Oct 19
phone, watch
ZD Net Blogs – Researchers from Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) and the University of Pittsburgh are using a wrist-mounted watch to measure stress. This watch, which is in fact a wearable computing system, contains several sensors that gather information about the user and his environment. Now it will be used to conduct 3-minute interviews of its wearers every 45 minutes for 5 days (even during their sleep?). It will ask them questions such as ‘Working hard?’ or ‘Happy?’ and wirelessly transmit the answers to a central computer. The study, which is sponsored by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), is expected to reveal correlations between environmental factors that we encounter every day and which may increase the risk of certain diseases such as heart attacks or strokes.
Oct 12
Wireless Week – Now, researchers at the Accenture Technology Labs are working to turn the phone into something more intelligent. A team headed by Alex Kass, senior researcher at the lab in Palo Alto, Calif., has put together a platform that transforms the phone into what Kass describes as “an angel on your shoulder.” The “angel” is the Mobile Personal Services platform, which is capable of running a number of personal coaching applications to help someone be more effective both at home and on the job. Kass and his team have developed a prototype application, called the Personal Performance Coach (PPC), to demonstrate the platform’s capabilities. The application can use the handset in combination with wearable sensors and a personal area network employing Bluetooth, as well as connecting to servers to do the heavy analytics lifting. It also can use GPS or Wi-Fi for location. The first module Accenture has built for the application is designed for salespeople as they interact with co-workers or sales contacts…
Oct 08
editorial
Andy’s Wearable Computing Resource – The 11th International Symposium on Wearable Computers (ISWC07) is being held October 11-13 at the Hyatt Harborside in Boston, MA, USA. The Plenary keynote is “Wearable Robotics” by Stephen Jacobsen (pictured), President and CEO of Sarcos. The preliminary program includes sessions on a variey of topics including “Gesture Recognition and Interfaces”, “Activity and Context Recognition” and “Input, Navigation, and Augmented Reality”. Tutorials and workshops address areas such as “Introduction to Designing Mobile Applications with On-body Sensing: Why desktop emulators will let you down”, “The Role of Design in Wearable Computing” and “Designing Wearable Systems for Mainstream Acceptance”.
Oct 08
Electronista – 22Moo has unveiled a new range of video eyewear and Bluetooth accessories for Apple’s iPod and iPhone that includes a pair of sub-$200 35-inch video glasses, a 3D supported portable DVD player with video glasses, Star-Trek-inspired high resolution video eyewear, and an A2DP dongle bundle with a stereo Bluetooth headset for iPod and iPhone owners. The Argo MP/3G-2 is a new type of compact personal display that uses a unique optical system to offer the equivalent of a 35-inch screen at a six foot distance, boasting 0.3 megapixels (320 x 240) of resolution designed to compliment a video iPod or Microsoft Zune with a direct connection. The device works with numerous other gadgets that support an AV output, including game consoles like the Sony PlayStation and Microsoft Xbox or the Nintendo Wii. The MP/3G-2 is lightweight, and features a detachable light shield as well as earphones. 22Moo’s Argo MP/3G-2 eyewear is priced at $200
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