives a short overview and talk about Sensatex too.
Now, hi...
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Ryan Stewart posted an interesting idea on his Blog "The Universal Desktop". He said the web is broken and it makes no sense to build more and more web applications. With "broken" ...
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"wearable computers create ad-hoc wireless communities." I found this wonderful note at Roland Piquepaille's weblog. It's from 2002 but worth an entry. Howard Rheingold (picture left...
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by on June 7, 2006
Carnival of the Mobilists #30 brings some interesting insights into the world of mobile lifestyle (or lifestyle in a mobile world).
Just some notes to keep your brain active:
Xen Mendelsohn
Even bet...
