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Seen that? - IFAWC

Filed in archive Best of on May 14, 2010

IFAWC The Techwear Weblog

Seen that? - IFAWC
The second IFAWC (International Forum on Applied Wearable Computing) was held in Zurich some month ago. Some of the presentations are available now. One of them gives a great overview of the biggest european activity wearIT@work. The application focus is on firefighter Assistent, Maintenance Supporter, Production P.A. and Clinical Pathway. One of the Missions 2008 is to "Establish the Open Wearable Computing Group (OWCG) as standardization body in the area [...] Read More


wearIT@work The Techwear Weblog

There is a huge project in europe started mid last year you probably not heard about yet. Some even say it is the biggest in the world. 36 companies and universities all over europe (15 countries) are involved to: "Europe should take the lead in exploiting this unique potential of job creation, job enhancement, and economic growth." Because I'm in contact with some of the partners I'll blog from time to time about the [...] Read More


News for the Fire Dept The Techwear Weblog

How about a mask that can display the best way trough a building aflame? Or show different degrees of heat while trying to put the fire out. That's what FIT works on. FIT stands for Fraunhofer institute for applied information technology. The research is very "real life" driven. Because of the complexity of perilous situations FIT cooperates with fire brigades in paris for example. The mask includes a thermal imaging camera and [...] Read More


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Best Places to Work in Academia The Biotech Weblog

Are you a scientist working in an academic, hospital, government or private organization? How is it like working in your institution? Take The Scientist's Best Places to Work in Academia survey and let us know. The Scientist's annual Best Places to Work in Academia survey is back. Consider this peer-review for the workplace. If you think your organization is a great place to teach, research and leaves you personally fulfilled, [...] Read More

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Samsung Wearable Concept Smartphone is cool

Filed in archive Cool on May 4, 2010

Samsung Wearable Concept Smartphone is cool
Some designers think out of the box and Erik Campbell is one of them. He has gone ahead and designed the next gen smart phone which is innovative and futuristic at the same time. This is a bracelet phone from Samsung which is a wearable mobile device concept relying on memory alloy articulation. It is aimed at adventure freaks, athletes and techies from across the world.

It comes with OLED touchscreen display, a tactile keypad and split pad design for improving air circulation and removes sweat from hands. This is an amazing phone which offers on the go communication. It is an all in one solution for making calls and tweets at the same time. The good thing is you can also use G Talk and YouTube while you are on the run.

It is an amazing concept and I hope it ends up in the market soon so that it can adore my wrist.

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Seen that? - Alarm Bag

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Alarm Bag The Techwear Weblog

Seen that? - Alarm Bag
The last thing that was stolen was my leather jacket at Orlando airpot (family safe?). However, often enough people try to shoplift things from your bag. Would'nt it be clever if your bag sends an alarm while out of your focus? We come a bit closer to that vision: Cloth bag catches shoplifterSo, next time i'll have to carry my jacket in my bag (instead over the handle)? via Smartmobs [...] Read More


Electronic Alarm Cloth The Techwear Weblog

"At first glance, a cloth bag may seem an unlikely security device. But if it's made from a new, electronic fabric, it could not only resist tampering, but sound off an alarm or send an alert to the owner and authorities." It is made of conductive fibers and can include a lot of different sensors and technologies. The range of potential products is huge but this article focuses on security solutions [...] Read More


About Me The Techwear Weblog

A journey is always exciting. Even more so if you'll see no end. When you know this trip will bring you far away and if you're well equiped. Then it becomes a well-calculated Adventure. I love that. The field of wearable computing is like a new continent - ready to settle. After many years were scientists created ideas of CyBorg-like humans and so much more people worked on technologies like sensors, networks and [...] Read More


Mobile Alarm and Tele-Care Service for the Old and Disabled Straightfromthedoc

These days, mobile phones can be used to save lives during emergencies, however this doesn't fully serve the section of the population that is most at risk: the aged and the disabled who are most probably ailing with age-related and chronic diseases. Well, there is good for these people, for their care-takers and family members and even for those who are plainly concerned with safety. The MobilAlarm Project, funded by European [...] Read More


Monitor your Home Alarm from PDA The Gadgets Weblog

If you have an alarm installed on your home a new service form Alarms.com allows you to monitor and control your home alarm from your PDA via their website and your WiFi connection. Most WiFi devices are able to function with the service including laptops and blackberry.The service will also alert you when there is a power outage and when your alarm goes off. Presumably, so you can notify the [...] Read More

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HaptiHug: Wear your emotions on your chest

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HaptiHug: Wear your emotions on your chest
Check this - a motorized haptic device has been created by Japanese researchers which enable you to experience real time virtual hugs by physically reproducing pressure felt on chest and back when somebody gives you a hug or squeeze.

HaptiHug garment included in the I FeelIM system uses software for extracting emotional meaning from written text and passes it on to one of the haptic devices which react accordingly.

Take for example, the speaker enabled HaptiHeart which gives out palpable heartbeat like patterns for evoking anger, fear and sadness. The vibrating HaptiTickler and HaptiButterfly, worn around the stomach leads to feelings equivalent of being nervous. HaptiShiver and HaptiTemper heightens fear emotions by sending shivers up and down the spine of the wearer with the help of vibrating motors and produces spine chills through fan blowing cool air.

With distances keeping us apart, it's only the virtual world which has enabled us to come closer and share our emotions.



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Seen that? - Kraftwerk and the future

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Kraftwerk and the future The Techwear Weblog

Seen that? - Kraftwerk and the future
it's sunday again: I just bought the "Minimum-Maximum" CD from Kraftwerk (amazing), the german electro music pioneers. The first song is "Die Mensch-Maschine" (the man machine) and the lyrics is: the man machine half creature and half thing What expresses the original vision of wearable computing. That has changed. The new lyrics could be: the man machine creature things surround him (the picture and much more concert pictures from Jan Moesen) [...] Read More


Future Skin The Techwear Weblog

A breakthrough in nanotechnology - that is more important for techwear then ever before: chemists from the University of Arkansas announced the first 3D-form from nanomaterials. The advancement from 2D to 3D makes textiles possible. Nano is not a micro-micro-picture of something funny anymore, but a pulp you can make fabrics from. Ok, thats a bit fast because we're still inside the university. But it's the next step and it [...] Read More


Future is close The Techwear Weblog

If you're not in New York but want's to know how the future may look like - just give yourself 5 minutes for this little picture show from the Wired Next Fest. It's just amazing. Read a bit about it here and then: give yourself a future rest: WIRED NEXTFEST Photo gallery [...] Read More


Predicting nanotech's immediate future Nanotechbuzz

Much of what has been written about nanotech revolves around fairly advanced/far future scenarios. What however do you thing are going to be some of the impacts and applications over the next few years? That's the question Jose Garcia at Meme Therapy posed to me and two other nanotechnologists in a Brain Parade entitled, "Nanotech's immediate future". In my answer I focused on nanosensors and biosensors. Professor David Berube addressed them [...] Read More


CEOs and the future Sox First

How can we tell whether a company will keep innovating? Check the language of the CEO, according to a new study.In their paper, Managing the Future: CEO Attention and Innovation Outcomes, the researchers Manjit Yadav, Jaideep Prabhu and Rajesh Chandy analysed data relevant to the innovation process in the internet banking industry. The data was broken into three parts: speed of detection, speed of development, and breadth of deployment of [...] Read More

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