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...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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... 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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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 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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