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Wearable Display - SeepuStar DV230

Filed in archive Enterprises , Products , Technology by on November 20, 2006

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...

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Worlds smallest GPS watch

Filed in archive Enterprises , Products by on November 01, 2006

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...

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MTC lands $18M deal

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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Hightech textiles - Network

Filed in archive Enterprises , High-Tech Textiles by on September 16, 2006

Around 800 companies from 11 countries are involved in the "Network for Textile Innovation" founded in Germany. The main aim is to restructure the traditional textile industry into 1) a...

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Your late summer jeans arrived

Filed in archive Enterprises , Notes , Products by on August 22, 2006

Time2buy. The RedWire DLX jeans from Levis will make it into stores. They will be 50 bucks more expensive then told in spring when I first wrote about it. Set to take off as a fashion trend in the...

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The Big Hand Problem

Filed in archive Enterprises , Products by on August 17, 2006

Not two years ago I had to make a decision many of you will know. Should I buy a notebook and an MDA (=PDA with mobile) or a subnotebook and a mobile. I bought the second set because of the......

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The first "Shirt-Revolution"

Filed in archive Enterprises , High-Tech Textiles , Products , Technology by on August 15, 2006

This creation was "close2catch" and is a technological revolution. A shirt that measures what is available with sensors today. Because you'll have a lot of healthcare data at hand the...

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Trust your Voice ...

Filed in archive Enterprises , Privacy , Technology by on August 14, 2006

... with Voice Trust - the leading voice recognition company from Munich, Germany. And what's fun - the founders first company was in the fashion business (and failed). But his second company is...

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Electric textile @ IFA 2006

Filed in archive Cool , Enterprises , Events , High-Tech Textiles , Market , Products , Science , Technology by on August 12, 2006

Even at the worlds biggest consumer electronics fair in September in Berlin we will see a Wearable Fashion show named "eFashion" (I guess it will be part of the Science show. However, till...

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It's time to go infrared

Filed in archive Enterprises , Technology by on August 09, 2006

An interesting article about temperature measurement. They key is to use infrared for process control e.g. industrial work flows. But because infrared is fast and small it can be used for wearable...

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A look into the market - with John Collins, Eleksen (IV)

Filed in archive About , Enterprises , Market 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...

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A look into the market - with John Collins, Eleksen (III)

Filed in archive About , Enterprises , Market by on July 13, 2006

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...

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A look into the market - with John Collins, Eleksen (II)

Filed in archive About , Enterprises , Market 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...

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A look into the market - with John Collins, Eleksen

Filed in archive About , Enterprises , Market by on July 09, 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...

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Interactive Clothing Store Coming to U.S.

Filed in archive Enterprises by on June 09, 2006

I received this eMail from Jennifer DeLeo some days ago and want to publish it here for obvious reasons (and for you): You're searching through your closet for something to wear with your recently...

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Breath of life

Filed in archive Enterprises , Products , Technology by on May 31, 2006

Names sometimes are like scripts. Sensatex presents a SENsational TEXtile. The SmartShirt can remotely monitor some of the wearers health related data for example a wearer's movement, heart rate,...

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Tune your run - Apple & Nike

Filed in archive About , Cool , Enterprises , Market , Products , Technology by on May 27, 2006

Next step for Apple to become a fashion company: Nike and Apple connect sport shoe and iPod. It means nothing less then the age of techwear has finally begun. And the big bang is a gadget and clothes...

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Eleksen goes public

Filed in archive Enterprises by on May 18, 2006

Looks like we have a real success story in the wearable computing field - not like Xybernaut... In this very moment i received a newsletter from Eleksen with thanks to everyone who made the listing on...

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VIO to watch

Filed in archive Enterprises by on May 10, 2006

Techwear is not a mass market as we all know, however, VIO made it into the state of Michigan watch list: V.I.O. Inc. Named as One of Michigan's 50 Companies to Watch. Not a year from know and we...

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Cool summer fashion from Urban Tool

Filed in archive Cool , Enterprises , Products by on May 04, 2006

Cool new iPod garments for this summer. A friend sent me the link to Urban Tool - supernatural wear. I liked the word "supernatural" in combination with techwear. When they use the word...

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CyPak

Filed in archive Enterprises by on April 08, 2006

Cypak is a seven year young Swedish technology innovator and pioneer in the field of making simple objects smart, secure and connected - a real ubiquitous computing pioneer. Their business is to...

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CeBIT 2006 - Interactive Wear

Filed in archive Enterprises , Products by on March 08, 2006

Here is the next CeBIT firm that is active in the wearable fields. Interactive Wear, the Infinion-Spin-Off I wrote about here - starts with a big bang and launches 3 innovative products at once. #...

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CeBIT 2006 - WarmX

Filed in archive Enterprises , High-Tech Textiles by on March 06, 2006

Trade fair check next round: how many companies show wearable computing at worlds largest IT-fair? Answer is: four. One of them is warmX with a cool (or warm) idea about tech textiles. They knit a...

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More than a T-Shirt

Filed in archive Cases , Cases , Cool , Cool , Enterprises , Products by on March 04, 2006

Are you game? Clothes tell something about you. Everyone can see your stile, your profession, even your character. Clothes are in a way a social interface. And whats more "social" than to...

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heXagram

Filed in archive Enterprises by on March 01, 2006

heXagramm is a canadian research institute or think tank specialized in media arts and technology. There are more than 65 research/artists (nice naming) and 300 graduate students involved. (Website...

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Charmed Technology

Filed in archive Enterprises by on January 09, 2006

Los Angeles-based Charmed Technology is an MIT Media Lab spin-off and is poised to be a world leader in affordable, wearable Internet products, services and technologies.As part of its strategic...

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Fibretronic

Filed in archive Enterprises by on December 04, 2005

Fibretronic is a premier developer and manufacturer of soft electronic component solutions. Our platform technologies are available globally for a broad range of advanced product applications. Using...

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Accenture's smart crib

Filed in archive Enterprises by on August 04, 2005

Even big consulting player accenture became involved in the field of pervasive computing. They put their brains together to think about the home of the future. The LCD screen in the crib lets parents...

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Schoeller rules

Filed in archive Enterprises by on July 22, 2005

Business like a roller coaster: from 80 down to 6 up to 73 Mill. Franken turnover. Schoeller textiles, probably the market leader in hightech fabrics, is a perfect examples how hightech, innovation,...

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Xybernaut

Filed in archive Enterprises by on June 15, 2005

Xybernaut is in trouble. The "Lead Plaintiff Deadline" was yesterday and because the company brings no relevant information on their website it might be interesting to read about the...

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BodyMedia

Filed in archive Enterprises by on June 10, 2005

Forbes writes about BodyMedia, a six years "old" Pittsburgh based company that produces wearable computing products for the healthcare sector. For example armband monitors with six sensors...

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